Staff members monitor real-time data during an emergency drill for nonstandard train receptions and departures at Taiyuan North Station in Shanxi province, under China Railway Taiyuan Group, on Wednesday. As a core node on China's major coal transportation corridor, the station handles the marshalling of freight trains on multiple trunk lines, including Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Railway and Datong-Taiyuan Railway, with a total coal transport volume of 9.75 million metric tons in 2025.