On January 2, a reporter from Xinhua learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group that during the three days of the New Year's Day holiday, the Yangtze River Delta Railway sent more than 9.1 million passengers, an increase of more than 37% over the same period in 2019, setting a new high in passenger volume during the New Year's Day holiday, and the passenger volume accounted for more than 20% of the total number of passengers sent during the 3-day New Year's Day holiday of the national railway.
During the holiday, the passenger flow of the Yangtze River Delta Railway maintains the basic law of small and long holidays, mainly for short-distance travel, family visits, commuting and other rigid passenger flows, and the demand for passenger travel is strong. Among them, more than 1.35 million passengers were sent through the tube, and more than 7.75 million passengers were sent in the tube, accounting for more than 85% of the passenger flowThe first day of the holiday (December 30, 2023) was the highest point of passenger flow, and 326 passengers were sent on that day90,000 person-times, setting a new high for the single-day passenger dispatch during the New Year's Day holiday.
In addition, in view of the characteristics of large passenger flow and concentrated flow in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and other cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, as well as Beijing, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan and other directions, China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group has given full play to the advantages of high-speed rail network, launched weekend lines and peak lines to meet large passenger flows, and adopted measures to increase transportation capacity by arranging reconnection of EMU trains in the direction of tight transportation capacity and arranging additional vehicles for ordinary speed trains.
During the three-day holiday, the Yangtze River Delta Railway Department added 147 passenger trains, arranged 621 EMU trains to reconnect and operate, and added 150 general-speed vehicles, focusing on the allocation of transportation capacity between major cities with large passenger flows, and achieving the goal of stable and orderly passenger flow.
It is worth mentioning that although the Huangchang section of the Hangchang high-speed railway, which was just opened to traffic on December 27, 2023, is still in the transition period of opening and operation, with an average of 12 pairs of trains per day, its popularity is still undiminished. Among them, Huangshan North Railway Station sent passengers for the first time in a single day to exceed 230,000 people.
After the opening of the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway, many places in Anhui and Jiangxi provinces ushered in the "high-speed rail era", and the tourist flow along the line further increased. "Although winter is generally regarded as the off-season for tourism, the tourist flow brought by the opening of the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway is very obvious. After the implementation of the new railway schedule of "1.10", the Huangchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway will arrange to run 17 pairs of EMU trains, which will be a great benefit to the tourist attractions along the line. Huangshan City Tourism Department related personnel said.
The railway department reminds that there are still 24 days before the start of the 2024 Spring Festival on January 26, and tickets for the first day of the Spring Festival will be sold on January 12, and passengers who need to buy tickets can learn more through the China Railway 12306** and "Railway 12306" mobile clients to avoid buying tickets from informal channels and facing risks such as ticket price increases and personal information leakage.
Xinhua ** Intersection reporter Mei Jianfei correspondent Hu Xiaowei.