[Explanation] On January 7, the 40-day 2023 Spring Festival Transport kicked off.
The national key railway construction project - Heruo Railway is put into Spring Festival transportation for the first time. People along the line can enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way while taking the train home for the New Year.
At 12:07, passenger train No. 5816 from Urumqi to Hotan slowly made its way to Qiemo Station in Xinjiang.
Passenger Mai Mai Timing Mai Mai Tijiang told reporters that in the past, because Qiemo County did not have trains, he could only take a car or plane to return to his hometown of Hetian for the New Year. After entering the Spring Festival travel season, it not only relieved him of the pressure of buying tickets, but also provided him with an additional travel option.
[Concurrent] Traveler Mai Mai Timing Mai Mai Tijiang
We used to drive here before, it took a long time and we were very tired. Now that the train has passed, it has brought us a lot of convenience. The automatic ticket machine can collect tickets, and there is no need to queue in the waiting hall.
[Concurrent] Passenger Wang Juan
Before Qiemo had no trains, we needed to transfer by car to Korla, which was troublesome. Now Qiemo will be convenient for us to go home after the trains are connected.
[Explanation] Guo Yajie, a staff member at the Qiemo station, introduced that a series of new railway regulations for this year's Spring Festival transport have optimized the ticket purchase rules, passengers can enjoy more discounts, the experience of passengers' refund and rebooking has been improved, and the railway travel services for students have been improved. Passenger trains are absolutely safe to operate, and a series of trainings have been organized at the terminal station to improve the emergency handling capabilities of flight attendants and provide a strong guarantee for a better travel experience for passengers.
[Concurrent] Xinjiang Qiemo station staff Guo Yajie
Qiemo Station organized all staff to carry out labor safety training, training on changes in new passenger regulations, service etiquette training, etc. in the early stage of the Spring Festival travel season, which improved the business skills and service level of the station staff.
[Explanation] In order to cope with the peak flow of people during the Spring Festival travel season, the local transportation department scientifically arranges transportation capacity, strengthens transportation capacity scheduling, optimizes passenger transportation services, strengthens road network operation service guarantees, and takes multiple measures to ensure that people travel in an orderly manner.
[Concurrent] Xinjiang Ruoqiang Station staff Dai Jiawei
In order to make travel more convenient and fast for passengers, our station actively promotes and publicizes the e-ticket service, adds security check-in channels and service personnel, guides passengers to directly enter the station with valid ID cards, and also sets up a service window for "off-line personnel". Help elderly passengers to enter the station in time to ensure the smooth and orderly flow of the Heruo Railway during the Spring Festival travel season.
[Explanation] The Heruo Railway has a total length of 825.476 kilometers. It is an important regional road network trunk line in the central and western regions of the national medium and long-term railway network plan. It is also a convenient transportation channel for the southern Xinjiang region to connect the northwest and southwest regions.
On June 16, 2022, the Heruo Railway was opened to traffic, and the world's first ring-desert railway line was built, ending five counties including Luopu, Cele, Yutian, Qiemo, and Minfeng and three regiments of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps No train history.
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Responsible editor: [Liu Xian]