China News Service, Shanghai, February 19th (Pufan) A reporter learned from the Shanghai Spring Festival Transport Office that during the Spring Festival holiday (February 10th to 17th), Shanghai had a total of 9.2676 million passengers arriving and departing, a year-on-year increase of 62%, which was 2019. 110% of the year. Among them, 3.926 million passengers were sent, a year-on-year increase of 83%, which was 99% of 2019; 5.3416 million arriving passengers were received, a year-on-year increase of 49%, which was 119% of 2019.

  In terms of external transportation modes, a total of 6.0545 million passengers arrived and departed by railway, a year-on-year increase of 54%, which was 131% of 2019; a total of 2.9938 million passengers arrived and departed by civil aviation, a year-on-year increase of 77%, which was 108% of 2019; road passenger transport A total of 219,300 passengers arrived and departed, a year-on-year increase of 91% and 21% of 2019.

  In terms of intra-city passenger transport, the average daily passenger volume was 8.216 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 14% and 68% of 2019. Among them, the average daily passenger volume of rail transit is 4.903 million, a year-on-year increase of 16%, which is 86% of 2019; the average daily passenger volume of public transportation is 1.918 million, a year-on-year increase of 38%, which is 55% of 2019; cruising The average daily passenger volume of taxis was 299,000, a year-on-year decrease of 48%, to 14% of 2019; the average daily passenger volume of online car-hailing services was 1.015 million, a year-on-year increase of 2%, to 132% of 2019; Duijiang Ferry The average daily passenger volume is 68,000, a year-on-year increase of 78%, which is 115% of 2019; the average daily passenger volume of Sandao Passenger Transport is 14,000, a year-on-year increase of 65%, which is 115% of 2019.

  In terms of road network operation, the average daily traffic volume of expressways is 1.077 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 20%, which is 131% of 2019; the average daily traffic of expressway external crossings entering Shanghai is 309,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 44%, which is 132% of 2019. %, the average daily traffic out of Shanghai was 204,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 32%, which was 128% of 2019; the average daily traffic of urban expressways was 1.344 million vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 7%, which was 94% of 2019.

  During the Spring Festival, Shanghai’s Spring Festival transportation mainly presents the following four characteristics:

  First, the external passenger flow has increased significantly compared with the same period last year. The dispatch volume has basically reached the level of the same period in 2019, and the arrival volume has increased significantly by 31%. Among various modes of travel, railway still dominates, accounting for 65%, and highway passenger volume is still low compared to 2019.

  Second, due to the adjustment of the Spring Festival holiday, the return peak was on February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), with arrivals reaching 992,300, an increase of 42% from the peak in 2023 (the sixth day of the first lunar month), and 42% higher than the peak in 2019 (the sixth day of the first lunar month). the seventh day of the Lunar New Year) increased by 22%.

  Third, the city's traffic passenger volume has generally remained stable, but there is still a large gap compared with 2019. People taking public transportation (rail transportation, ground buses, cross-river ferries and Sandao Passenger Transport) accounted for 84% of the city's total transportation passenger volume, and the proportion has increased compared with previous years, with an increase of 6 percentage points respectively compared with 2023 and 2019. and 8 percentage points.

  Fourth, the highway network traffic and crossing traffic have increased significantly compared with previous years. Self-driving travel has increasingly become the main way to travel during the Spring Festival. This year’s free highway policy for passenger cars has been extended by two days from New Year’s Eve to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year compared with previous years. From February 14 (the fifth day of the first lunar month), vehicles entering Shanghai will maintain high traffic. On the 17th (the eighth day of the first lunar month), the peak number of vehicles entering Shanghai reached 441,000. (over)