Zhongxin Finance, January 16 (Reporter Zhang Xu) On January 17, the 40-day 2022 Spring Festival travel curtain will officially open, and at the same time, New Year's Eve train tickets will also be officially launched.
During the Spring Festival travel this year, the national railway passenger volume is expected to reach 280 million.
In the context of epidemic prevention and control, what changes have been made during the Spring Festival travel?
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New Year's Eve train tickets are up for grabs tomorrow!
The 2022 Railway Spring Festival starts from January 17 and ends on February 25, a total of 40 days.
According to the arrangement that train tickets are sold 15 days in advance, passengers can buy train tickets on January 30 (the 28th of the twelfth lunar month) from January 16th, and can buy train tickets on January 31st (New Year's Eve) from January 17th .
At the press conference of the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held on the 15th, Zhu Wenzhong, deputy director of the National Railway Group Passenger Transport Department, introduced that from the current Spring Festival ticket pre-sale situation, the 2022 railway Spring Festival travel student flow, migrant flow, family visit flow, etc. The basic travel demand will still maintain a certain scale, but due to the impact of the epidemic and the guidance of local prevention and control policies, there is great uncertainty and variability in passenger travel.
Zhu Wenzhong said that in general, the daily supply capacity of seats for the Spring Festival travel can reach up to about 10.5 million, an increase of 10% compared with 2019, and the passenger seat capacity can meet the travel needs of passengers during the Spring Festival travel.
China National Railway Group will follow the principle of "arrangement according to needs, emergency preparedness, precise matching, and tiered delivery", and dynamically arrange the operation of passenger trains and the delivery of capacity according to changes in passenger flow, and strive to ensure the dual needs of passenger travel and epidemic prevention and control.
At the same time, the railway department will continue to implement a balanced ticketing strategy and strictly control the passenger rate of trains; strengthen the optimization of the layout of self-service equipment at stations to avoid crowds and wait; extend the processing time of online ticketing and rebooking business, and provide 24-hour ticket refund service for better convenience Passengers can handle related business online.
The China Railway Group has adjusted the refund handling fee rules, which not only saves travel costs for passengers, but also facilitates passengers to flexibly adjust their travel plans.
Data map: Epidemic prevention staff disinfected each carriage.
China News Agency reporter Chen Wenshe
If there is a local epidemic, the transportation organization will be quickly adjusted
Recently, the local epidemic in many places in China has attracted attention from the outside world, and passengers are also particularly concerned about the epidemic prevention policy of the railway department during the Spring Festival travel this year.
According to Zhu Wenzhong, during the Spring Festival travel period this year, the National Railway Group will strictly implement the epidemic prevention and control requirements for the whole process of traveling by car.
Strengthen the organization of passenger flow at the station, do a good job of temperature measurement and code inspection for passengers entering the station according to regulations, and guide passengers to enter the station in an orderly manner and wait in a dispersed manner; the train will reserve isolated seats, stop the dine-in service of the dining car, and instead deliver meals to the seats of the carriage; Strengthen station and train broadcasting and publicity, strengthen station and train ventilation and disinfection, and regularly carry out environmental hygiene monitoring.
In terms of improving the emergency plan, the railway department stated that if an epidemic occurs in some areas, the National Railway Group will actively cooperate with the local government, quickly adjust the transportation organization, stop or reduce the number of passenger trains in the epidemic-related areas as required, and restrict or stop sales in the epidemic-related areas. Passenger station tickets, strictly control the flow of risk personnel, and strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic through the railway; at the same time, free refund measures are introduced in a timely manner to avoid economic losses for passengers.
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Don't know the epidemic prevention policy of the origin and destination? 12306 can be displayed!
For travelers preparing to travel, it is very necessary to accurately and timely grasp the epidemic prevention policies of the origin and destination. Now these information can be directly inquired on 12306!
At present, 12306 can check the latest epidemic prevention policies of the departure and destination regions when purchasing tickets.
For example, when inquiring about the train from Beijing to Harbin, you can see the "epidemic prevention reminder" of the two places at the top of the ticket purchase page.
Beijing's latest epidemic prevention policy includes minimizing activities outside Beijing and strengthening the management of entry and exit from Beijing.
Harbin's latest epidemic prevention policy includes the need to hold a negative certificate for the test within 48 hours, and pass the green code with the health code.
The railway department reminds that the same city has different epidemic prevention policies for entry and exit. Passengers are requested to learn more about the relevant epidemic prevention policies when purchasing tickets.
It is understood that at present, the latest policies provided on 12306 are organized as public information, and the epidemic prevention and control policies in various places may be adjusted at any time. It is recommended that passengers must confirm the latest epidemic prevention policies of the origin and destination before departure.
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