China News Service, Guangzhou, January 30 (Guo Jun, Huang Huiping, Hu Jing) "We are going home to celebrate the New Year!" At 7:4 on January 30, the D1846 train carrying 320 Guizhou Anshun migrant workers in Guangdong left. Depart from Guangzhou South Railway Station and drive west to Guizhou.
According to the railway department, this train was a special train for migrant workers returning home under the "Mountains and Seas Hearts Connecting Guizhou and Guizhou" jointly organized by the Guangzhou Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and the corresponding regional human resources and social security departments. It is also the start of this year's Spring Festival in Guangzhou. The first free "love" return home train.
Guangzhou has launched its first free "love" train during this year's Spring Festival to send fellow residents home. Photo courtesy of Guangzhou Railway Group
The sky was slightly bright. Brother Liu from Balu Village, Anshun, came to the station early to wait with two large bags of New Year's goods and his suitcase. In March last year, he heard from fellow villagers that there were many job opportunities in Guangzhou, so he came to Guangzhou to look for a job after celebrating the Chinese New Year at home. Now he works in an electronics factory. In his early years, Brother Liu worked in Beijing and Zhejiang. Whenever the new year was approaching, the most troublesome thing for him was buying tickets to go home. This year I heard that the government department had a special love train, so I signed up with the intention of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, I received a reply very quickly.
"I applied for a round-trip ticket at once on my mobile phone, and this year I can finally go home to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind." On the 18th of the first lunar month, Brother Liu will continue to take the free migrant train back to Guangdong to resume work. It is understood that this is Brother Liu’s first time taking the free high-speed rail home.
Guangzhou has launched its first free "love" train during this year's Spring Festival to send fellow residents home. Photo courtesy of Guangzhou Railway Group
"I'm very grateful for this good policy. I don't have to worry about buying tickets this year. I didn't know there was a special train back home before. It took a day to take the bus. Now it only takes 7 hours to get home by high-speed train." A man who has worked for a foreign trade company in Guangzhou for three years Ms. Yan from Anshun said with a smile.
"We have set up special passages and service desks for migrant workers, and arranged 10 volunteers to strengthen guidance at transportation connections such as subways, buses, and bus stations to facilitate migrant workers to quickly enter the station and take the bus." Guangzhou South Railway Station Director on Duty Introduction by Qian Qilong. In order to ensure the smooth operation of the special train returning home, Guangzhou South Railway Station has optimized the entry flow for migrant passengers, opened up green channels for entry and security inspection, and organized "Chunlan" service posts and young volunteers to strengthen publicity and organization in key places such as waiting rooms and platforms. Provide migrant workers with transportation guidance, key personnel assistance and other services.
"We plan to run 37 special trains returning home before the holiday, mainly from Guangzhou south to Guizhou Qiannan, Bijie and other places to solve the problem of difficulty in purchasing tickets and taking trains during the Spring Festival for migrant workers in Guangdong, so that fellow villagers can return safely. Celebrate the New Year at home," said Peng Xiang, chief engineer of the Passenger Transport Department of Guangzhou Railway Group.
It is reported that after the holiday, Guangzhou Railway Group will take the initiative to find out the travel needs of migrant workers in accordance with the resumption of work and production arrangements of local governments and enterprises at all levels, and launch "special return-to-work trains" in Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other directions to implement migrant workers. Return to work to "cover the bottom line" and ensure transportation. (over)