2012年8月20日第一辆载有900多名拾棉花工的火车从河南商丘发往新疆乌鲁木齐，标志着河南拾棉花工的运输正式开始。
The first train carrying more than 900 cotton pickers from Henan province to Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, departed on August 20, 2012 in Shangqiu, Henan province. It marks the official opening of the transportation process of Henan cotton picking workers.
According to the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau, from August 20 to September 11, 23 additional special trains have been arranged for the transportation of cotton pickers. For the convenience of the workers and to save their journey costs, all the trains will leave from worker-concentrated stations such as Shangqiu, Xuchang, Ningling and Lankao.
