2024-01-27 16:38:04
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 27Title: 2024 Spring Festival Transport: Large passenger flow shows new vitality
Xinhua News Agency reporters Ye Haoming, Fan Xi and Wang Yuhao
The data for the first day of Spring Festival Transport is here! The cross-regional movement of people across society is nearly 190 million, of which the volume of highway personnel movement exceeds 170 million, exceeding the passenger volume of railways.
Behind the changes in numbers is the surge of people, the long-lost taste of the New Year, and the vigorous vitality bursting from mobile China.
Massive passenger flow hits new high
At 0:15 on the 26th, train K4562 bound for Qu County, Sichuan slowly departed from Guangzhou Station and headed north.
“Passenger flow will hit a record high this year.” Peng Xiang, chief engineer of the Passenger Transport Department of Guangzhou Railway Group, said that Guangdong Province is expected to send 46.8 million passengers during the Spring Festival this year, with an average of 1.17 million passengers per day, an increase of 39.6% compared with the same period in 2023.
Thousands of miles away, Zhengzhou East Railway Station has an average of more than 300 passengers departing from here every minute during peak periods to travel to other parts of the country.
In addition to taking trains, this year’s Spring Festival, more people will participate in it by driving themselves.
Yang Jun, a Gansu native who works abroad, chose to drive back to Lingtai County, Gansu Province this year to celebrate the New Year. “The county just opened a highway at the end of last year, and the road is easy and fast.” Yang Jun said, looking at the constant flow of vehicles on the highway made him even more homesick.
The Ministry of Transport predicts that the number of passengers traveling by self-driving during the Spring Festival this year will be about 7.2 billion, which will hit a record high.
The free passage period for small passenger cars during this Spring Festival holiday is from February 9th to 17th, and the cost of driving home will be less; the service management of parking, charging, refueling, catering and other services in the service area continues to improve, and in the event of emergency emergencies, troubleshooting and rescue will be more timely.
Good service enhances new experience
Technology assists safety, and technology optimizes services.
In some stations along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway, in addition to hurried passengers, there are also some cute passenger intelligent service robots shuttled back and forth. These robots can provide basic services such as in-station navigation and querying train arrival and departure times. They can also help passengers transport large luggage, which greatly facilitates travel for passengers with special needs.
During the Spring Festival travel period, there are not only hard technologies but also soft services.
On the 27th, in the waiting room on the second floor of Hankou Station, some artists performed live instrumental music, attracting passengers to stop and watch. China Railway Wuhan Bureau organized Hubei Federation of Literary and Art Circles artists and staff calligraphers to hold cultural performances for passengers in the waiting room and write Spring Festival couplets for passengers on the spot.
China Southern Airlines will launch Spring Festival-themed flights on more than 20 routes departing from cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, featuring unique flight activities, atmospheric cabin layout, poetic broadcasts, and delicious meals with Spring Festival characteristics. , sending New Year blessings to passengers.
New potential inspires new vitality
On the first day of Spring Festival travel, train D8083 carrying more than 500 passengers departed on time at Shenyang North Railway Station. Most of them go to Changbai Mountain Station to experience the wonderful ice and snow journey.
During this year’s Spring Festival travel period, whether “seeing the snow in the north” or “going south to escape the cold”, “traveling” has become the first choice for many people.
Data from Tongcheng Travel Platform shows that since January, searches for Sanya tourism have increased by 302% month-on-month. The total number of hotel bookings in Hainan destinations on the Meituan platform is 78,000, with a total order value of 50 million yuan.
The travel of “people” is full of vitality, and the transportation of “things” is fast and powerful.
Lingyuan, Liaoning Province, is an important flower planting area in the north. During the Spring Festival travel period, the Shenyang Railway Department operated multiple train “flower trains” to transport various bouquets from Lingyuan to all parts of the country, further boosting the revitalization of local villages.
On the Spring Festival transportation road, packages full of longings were shipped to distant places.
During the Spring Festival, the form of the journey is constantly changing, but people’s heart for reunion remains unchanged.
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