[Explanation] On January 7, the curtain of the 2023 Spring Festival travel season officially kicked off.

On the same day, the reporter walked into Yinchuan Railway Station in Ningxia to visit the Spring Festival travel site.

  [Explanation] The reporter saw in Yinchuan Railway Station that this year, passengers only need to bring their ID cards and their own luggage when traveling, and then they can embark on the journey home.

  [Concurrent] Qiang Jinjing, Secretary of the General Party Branch of the Passenger Room of Yinchuan Station

  This year's Spring Festival travel is also the first after the announcement of our "New Ten Measures". Passengers entering the station will no longer check their health code, itinerary code, nucleic acid test certificate, and no temperature measurement.

Passengers only need to pass the verification of the ID card he purchased the ticket to get on the bus.

  [Explanation] In the waiting hall, many passengers are waiting for the train returning home with big bags and small bags.

Sha Qiang from Shandong told reporters that this year he can finally take his sister home for a reunion year.

  [Concurrent] Spring Festival traveler Sha Qiang

  Let it go now, and I can take their whole family home for the New Year together.

  [Explanation] On the K1331 train from Yinchuan to Kunshan, the reporter saw Yinke young volunteers wearing red ribbons and the train staff sending Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters and festival blessings to passengers on the train, so that passengers can feel in advance The breath of the Spring Festival brings peace and love home.

  [Same period] Wu Wenjing, deputy captain of the high-speed rail fleet of the Yinchuan Passenger Section

  In order to create a warm and comfortable travel environment for the passengers on the trains of the Yinchuan Passenger Transport Section, we paste window grilles, couplets, and lanterns on the trains. At the same time, we also send blessings and couplets to passengers. Advance New Year's congratulations.

  [Explanation] It is worth noting that on the eve of the Spring Festival travel rush in 2023, the Yinlan-Lanzhou high-speed railway linking two important cities in the west, Yinchuan and Lanzhou, will be fully operational, installing a "new engine" for the economic development of Gansu and Ningxia provinces.

  [Same period] Wu Wenjing, deputy captain of the high-speed rail fleet of the Yinchuan Passenger Section

  The opening of the Yinlan-Lanzhou high-speed railway will also play an important role in the transportation of the Spring Festival in 2023.

Then the opening of this high-speed rail line can make it more convenient for our passengers to choose their own travel destinations.

Then, in the work of the Spring Festival travel in 2023, in addition to the "visiting relatives" of our daily Spring Festival travel, the Yinlan-Lanzhou high-speed railway will also expand to "tourism flow" and "business flow" this year.

  [Explanation] It is understood that during the Spring Festival travel season, Yinchuan Railway Station and the stations under its jurisdiction are expected to send 920,000 passengers, with an average of 23,000 passengers per day, an increase of 18.3% year-on-year in 2022.

  Xie Yu and Yang Di report from Yinchuan, Ningxia

Responsible editor: [Li Yan]