China News Service, Harbin, January 20 (Zhou Xiaozhou reporter Shi Yifu) China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. announced on the 20th that from now until January 31, except for individual outages and trains with shorter operating mileage, non-travel trains operating within the management All air-conditioned normal-speed trains will be upgraded to air-conditioned trains, making every effort to create a safe, orderly and warm Spring Festival transportation.

  In order to improve service quality and passenger experience, Harbin Bureau Group Corporation organized passenger transport, vehicle and other departments to formulate an upgrade plan for non-air-conditioned regular-speed trains, giving full play to the advantages of large railway transportation capacity and low emissions, and collaboratively promoting carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. And, to promote the formation of green and low-carbon travel mode.

Railway workers inspect air-conditioning lines.

Photo by Li Yuxiang

  Before the end of 2021, the replacement of 9 groups of 18.5 pairs of non-air-conditioned ordinary speed trains with air-conditioned bodies has been completed. Before the end of January this year, it is planned to run in the direction of Mudanjiang to Dongfanghong, Harbin East to Wuchang, Hailar to Taerqi, etc. 11.5 pairs of non-air-conditioned normal-speed trains were replaced with air-conditioned car bodies, completing the final stage of work and fully realizing the upgrading of normal-speed train equipment.

  During the Spring Festival travel period, while adding high-speed trains, the railway department maintained the necessary operation scale of ordinary-speed trains, made overall arrangements for trains in the direction of non-passenger concentration, continued to operate 20 pairs of "slow trains" for public welfare, and further improved service facilities and services. quality, and effectively guarantee the travel of people in remote mountainous areas, forest areas and areas inhabited by ethnic minorities.

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The temperature in the air-conditioned car exceeds 20 degrees Celsius.

Photo by Xing Yubo