China News Service, Shanghai, September 14 (Pu Fan) The reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. that in response to the strong typhoon "Plum Blossom", the Yangtze River Delta Railway decided to start from the 14th according to the changes in the typhoon's running path and the scope of influence. From 6 o'clock, the flood and typhoon prevention warning and response will be upgraded from level II to level I, and the train operation will be dynamically adjusted, the plan for the suspension of passenger trains and sales will be formulated and implemented, and the typhoon prevention work will be fully done.
According to the typhoon warning issued by the Central Meteorological Observatory at 6 o'clock on the 14th, the center of this year's No. 12 typhoon "Meihua" (strong typhoon level) was located on the sea about 275 kilometers southeast of Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province at 5 o'clock in the morning on the 14th. Near the center, the largest The wind has magnitude 14 (42 m/s).
It is expected that "Plum Blossom" will gradually approach the coast of northeastern Zhejiang, and will land in the coastal areas from Wenling to Zhoushan in Zhejiang from the afternoon to the night of the 14th.
In order to minimize the impact of the typhoon on the passenger transportation organization and ensure the safe operation of passenger trains, as of 8:00 on the 14th, the railway department has suspended the operation of some passenger trains on the Shanghai-Kunming, Xiaoyong, Beijing-Shanghai and other general-speed lines. It is planned to suspend the Ningbo-Taizhou section of the Hangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed railway from 14:00 to 24:00 on the 14th, and all trains (including EMU trains and ordinary speed trains) in the Ningbo area from 16:00 to 24:00 on the 14th.
More than 380 trains are expected to be suspended.
The railway department will pay close attention to the changes in the typhoon's path, and continue to dynamically adjust the train operation plan according to the actual situation such as wind speed, rainfall and disaster impact, and try its best to serve the safe travel needs of passengers.
The ticket window of Shanghai Railway Station handles the refund procedures for passengers on suspended trains. Photo by Wang Chengwei
The railway department said that for the specific information such as the number and time of the suspended trains, please refer to the station announcement. If you have any questions, you can call the railway customer service hotline 021-12306 for consultation.
Passengers can also pay attention to the announcement on the railway 12306 customer service website, as well as the official Weibo and WeChat information of the Yangtze River Delta Railway, so as to arrange the itinerary reasonably.
It is worth noting that passengers who have purchased tickets for suspended trains do not need to rush to the station window to refund their tickets. They can apply for refunds on the Internet within 30 days (including the day) from the date of boarding on the ticket, or hold the valid ID used to purchase the tickets. The original ticket will be refunded at the special window of the station (if the reimbursement voucher has been printed, please give the voucher to the staff at the station window), and no refund fee will be charged for the above.
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