According to China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group"), in response to the pre-sale of train tickets during the May Day holiday, the railway department has taken a variety of measures to further increase the investment of transportation capacity and strive to meet the travel needs of passengers. During the holiday transportation period from April 4 to May 22, the national railway will arrange an average of more than 4,27 passenger trains per day, and more than 5,4 additional passenger trains.
The person in charge of the passenger transport department of China Railway Group introduced that this year's May Day holiday is the first longer holiday after the Spring Festival, and the demand for passenger travel is strong, showing the characteristics of large long-distance passenger flow at the beginning and end of the holiday, more short-distance passenger flow in the middle, and highly concentrated travel periods. From the pre-sale of railway 12306, as of 4 o'clock on April 22, the railway department has sold 14.4657 million train tickets during the May Day holiday transportation, and tickets in popular directions such as Beijing to Shanghai, Chengdu to Xi'an, Guangzhou to Nanning, Guangzhou to Changsha, Beijing to Qingdao, Shenzhen to Changsha, Beijing to Shenyang, Beijing to Xi'an, Shanghai to Wuhan, Beijing to Taiyuan and other popular directions are in short supply.
In order to provide good travel services for passengers, the railway department gives full play to the advantages of the modern railway network and the developed high-speed rail network, maximizes the transportation potential, and increases the investment of transportation capacity:
The first is to implement the peak train operation chart. The national railway passenger trains will be organized according to the peak operation map, and the average daily operation of passenger trains will reach more than 10500,1500, an increase of more than <>,<> trains over the daily level.
The second is to increase long-distance capacity. An additional 156 cross-railway long-distance passenger trains were opened. Among them, from April 4 to 28 and May 30 to 5, 2 night high-speed trains will be added from Beijing Chaoyang to Shenyang North, Beijing Fengtai to Taiyuan South, Beijing West to Xi'an North, Hangzhou East to Zhengzhou East, Shanghai Hongqiao to Xi'an North, Shanghai Hongqiao to Changsha South, Nanchang West to Guangzhou South and other directions; In tourist hotspots and passenger dense passenger flow, 4 EMU trains and general speed trains will be added.
The third is to optimize the operation of moving trains. From May 5 to 2, 4 additional two-way sleeping trains will be opened between Shanghai Hongqiao and Foshan West, Shanghai Hongqiao to Guangzhou South, Shanghai Hongqiao to Zhuhai, Beijing West to Shenzhen North, Beijing West to Kunming South, Beijing West to Zhanjiang, etc.
The fourth is to increase short-distance transportation capacity. Organize all railway bureau group companies to dynamically open trains according to the passenger flow in the tube, and accurately implement the "one day, one map" to meet the travel needs of short-distance passengers to the greatest extent. Shanghai Bureau Group Company added 284 passenger trains in the direction of popular tourist cities such as Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Ningbo, Yangzhou and Huangshan, Chengdu Bureau Group Company added 30 short-distance night EMUs under the jurisdiction of Chengdu to Guiyang, Chengdu to Chongqing, Chongqing to Guiyang, etc., and Jinan Bureau Group Company operated 82 EMUs from Jinan to Zibo every day.
The railway department reminds that passengers who use the Internet or mobile phone client to purchase tickets, the railway 12306 website (including mobile phone client) is the only official train ticket network ticket sales channel, and does not charge any additional fees, please be sure to buy tickets through official channels to protect their legitimate rights and interests.
During the holiday period, the railway department will flexibly and dynamically arrange the capacity according to the passenger flow demand and ticket pre-sale, passengers with travel needs please pay attention to the station announcement, or check the train operation information through the railway 12306 website (including mobile phone client). During the festival, the flow of passengers is concentrated, and it is recommended that travelers and friends travel at different peaks. (End)