China News Service, May 18. According to the WeChat official account of China Railway Corporation, in view of the continuous improvement of the current epidemic prevention and control, China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has optimized the train operation plan and increased the railway capacity of Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta in an orderly manner. configuration.
According to the current passenger flow forecast analysis and epidemic prevention and control situation, the railway department plans to resume the operation of 3 passenger trains from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo, Fuyang West and Shijiazhuang on the basis of the existing 12 trains in Shanghai from May 18. 5 passenger trains from Shanghai to Nanjing, Hefei South, Hangzhou East and Yancheng will be resumed.
In the past few days, the railway department has used big data to strengthen passenger flow forecasting and analysis according to the adjustment of local epidemic prevention and control policies and changes in passenger flow.
For popular routes and directions with strong passenger demand, measures such as resumption of operation or additional trains, reconnection of EMUs, and addition of vehicles to normal-speed trains are taken to increase transportation capacity to accurately meet the necessary travel needs of passengers; at the same time, a rapid response mechanism is established to reserve A certain number of hot-standby EMUs are ready to go online at any time.
According to the current passenger flow forecast analysis and epidemic prevention and control situation, the railway department plans to resume the operation of 3 passenger trains from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo, Fuyang West and Shijiazhuang on the basis of the existing 12 trains in Shanghai from May 18. 5 passenger trains from Shanghai to Nanjing, Hefei South, Hangzhou East and Yancheng will be resumed.
In the next step, the railway department will pay close attention to the situation of epidemic prevention and control and changes in passenger flow. On the basis of fully implementing epidemic prevention and control measures, the railway department will make preparations for resumption of driving at all times. As long as the epidemic prevention and control policy allows, it can resume or increase at any time. Passenger train.
Please pay attention to the information released by the railway 12306 website for specific train running conditions.
The railway department reminds passengers to consciously abide by the local epidemic prevention and control requirements, take the initiative to understand the epidemic prevention and control policies of departure, transit and destination, take personal health protection during the journey, wear masks in the whole process, reduce gatherings and walks, and maintain a safe distance. Actively cooperate with the railway department to implement various epidemic prevention measures and jointly maintain a safe and healthy travel environment.
By the end of 2021, the operating mileage of railways in the Yangtze River Delta region has reached more than 13,000 kilometers, including more than 6,300 kilometers of high-speed railways. The transportation organization fully considers the needs of the passenger market, and adopts the "one map a day" model, with an average of more than 1,200 passenger trains running daily. Yes, an average of 1.6 million passengers are sent every day, of which the Shanghai area railway runs 583 pairs of trains and 236,000 passengers every day.
Since the local epidemic spread in Shanghai and other places in March this year, the Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has resolutely implemented the decision-making and deployment of the central and territorial epidemic prevention and control, strictly implemented epidemic prevention and control measures, and greatly reduced the number of passenger trains. 12 pairs, with an average of 6,000 passengers per day, accounting for only 2.54% of the daily average of last year, and there is a large surplus of transportation capacity.
Judging from the current transportation plan arrangement of the railway department, the phenomenon that passengers report that there are fewer trains in Shanghai is an objective fact. This is not because the railway department has insufficient transportation capacity or does not want to drive, but in order to obey the overall situation of my country's epidemic prevention and control and adapt to the reduction of personnel. A large number of trains were stopped due to the need for mobility.
Judging from the current transportation organization capacity of the railway department, as long as the local epidemic prevention and control policy permits and there is market demand, the railway department can open additional trains within two or three hours.
Passengers and friends can wait patiently for the epidemic prevention and control situation to further improve, and there will be no problem with the mass resumption of trains by then.