253 million passengers were sent by railways across the country in the 40 days of the Spring Festival
Transport, and 5.121 million passengers were sent from Beijing
News from this newspaper (Reporter Wang Wei) On February 25, the 2022 Spring Festival travel ended.
A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned from China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Bureau Group Company") that this year's Spring Festival travel starts on January 17 and ends on February 25, a total of 40 days.
The Beijing Bureau Group Company sent a total of 12.37 million passengers, of which 5.121 million were sent from Beijing and 1.83 million from Tianjin.
From January 21 to February 25, a total of 1,205 trains for the Winter Olympics traveled.
The Beijing Bureau Group Company stated that during the Spring Festival travel period, the bureau practiced the concept of “simple, safe and exciting” hosting the Olympic Games, accurately arranged transportation capacity, and met the needs of Winter Olympics services and passenger travel. Provide sufficient transport capacity support, implement a combination of closed-loop and non-closed-loop transportation organization and epidemic prevention and control strategies, and launch high-quality train station services featuring "Snow Dream".
On February 4 and February 20, 9 special trains for the transportation of athletes were opened respectively, and the transportation guarantee tasks for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics were successfully completed.
With the closing of the Winter Olympics, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway Winter Olympic trains have been transferred to the transportation service guarantee stage for the Winter Paralympic Games. From January 21 to February 25, a total of 1,205 Winter Olympic trains have operated.
During the Winter Olympics service guarantee period, the station staff used foreign language skills to provide various consulting services and assistance to Chinese and foreign guests and athletes, which was widely praised by athletes and event staff from all over the world.
Athletes from all over the world have released videos and photos through various social and media platforms to record the experience of riding the Winter Olympics train, and praised China's high-speed rail.
A reporter from the Beiqing Daily learned from the National Railway Group that in the 40 days of the Spring Festival travel this year, the national railways sent a total of 253 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 16%, and the national railways sent 420 million tons of goods, a year-on-year increase of 1.4%.
The average number of days that coal can be stored in 363 direct railway power plants across the country is 22 days.
During the Spring Festival travel period, there were 8,498 passenger trains running on the whole road every day, and a number of new measures for convenience services were launched, which fully met the dual needs of ensuring passenger travel and epidemic prevention and control.
During the Spring Festival travel period, the organization of electricity and coal supply guarantee and transportation was strengthened, and 23 power plants in the northern Hebei region serving the Winter Olympics were given priority to ensure supply, and 363 direct railway power supply plants across the country could dynamically clear the number of days that can be used to store coal for less than 18 days. The number of days that can be consumed has reached more than 22 days; the transportation of holiday materials and epidemic prevention materials has been strengthened, and the loading of grain, agricultural sideline, food, fresh food, and medicine has increased by 11.4% year-on-year; The number of ranks increased by 6% year-on-year, and the goods dispatched by the new western land-sea corridor increased by 40% year-on-year, which effectively guaranteed the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain.