China News Service, Shanghai, May 22 (Zhou Zhuoao, Li Qiuying, Zhang Hengwei, Chen Congyao) "After the (district boundary isolation) roadblocks were removed, I feel one step closer to unblocking." In an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com on the 22nd, he said.

Photo by Tan Ran of Shanghai's gradual restoration of cross-regional public transport posters

　　On the 22nd, Shanghai's inter-district public transportation started to resume, involving a total of 4 rail transit lines and 273 bus lines.

In the early morning of the same day, the reporter saw on the Sichuan Road and Bridge at the junction of Hongkou and Huangpu districts in Shanghai that the staff of the two districts were gradually removing the boundary isolation roadblocks to which they belonged.

It is reported that many districts in Shanghai will dismantle district boundary roadblocks.

Shanghai gradually resumes inter-district public transportation Photo by Yin Liqin

　　The 273 bus lines that have been restored with priority this time mainly serve the city's airports, railway stations, tertiary hospitals, and central hospitals in various districts. At the same time, considering the current epidemic situation and the forecast of travel demand, the line frequency interval is optimized.

　　Among the lines to resume operation of rail transit, Line 3 connects Shanghai Railway Station and Shanghai South Railway Station hub, and runs through the central urban area, and can transfer to Line 10 at Hongqiao Road Station; Line 10 connects Hongqiao Hub, runs through the central urban area, and is in the Pudong Gangcheng Road Station can transfer to Line 6; Line 6 and Line 16 are the main lines serving Pudong New Area.

Shanghai gradually resumes inter-district public transportation Photo by Yin Liqin

　　Zhou Ying, the station director of Zhongshan Park Station on Shanghai Metro Lines 3 and 4, told a reporter from Chinanews.com that the subway began stress testing in early May, with test runs every day, and testing of related facilities and equipment.

In addition, the subway employees also conducted online simulation exercises before taking up their jobs.

　　Zhou Ying introduced that the demand for the subway is still very high, and many passengers go to the railway station by subway today.

The subway said that the current operating hours of each subway line are from 7:00 to 20:00, and the driving interval is about 20 minutes.

Shanghai Metro will also adjust the subway frequency in time according to the actual passenger flow.

It is understood that starting from May 23, Shanghai Metro Line 10 will add 3 extra trains to the direction of Hongqiao Railway Station before the first train.

Shanghai gradually resumes inter-district public transportation Photo by Yin Liqin

　　It should be noted that at present, passengers taking public transportation and other means of transportation in Shanghai must ensure that their body temperature is normal, the application code is a green code, they have a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours, and they must wear masks throughout the process.

　　At the same time as Shanghai's public transportation is gradually recovering, some air and railway frequencies have also begun to increase in an orderly manner.

According to reports, since May 16, the railway has gradually increased the number of trains arriving and departing from Shanghai Hongqiao Station and Shanghai Station, and gradually resumed normal operation.

The airline has also gradually resumed domestic flights to the city, and adjusted the passenger load factor of domestic and foreign airlines' flights to the city in a timely manner.

Shanghai gradually resumes inter-district public transportation Photo by Yin Liqin

　　The reporter learned from the railway department that since May 16, the railway department has gradually increased the number of trains arriving and departing from Shanghai Hongqiao and other stations by adopting methods such as resuming the operation or opening more trains.

At present, the daily volume of passengers sent by Shanghai railway stations is about 10% of that before the epidemic, and passengers entering the station are generally smooth.

The railway department recommends that passengers arrive at the station 1 hour before driving, and there is no need to arrive at the station too early to avoid gathering and waiting inside and outside the station for a long time.

　　In terms of aviation, under the premise of meeting the epidemic prevention requirements of the origin and destination, a small number of domestic scheduled flights originating from Shanghai have begun to resume: Juneyao Airlines will resume Shanghai Pudong-Fujian Longyan round-trip flights from May 16, and Spring Airlines will resume flights on May 18. The resumption of flights between Shanghai and Kunming, China Eastern officially launched the return to work charter service recently... Many airlines said that they will resume some suspended routes one after another on the premise of meeting the requirements of epidemic prevention and the conditional acceptance of the destination.

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