China News Service Client Beijing, April 28 (Reporter Zhang Ni) The reporter learned from China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd. that as of April 28, the railway department estimated that the total number of tickets will be 9.08 million passengers were sent, and the peak date of passenger sending was May 1. It is estimated that 1.48 million passengers were sent on that day, which is expected to hit a record high in the number of passengers sent by Beijing Bureau Group in a single day.
Data map: Beijing West Railway Station.
Photo by Niu Yungang posted by China News Agency Photo source: CNSPHOTO
According to reports, there will be a total of 5 days during the May 1st holiday in 2021, which coincides with the spring season for travel. The railway transportation period is from April 29 to May 6, a total of 8 days, especially the Beijing-Harbin High-speed Railway and the Beijing-Xiong Intercity Waiting for the opening of new lines, the transportation capacity will increase.
During the holidays, the passenger flow for short-distance visits to relatives, friends, traveling, and students returning home has increased sharply, and the passenger flow will remain high.
The long-distance direction is mainly from Beijing to Guangzhou, Sanya, Fuzhou, Kunming, Xining, Nanning, Guiyang, Xiamen, Zhanjiang, Mudanjiang, etc. The most popular cities for passenger flow are Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Hefei, Suzhou, Qingdao, Jiaxing, Qiandao Lake, etc. For tourist cities, the most popular routes are Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Zhangjiakou, Beijing-Tianjin intercity, Tianjin-Qinhuangdao high-speed rail lines.
In order to meet the travel needs of the majority of passengers, the Beijing Bureau Group will further optimize the train operation plan based on the designated peak line, dynamically allocate capacity, and arrange 106 additional pairs of passenger trains in key sections and popular directions, including long-distance passenger trains. 49 pairs and 57 pairs of short-distance passenger trains in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region provide maximum convenience for passengers to travel on holidays.
In addition, in order to meet the needs of the general public for travel and leisure vacations during weekends and May Day holidays, China Railway Tourism Group uses the Beijing suburban railway as a carrier to deeply explore the rich tourism resources along the S2 and S5 Huaimi lines of the suburban railway, and actively create " Traveling in Beijing by train" travel brand.
The railway department will successively launch a cultural tour of the city's sub-center line "Viewing the ancient charm of Beijing through Beijing"; based on the S2 line, "roaming galleries and savoring the Beijing-Zhangzhou" ancient station to experience the "human"-shaped railway on the old Beijing-Zhangzhou line and explore the secrets The new and old Beijing-Zhangjiakou line goes to the spring of the "Heaven, Earth and Germany Journey"; based on the S5 Huaimi Line, a leisure and holiday trip of "Visit the Sea of Flowers and Zhulian Ancient Town".
This year, China Railway Travel Group will rely on the advantages of railway resources to create three major product systems: "Traveling China by train", "Traveling Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei by train" and "Traveling Beijing by train". 67 tourist trains in Yichun and other directions.
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