Tai'an Station dismantled all massage seats overnight! The total number of seats has doubled, and after being criticized, the railway department | Seats | Tai'an Station
On August 17th, the official Weibo account of China Railway released a notice, stating that the railway department has issued a notice of criticism on the operation and service issues of massage chairs at Tai'an Station. The railway department requires that a comprehensive investigation and rectification be carried out by the end of August. For multifunctional waiting seats that do not meet the requirements in terms of quantity, specifications, layout, condition, and hygiene, rectification should be carried out within a specified period of time.
On the evening of August 18th, a reporter from Qilu Evening News and Qilu Yidian Taian Integrated Media Center saw in the waiting hall of No.1 high-speed railway Taian Station that the original massage seats had been completely removed and replaced with brand new ordinary seats. With the original ordinary seats, there were nearly a thousand ordinary seats, doubling the total number of seats in the waiting hall.
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According to the Qilu Evening News, recently, some passengers reported that a large number of passengers were sitting on the ground at the Tai'an high-speed railway station, due to the station replacing ordinary seats with massage seats, resulting in a significant shortage of ordinary seats.
A netizen roast that of the nearly 500 seats in the waiting hall, only more than 60 are ordinary seats, and 90% share massage chairs.
Ms. Zou, a staff member on duty at Tai'an Station, responded that there are currently two waiting rooms, the first and second, at Tai'an High Speed Railway Station, with a total of 1488 seats of various types, including 558 ordinary seats and 930 massage chairs, which is not a 9:1 ratio reported online.
According to the Qilu Evening News, Ms. Xu from Qingdao had just climbed Mount Taishan and was ready to return. She had to sit on the ground because she did not see a seat.
Ms. Xu said, "It's not humanized. I think regular seats should be more than massage seats because massage chairs are relatively spacious and take up more space than regular chairs. Adding an additional massage chair would require removing the corresponding regular seats, squeezing out public waiting resources."
However, another passenger said, "When not massaging, the protruding massage points inside the seat are very uncomfortable and hurt the back, which is not suitable for passengers who sit for a long time waiting for the bus."
Media on-site visits have found that the brand of the massage chair is "Moxiangle", with the words "Free seating, QR code massage" written on it.
By scanning the QR code of the regular massage chair, it can be found that the massage package is divided into three levels, with a minimum of 8.8 yuan for 10 minutes of massage and a maximum of 15.8 yuan for 32 minutes of massage; The premium massage chair costs a minimum of 15 yuan for 15 minutes and a maximum of 30 yuan for 45 minutes.
On August 17th, China Railway issued a notice criticizing the high-speed rail Tai'an Station and stipulating that stations with massage chairs should not exceed 20% of all waiting seats. The announcement states that by the end of August, a comprehensive investigation and rectification will be carried out, and those who do not meet the requirements in terms of the number, specifications, layout, condition, and hygiene of multifunctional waiting seats will be rectified within a specified period of time.
On the evening of the 18th, a reporter from Qilu Evening News and Qilu Yidian visited the Tai'an Station of the high-speed railway and found that all massage chairs in waiting hall 1 have been replaced with ordinary seats.
"I often go on business trips to Tai'an, and I am very concerned about the massage chairs afterwards. When I arrived today, I found that the massage chairs in the waiting hall were all missing. This rectification has made us passengers respected," said Mr. Guo, a passenger from the province.
According to on-site investigations by reporters, there are currently nearly a thousand ordinary seats in the waiting hall of Tai'an Station on the high-speed rail. Previously, during the first interview with reporters, the total number of seats in the No.1 waiting hall was over 460. After this adjustment, the total number of seats has doubled.
The newly adjusted white seats have a plastic surface and a smooth surface, with iron hollow armrests.
"After switching to regular seats, the number of seats has significantly increased!" Mr. Wang, a passenger from Qingdao, said, "This white seat feels clean at first glance and is better than massage seats."
