Without these slow trains, I would still be in poverty

一声汽笛，一辆绿皮火车从站台缓缓驶去，一路向西，经贵州，抵重庆，全程178公里，经停13个车站。

Every morning a green train slowly starts from Huaihua City of Hunan province the platform through Guizhou to Chongqing City of Sichuan Province, the whole rail has 178 kilometers, with 13 stops.

每天，7272次列车沿着辰水一路向西，穿过山间，沿途13个站，有12个站只停靠这一辆列车。

It is Train 7272 heads west along Chenshui River, passing through the mountains, and it is the only train that stops at 12 stops of the total 13 stops along the railway.

一个早晨，车经锦和站，一位年老的果农，差一点就误车了，幸亏列车员杨波检提醒、帮忙，老农才顺利上了车。杨波检后来去查票，老农对她连连称谢，“要是没你们这趟车，我们会穷一辈子！”

One morning, the train passed through Jinhe Station, and a senior fruit farmer almost missed the train. Fortunately, Yang Bo, a train conductor, checked and helped him, and then the old farmer got on the train. Yang Bo went to check the ticket later, and the farmer thanked her, "if there is no such train, we would stay in poverty."

杨波说，这趟列车，基本就是为农民在服务，他们勤劳、朴实，还懂感恩，他们和自己一样都在为理想奋斗。

Yang Bo said that this train basically serves the peasants. They are hardworking, simple, and grateful people. They are fighting for their better lives just like anyone else.

在这两地之间，麻阳果农田昌仪已把刚摘的枇杷，装进了竹筐，他要赶1个小时后停靠在锦和站的7272次列车，到贵州铜仁下车，卖掉这些水果。

Traveling between Mayang Town and Jinghe Town, Tian Changyi, a fruit farmer, takes the train 7272 at Jinhe Station after an hour of traveling with his freshly picked loquats in bamboo baskets. He sells these loquats in Tongren Town in Guizhou Province after one hour of traveling.

田昌仪今年70岁，已经种了50年的水果。火车没开通以前，他每天只能在本地的集市上卖水果，运气好，一天能赚二三十元钱，很多时候几近滞销。

Tian, a 70 years old man, has planted fruit for 50 years. Before the train was operated, he could only sell the fruits at the local market every day. It was lucky that he earned 20 or 30 RMB a day.

田昌仪说，那天在铜仁，柑橘2元钱一斤，不到一个小时就卖完了，比在麻阳翻了20倍，而且到铜仁的火车票价只需3元。

Tian said that in Tongren Town he can sell oranges with the price of 2 yuan a pound, and the fruits are sold out in less than an hour. The earning is 20 times more than that of in Muyang Town, and the cost of traveling to Tongren is only 3 yuan.

现在田昌仪不仅种上了柑橘，还种上了枇杷、李子、桃子等，四季的水果都有，四季的销售也旺，田昌仪一天最少能卖到200多元，多的时候有三四百元了。田昌仪觉得7272次列车就是一趟开向“幸福”的列车。

Tian has not only planted oranges but also planted loquats, plums, peaches and the other fruits of the four seasons. Tian Changyi can sell at least 200 yuan a day, and 300 or 400 yuan at a time. Tian felt that the train opened a new world of happiness to him.

Link： 湖南最后的慢火车①|7272次：没有这趟车 我们会穷一辈子

Tian Changyi : Better life by taking Hunan slow train

Rolling green trains remind us of the old days in China