The reporter learned from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "State Railway Group") that on February 19, the country's railways carried 14.043 million passengers. Since the Spring Festival on January 26, the country's railways have carried more than 300 million passengers. The transportation is safe and stable. Orderly. On February 20, the national railway passenger flow continued to maintain a high level. It is expected to carry 13.3 million passengers, and 1,716 additional passenger trains have been arranged.
The person in charge of the Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Group said that after the holidays, the passenger flow of railways such as visiting relatives, tourists, students, and migrant workers will be superimposed, and the demand for passenger travel will be strong, and the passenger flow will remain at a high level. Judging from the advance ticket sales of Railway 12306, on February 20, there were more passengers departing from cities such as Chengdu, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, Chongqing, Nanjing and other cities have more passengers, Wuhan-Guangzhou, Nanning-Guangzhou, Guangzhou-Shenzhen, Hangzhou-Ningbo, Wuhan-Shenzhen, Guangzhou-Dongguan, Suzhou-Shanghai, Changsha-Shenzhen, Chengdu- Chongqing, Shanghai-Suzhou and other sections have large passenger flows.
The person in charge said that railway departments in various regions have fully tapped their potential and expanded their capacity, increased transport capacity in major popular directions and sections, taken effective measures to prevent the impact of cold wave weather, increased service guarantees, and strived to meet passenger travel needs. Harbin Bureau Group Company arranged to open 92 additional passenger trains in directions such as Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Qiqihar, and Mudanjiang. The Beijing Bureau Group Company has opened 245 additional passenger trains, optimized the exit channels of major stations in Beijing, and strengthened guidance at key locations such as platforms, escalators, and exits to facilitate passengers returning to Beijing to leave the station safely and quickly. Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. actively responds to snowy and cooling weather, reserves thermal skating, ice scraping trucks and ice emergency personnel, and is ready to go online for ice and snow removal at any time. Zhengzhou Bureau Group Company has opened 23 additional passenger trains within the administration to meet the needs of personnel exchanges between popular cities in the province. Wuhan Bureau Group Company has arranged nearly 10,000 snow and ice removal personnel on standby 24 hours a day, and reserves more than 50 diesel and electric locomotives that can be online at any time for snow and ice removal operations. Xi'an Bureau Group Company has opened 132 additional passenger trains to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Shanghai Bureau Group Company has added 35 night high-speed trains from Fuyang west to Shanghai and Hangzhou. Nanchang Bureau Group Company has opened 94 additional passenger trains to the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and other directions, including 2 additional migrant trains from Pingxiang to Shanghai and Jiujiang to Shenzhen; it has conducted functional tests on more than 300 sets of electric snow melting devices at 28 stations to improve the lines The ability to melt snow and prevent freezing. Guangzhou Bureau Group Company has opened 583 additional passenger trains in the directions of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Dongguan and other directions, including 342 night high-speed trains. The Chengdu Bureau Group Company has added 66 night trains to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an and other places from Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou. Since February 15, it has operated 19 special trains for migrant workers, escorting more than 10,000 migrant workers back to work. Nanning Bureau Group Company has added 158 passenger trains in popular directions such as Xingyi to Hangzhou, including 2 "point-to-point" migrant trains from Guilin to Shenzhen North and Baise to Guangzhou South. Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has launched a "point-to-point" high-speed rail migrant train from Dingxi Northwest to Qingdao North to help migrant workers find employment in the "six counties and one district" of Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Urumqi Bureau Group Company has opened 18 additional passenger trains in directions such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuchang, and Chengdu. The Qinghai-Tibet Group Corporation has increased inspections of the windy sections of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Dunhuang Railway, and Geku Railway to ensure that equipment and facilities are in good condition.
The railway department reminds passengers that due to the cold wave weather, railway departments in various regions will dynamically adjust passenger train operation plans according to weather conditions and proactively avoid safety risks. Passengers are requested to pay attention to weather changes and travel service information in a timely manner and arrange travel reasonably. In order to ensure the safety of train operation, railway vehicles have certain passenger capacity restrictions. High-speed rail trains that operate safely, at high speeds and smoothly have stricter passenger capacity restrictions. If a large number of passengers who purchase short-distance tickets do not get off the train when they arrive at the station, it will cause The overcrowding of carriages seriously affects the normal transportation order and endangers the safety of train operations. Railway staff will also persuade passengers who "buy short and take long" to get off. To this end, the railway department reminds passengers to strictly follow the arrival and departure stations according to their tickets and jointly maintain good riding order. (CCTV reporter Xu Jingyun)