China-Laos Railway passenger volume hits record high for 6 consecutive months

[ASEAN Special Line] China-Laos Railway has hit a new high in passenger volume for six consecutive months

　　China News Service, Kunming, March 18 (Reporter Miao Chao) The reporter learned from China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. on the 18th that from September 2023 to February 2024, the number of passengers sent by the China-Laos Railway reached a new high for six consecutive months. .

On March 17, an EMU train was traveling on the China-Laos Railway.

Photographed by Wu Meng

　　In the past six months, the passenger volume of the China-Laos Railway has continued to grow, reaching 1 million, 1.16 million, 1.165 million, 1.359 million, 1.856 million, and 2.222 million passengers. The number of passengers has repeatedly reached new highs.

　　The person in charge of the Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. said that since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, the railway department has continuously innovated service models, improved passenger travel experience, optimized the passenger transport product supply system, paid close attention to changes in passenger flow, and based on ticket pre-sales and waiting lists. Dynamic analysis of ticket purchase big data, optimization of train operation and ticketing strategies, implementation of "one map per day" and "one car, one policy" to improve the matching between capacity supply and the market.

　　In addition, the Chinese section of the China-Laos Railway has implemented a differentiated fare strategy, promoted new ticket products for regular times, carried out air-rail combined transportation, improved business travel and other differentiated services; the Laos section has further improved the mobile APP service functions to support Laos, China , Thai mobile phone number and email registration, enriching a variety of payment methods to meet the differentiated travel needs of passengers to the greatest extent.

　　The China-Laos railway passenger volume has hit a new high, which is inseparable from the close cooperation between the Chinese and Laos governments.

It is reported that the two governments have signed a number of cooperation agreements to jointly promote infrastructure construction, industrial development and cultural exchanges along the railway, laying a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the China-Laos railway.

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