China News Service, Guangzhou, April 7 (Guo Junyou, Zhiyu, Huang Yuchu) Reporters learned from the Guangzhou Railway Group on the 7th that passenger transportation during the entire Qingming Festival holiday this year was generally stable and orderly.
April 6th is the last day of the long holiday. Passengers have embarked on their return journeys, and Guangzhou Railway Group has experienced a small peak in return passenger flow. The passenger flow shows a trend of returning from surrounding small and medium-sized cities to central cities. On that day, Guangzhou Railway sent 2.318 million passengers, an increase of 12.7% compared with 2019, and arrived at 2.142 million passengers.
On the afternoon of April 6, Guangzhou South Railway Station, passengers returning from the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday. Photo by Deng Zhifang
On April 6, Guangzhou Railway Group arranged for the operation of 2,585 high-speed trains and 303 ordinary-speed trains; it also operated 183 additional high-speed trains and 93 ordinary-speed trains, providing sufficient transportation capacity for returning passengers.
On the afternoon of April 6, Guangzhou South Railway Station, passengers returning from the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday. Photo by Deng Zhifang
In order to cope with the return passenger flow, Guangzhou Railway Group has increased its service efforts for key passengers such as the elderly, young, sick, disabled, and pregnant, and dispatched additional service teams to assist passengers in purchasing tickets, carrying luggage, etc.; and unblocked traditional service channels such as station window ticketing and manual ticket inspection. , to ensure the travel needs of the elderly and people who are offline; handle passenger inquiries in a timely manner, and provide passengers with services such as convenient reservations for entry and exit, pick-up and drop-off; and provide wheelchairs, medicine boxes and other supplies at the service desk to provide passengers in need with "One-to-one" service; all major stations conscientiously do a good job in connecting and transporting the railway station area, smoothing the "last mile" of passenger travel, and actively linking with the municipal transportation department to coordinate the addition or extension of buses and subways according to the arrival time of the train. , taxi operating hours, and optimize the driving route at the train station exit to ensure that passengers can go home smoothly after exiting the station. (over)