Passenger flow between Shanghai-Hangzhou and Shanghai-Suzhou is concentrated, the first day of railway transportation during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday
The five-day railway transportation during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday starts today. From June 7 to 11, the national railways are expected to carry 74 million passengers, with an average of 14.8 million passengers per day. June 8 is the peak day for passenger flow, with approximately 17 million passengers expected.
On the afternoon of the first day of railway transportation during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, Beijing Railway Station received a large passenger flow.
The person in charge of the Transportation Department of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said that judging from the pre-sale situation of Railway 12306, the passenger flow of railways during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year is mainly the flow of family visits and tourism flow. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Passenger flow is relatively concentrated in popular tourist cities such as Nanjing and Xi'an, as well as popular sections such as Shanghai to Hangzhou, Shanghai to Suzhou, Shenzhen to Guangzhou, Tianjin to Beijing, and Chengdu to Chongqing.
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During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, railways across the country will implement a peak line operation chart, with an average of approximately 11,500 passenger trains scheduled to operate daily.
At around 3 pm on June 7, there was a long queue at the subway exit of Beijing Station. Photo by Zhang Yu.
China Railway Group stated that the railway department will dynamically analyze the railway 12306 ticket sales and waiting list data to accurately grasp passenger travel needs, flexibly add temporary passenger trains, adopt methods such as reconnecting EMUs and adding additional carriages to normal-speed passenger trains, and promptly Increase transportation capacity in popular directions and routes to meet passenger travel needs to the greatest extent. The railway department will also reserve a certain number of EMUs, regular-speed trains and crews at major railway hubs to put them on line at any time when encountering sudden passenger flows.
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The China Railway Corporation hopes to take into account the travel needs of long-distance and short-distance passengers through functions such as railway 12306 standby ticket purchase and online berth selection, scientifically formulate ticket sales strategies, take effective measures to prevent and curb malicious ticket grabbing behavior on third-party platforms, ensure the safe and stable operation of the railway 12306 system, and create a fair and just ticket purchasing environment.
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