China News Service, Beijing, February 16 (Xinhua) -- The Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end, and return passenger flow on China's railways continues to rise. The reporter learned from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "State Railway Group") on the 16th that on February 15 (the sixth day of the first lunar month), the country's railways sent 15.159 million passengers, once again setting a new record for the number of passengers sent in a single day during the Spring Festival. On February 16 (the seventh day of the first lunar month), national railways are expected to carry 15.3 million passengers, and 1,813 additional passenger trains have been arranged.
The person in charge of the Passenger Transport Department of the China Railway Group said that judging from the advance ticket sales of Railway 12306, on February 16, there were more passengers departing from cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, and Nanjing. , Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Zhengzhou and other cities have more passengers, Guangzhou-Shenzhen, Beijing-Shanghai, Chongqing-Chengdu, Suzhou-Shanghai, Nanning-Guangzhou, Tianjin-Beijing, Zhanjiang -Guangzhou, Nanjing-Shanghai, Beijing-Tianjin, Guangzhou-Zhuhai and other sections have large passenger flows.
Railway departments in various regions have increased transport capacity and opened additional passenger trains on popular line sections in a timely manner. For example, the Taiyuan Bureau Group Company has opened 73 additional temporary passenger trains and 21 additional night high-speed trains from Taiyuan South to Shanghai Hongqiao and Xi'an North. Zhengzhou Bureau Group Company operates 56 night high-speed trains and 15 additional passenger trains to Jiaozuo, Zhoukou, Taiyuan, Nanjing and other directions.
At the same time, railway departments in various regions have also optimized the catering supply on trains to make the "train on the tip of the tongue" warm on the way back. According to the above-mentioned person in charge, Zhengzhou Bureau Group Company has launched special meals such as spicy chicken, boiled beef, braised noodles, garlic eggplant and so on on some trains to meet the dining needs of different passengers. Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has launched "Chu cuisine" box lunches such as lotus root and pork ribs soup, Mianyang rice flour steamed pork, Zhongxiang Panlong vegetables, Laba beans and pig's trotters on more than 140 EMU trains. Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has launched affordable meals such as Shengzhou steamed buns for 18 yuan (RMB, the same below), hot chain convenience buckets and pork ribs rice cakes for 28 yuan. (over)