China Railway Group: 200 Nighttime High Speed Trains Opened During Mid Autumn Festival and National Day Holidays
The reporter learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. that during the Mid Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, the railway department will add 200 night high-speed trains from September 27th to October 1st, and from October 4th to 7th. Tickets have been gradually released, and every effort will be made to meet the travel needs of passengers. As of now, there are sufficient tickets in all directions from October 1st to 4th, and 150 million train tickets have been sold from September 13th to 20th.
According to the person in charge of the Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Group, based on the available train tickets for October 5th, tickets for some trains from Shenyang to Beijing, Qingdao to Beijing, Chengdu to Xi'an, Qingdao to Shanghai, Nanchang to Shanghai, Nanchang to Shenzhen, Chengdu to Guangzhou, Chengdu to Beijing, Nanchang to Guangzhou, Guiyang to Guangzhou, etc. are still in high demand. There are still plenty of tickets for trains from Beijing to Xi'an, Chengdu to Chongqing, Beijing to Taiyuan, Shenzhen to Wuhan, Beijing to Shenzhen, Shenzhen to Changsha, Changsha to Shenzhen, Guangzhou to Nanning, Changsha to Shanghai, etc., while there are plenty of tickets for trains from Beijing to Shanghai, Beijing to Nanjing, Beijing to Qingdao, Shanghai to Beijing, Shanghai to Wuhan, and other directions.
According to ticket sales data and transportation capacity, the railway department will add 320 direct passenger trains across the railway bureau group companies during holiday transportation, including 14 daytime high-speed trains, 200 nighttime high-speed trains, and 106 regular speed passenger trains. Among them, the main directions of night high-speed trains are popular and tense sections such as the Beijing Shanghai, Beijing Harbin, Beijing Guangzhou, Shanghai Kunming, and Guangzhou Shenzhen high-speed trains. Each railway bureau group company has further explored its transportation potential and added short distance passenger trains within the railway bureau's jurisdiction, making every effort to meet the demand for passengers to purchase tickets for their return journey.
China Railway Group reminds that around October 4th, there will be relatively sufficient remaining tickets in all directions, and passengers can choose to return at different times. Passengers with a rigid demand for return time who have not purchased a ticket can increase their ticket success rate through standby ticket purchase or transfer.
The railway department reminds that the railway 12306 website is the only official online ticketing channel for train tickets, and no additional fees are charged. Passengers are advised to purchase tickets through official channels to protect their legitimate rights and personal information security.