Tajik train conductor pulls out stops

Airkir Duliki is China's first Tajik train conductor, working for the Chengdu fleet of the China Railway Urumqi Group Co Ltd. Duliki is in charge of services on the train running on the line connecting the Kashgar prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to the city of Chengdu, Sichuan province. As an important line, the passenger flow of the train remains high all year round.

Duliki's responsibilities include keeping order, quickly organizing passengers as they enter and leave the train, and keeping daily supplies well stocked. According to her, there are some 25 stations in total between the two locations, and sometimes the time the train spends at a station is only two minutes. Having lived in pastoral areas since childhood, Duliki has developed a warm and optimistic personality. In her view, the essence of providing railway services is the desire to help one another.