China-Singapore Jingwei Client, May 29th (Xiong Jiali) According to the regulations of “Adjustment of Railway Tickets’ Advance Sale Period to 15 Days”, starting from today (May 29), passengers can purchase the Dragon Boat Festival through the Internet or dial 95105105 for booking tickets. Train tickets for the first day of the holiday (June 12).
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Passenger volume in the Yangtze River Delta is expected to hit a record high
According to the holiday arrangement, the 2021 Dragon Boat Festival holiday is from June 12 (Saturday) to June 14 (Monday), a total of 3 days.
In terms of railways, the transportation period for the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is from June 11 to 15, a total of 5 days.
China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. predicts that the Yangtze River Delta Railway will usher in a large passenger flow. During the Dragon Boat Festival and the long holiday, the passenger volume and the number of additional trains are expected to hit a record high in the same period.
It is estimated that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of passengers sent by the Yangtze River Delta Railway will exceed 12.8 million, and the average daily passenger volume will exceed 2.5 million, exceeding the level of the same period in 2019.
The railway department plans to open 122 additional passenger trains to meet the travel needs of passengers.
On the afternoon of May 28, the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client inquired on the 12306 website and found that the tickets for the day before the Dragon Boat Festival holiday (June 11) were not very stressful.
Take Beijing as an example.
Tickets for most routes from Beijing to Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Changsha, Changchun, and Nanjing are relatively surplus. Only the three directions from Beijing to Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou and Jinan are slightly in short supply.
However, due to the earlier departure time or late arrival time, some trains in the above 3 directions still have a small number of tickets left.
For example, of the 149 trains from Beijing to Shijiazhuang, 16 trains have surplus tickets; of the 97 trains from Beijing to Zhengzhou, although 81 trains need to wait for ticket purchase, there are 16 trains that can be purchased immediately; Beijing Of the 115 trains to Jinan, there are 19 trains available for purchase.
Train tickets from Beijing to Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou and Jinan.
Source: 12306 website
Some flight fares dropped by more than 60% compared to the May 1st period
In terms of air tickets, the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client found that the price of air tickets on certain routes has dropped by more than 60% compared with the price during the May 1st period.
Previously, the query on April 16 found that the lowest price for the Beijing-Sanya flight on May 1 was 2010 yuan (the price of the ticket does not include the fuel and service fees for machine construction), the air China CA1345 ticket price was 3050 yuan, and the Hebei Airlines flight NS8011 ticket The price is 2620 yuan.
On the same day, the lowest fare between Beijing and Hangzhou was 580 yuan and the highest was 2420 yuan.
Among them, Air China CA1509 ticket price is 1770 yuan, Hainan Airlines HU7177 ticket price is 800 yuan.
Comparison of fares between Beijing and Sanya on the same flight during May 1st and Dragon Boat Festival.
Source: Ctrip website
On May 28, the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client rechecked the above-mentioned ticket and found that the lowest price for the Beijing-Sanya flight on June 12 was 840 yuan.
Air China’s CA1345 ticket price was 1010 yuan, a decrease of 2040 yuan from the previous May Day period, a decrease of 66.89%; Hebei Airlines NS8011 flight ticket price was 890 yuan, a decrease of 1,730 yuan from the previous period, a decrease of 66.03%.
On the same day, the lowest fare between Beijing and Hangzhou is 280 yuan and the highest is 2400 yuan.
Among them, the ticket price of Air China CA1509 dropped from 1020 yuan to 750 yuan, and the ticket price of Hainan Airlines HU7177 dropped from 800 yuan to 400 yuan.
Regarding whether the epidemic will affect the Dragon Boat Festival travel, Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said on May 20 that the epidemic once again reminded us that our personal protection must not be slackened and must be persisted.
When we travel, we must adhere to normalized prevention and control measures, personal protective measures, and travel on holidays. You will meet more people and there will be more opportunities for people to gather, so we must strengthen personal protection measures.
(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
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