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A video of a 29-year-old railway officer hand-drawing China's entire railway network from memory has gone viral, garnering widespread attention for her exceptional skill and dedication to passenger service.

一段视频记录了一位29岁的铁路工作人员凭借记忆手绘出中国全部铁路网络的过程。该视频迅速走红，因其展现的非凡绘图技能以及对乘客服务的执着奉献而受到了广泛的关注。

Xing Siyuan, a passenger service duty officer at the Jinhua train depot of China Railway Shanghai Group Co, has memorized and can manually draw a comprehensive diagram of the national rail network. Her detailed map includes 1,092 station names, 388 railway line names, 975 fare calculation stations and 117 non-calculation stations. Using just two pens, she reproduced a version of China's railway map that closely resembles the official printed one.

邢思远是上海铁路局金华车辆段的一名客运服务值班员，她能够熟练绘制出全国铁路网的综合图。她的详细地图涵盖了1092个车站名称、388条铁路线名、975个票价计算站和117个非计算站。仅用两支笔，她就绘制出了与官方印刷版极为相似的中国铁路地图。

The idea of memorizing the map first came to Xing during the 2018 Spring Festival travel rush, when she assisted an elderly passenger who struggled to plan a journey home without a smartphone or family support.

在2018年春节出行高峰期间，邢萌萌首次有了绘制地图记忆路线的想法。当时，她帮助了一位年长的乘客，这位乘客没有智能手机也没有家人陪伴，因而难以规划回家的行程。

"That moment made me realize the importance of being able to provide immediate transfer solutions to passengers, especially for those who might not be tech-savvy," she said.

她说：“那一刻让我意识到，能够为乘客提供即时的转机服务是多么重要，尤其是对于那些不太熟悉科技操作的乘客而言。”

Xing achieved her goal in 2022 by developing a systematic approach of dividing the network into four geographical sections, mastering main lines before progressing to lines at a branch level.

邢在2022年实现了她的目标，她采用了系统的方法，将网络划分为四个地理区域，先掌握主要线路，然后再逐步处理分支级别的线路。

Her memorization technique combines mnemonic devices with geometric visualization.

她的记忆方法将记忆技巧与几何图形的视觉化相结合。

"I would take the first character of each station name along