Zhongxin Finance, January 17 (Reporter Zhang Xu) On the 17th, the 40-day 2022 Spring Festival travel curtain officially opened, and New Year's Eve train tickets were officially launched on this day.
Which destinations are the hardest to buy during the Spring Festival travel this year?
What preferential policies have the railway sector launched?
Come and see!
Data map: The EMU is ready to go.
Photo by Wang Shutian
The 2022 Spring Festival is officially open!
The 2022 Railway Spring Festival starts from January 17 and ends on February 25, with a total of 40 days. The number of railway passengers across the country is expected to reach 280 million.
According to the railway department, more than 10.5 million passenger seats can be provided every day during the Spring Festival this year, an increase of more than 10% compared with 2019.
In accordance with the principle of "arrangement according to needs, emergency preparedness, precise matching, and echelon delivery", the railway department more accurately implements "one map per day" according to the changes in passenger flow and the pre-sale of tickets, and dynamically arranges the delivery of capacity and the operation of passenger trains to fully satisfy the To ensure the dual needs of passenger travel and epidemic prevention and control.
In addition, if an epidemic occurs in a local area, the transportation organization will be quickly adjusted, and passenger trains in epidemic-related areas will be stopped and reduced to reduce the flow of people.
Data map: In the waiting hall of Shanghai Hongqiao Station, passengers are waiting in an orderly manner.
Photo by Wang Chengwei
These destinations may be the "
hottest
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Some platforms have previously predicted popular destinations for this year's Spring Festival.
According to Qunar big data, the top ten popular destinations for railway travel in the Spring Festival in 2022 are: Chongqing, Wuhan, Harbin, Changsha, Guiyang, Chengdu, Nanchang, Shenyang, Changchun, and Fuyang.
People in the southwest and northeast regions are more motivated to buy tickets.
The ten most popular departure cities are: Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Suzhou, Nanjing, Dongguan, Wuhan, Changsha.
Among them, Dongguan has increased significantly compared with previous years, and it is the first time among the top ten departure places of the Spring Festival.
Photo by Zhang Boxing
Some trains have a minimum 20% discount
During the Spring Festival travel this year, China National Railway Group will expand the scope and intensity of discounted fares to benefit passengers in an inclusive way.
According to reports, the discounted trains cover forward and reverse, EMU and normal speed, Tuding and Linke. The EMU trains continue to receive a minimum 5.5% discount, and ordinary speed passenger trains implement a minimum 20% discount.
At the same time, the railway department will continue to implement differentiated fare preferential strategies to enhance passengers' sense of gain.
In addition, during the Spring Festival travel period, the railway department will continue to maintain the scale of public welfare "slow trains" without arranging outages, further improve service facilities, improve service quality, and effectively ensure the travel of people in remote mountainous areas.
In terms of optimizing the transfer service, online, the railway department has optimized the time for continuous transfer, increased the choice of transfer stations, and provided passengers with more alternative transfer options; offline, the stations that provide convenient transfer services within the station are The number of 75 has been increased to 80, and transfer guidance and channels have been set up to further improve the convenience of passenger transfers.
Data map: Passengers enter the station at Ganyu Railway Station in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province.
Photo by China News Agency Si Wei Photo source: CNSPHOTO
Seniors dial 12306 for priority
It is worth mentioning that, in order to facilitate the elderly, people who are disconnected from the Internet, and key groups in need of special services, the railway department has carried out online and offline omni-channel care services.
Online, the railway department continues to improve the barrier-free service level of the 12306 website and mobile phone client for aging. The elderly use the mobile phone number filled in with the registered 12306 account to give priority to the 12306 customer service number, and provide online ticket purchase and information inquiry for elderly passengers. and reservation services are provided.
Offline, the railway department has improved the caring channel service function for key passengers, implemented basic service measures, arranged guide or service personnel at ticket offices, service desks, and comprehensive service centers to provide key passenger services. Tickets, cash ticket purchases and other service methods to ensure convenient ticket purchases for people who are disconnected from the Internet.
Data map: Passengers at Guangzhou South Railway Station are ready to travel. Photo by Chen Jimin
12306APP can provide temporary electronic identity certificate
The China Railway Group reminds that if a passenger or friend loses or does not have an ID card, they can submit an application for a temporary electronic identity certificate online on the 12306 mobile phone client. , ticket checking and other business services, no need to go to the station to apply for paper certificates.
In order to facilitate passengers to purchase tickets, the railway department has extended the service hours for ticket sales and ticket changes on the 12306 website (including mobile clients). Passengers can purchase tickets or change tickets from 5:00 to 23:30 every day to 5 days a day. From: 00:00 to 1:00 am the next day (except every Tuesday); the deadline for standby ticket purchase is adjusted from 6 hours before driving to 2 hours at the latest. Passengers can also apply for standby ticket purchase 2 hours before driving.
In addition, a new self-service ticketing terminal has been added to handle electronic ticket change, and passengers can complete the ticket change business on the self-service ticket vending machine; the 12306 website service function has been optimized and upgraded again, and passengers can use the 12306 website (including mobile client) 24 Hours for refunds.
For epidemic prevention and control, at present, 12306 can also check the latest epidemic prevention policies of the departure and destination regions when purchasing tickets.
The railway department also reminds passengers: Please pay attention to your own health and personal protection when traveling during the Spring Festival, pay attention to the epidemic prevention and control policy requirements of the place of departure and arrival, make relevant preparations in advance, and timely pay attention to the information on the 12306 website and the announcements of major railway stations to learn about travel information Information, reasonable arrangements for the itinerary, try to use contactless services such as self-service equipment when entering the station, follow the guidance of railway staff, and jointly create a safe and healthy journey.
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