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Today, the railways in many places across the country started New Year's Day transportation.
Harbin Railway started New Year's Day transportation, with more than 1.3 million trips.
The reporter learned from China Railway Harbin Bureau Group that the railway New Year's Day holiday transportation was officially launched on the 29th. From December 29, 2023 to January 2, 2024, Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. is expected to send 1.33 million passengers, with an average of 26 passengers per day60,000 people. December 30 is the peak of passenger flow, and it is expected to send 280,000 passengers, and tourists' enthusiasm for travel continues to rise.
During this year's New Year's Day holiday, tourists mainly travel to ice and snow tourism and visiting relatives, and the passenger flow in popular tourist directions such as Harbin, Mohe, and Yabuli is relatively concentrated. In order to meet the travel needs of tourists, Harbin Bureau Group Company arranged to open 38 pairs of passenger trains, including 7 pairs of EMUs from Beijing, Shenyang, Dandong, Dalian and other directions to Heilongjiang from outside the province, and 6 pairs of ordinary speed trains from Beijing, Jinan, Yantai and Shanhaiguan to Heilongjiang, striving to meet the tourism needs of "southbound passengers". Three pairs of trains will be added between Harbin and Yabuli and Harbin and Mohe to expand the tourist travel capacity of hot spots. In Qiqihar, Jiamusi, Mudanjiang, Hegang, Qitaihe, Daqing and other provincial directions, 25 pairs of EMUs will be arranged to serve passengers to visit relatives and friends for short distances. During the New Year's Day holiday, 4 special trains for ice and snow tourism in Mudanjiang, Yichun, Mohe, Fuyuan and other directions will be opened, and passenger trains with folk theme carriages in the northeast from Harbin to Mohe will continue to be opened.
During the New Year's Day holiday, Hainan Railway ran 116 pairs of passenger trains on the highest day.
The reporter learned from the Haikou train depot of Hainan Railway that the five-day railway New Year's Day holiday transportation was launched on December 29, in order to meet the passenger travel needs during the New Year's Day holiday, Hainan Railway increased its capacity, and the highest daily passenger train was 116 pairs, and the average daily passenger train was 1135 pairs.
According to reports, as of 9 o'clock on December 29, there are still some remaining tickets for the C7361, C7373 and C7363 trains from Haikou Station to the western section of the high-speed railway around the island.
The Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to send 12.5 million passengers in five days.
The reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Bureau Group) that the Yangtze River Delta Railway's 2024 New Year's Day holiday transportation will be launched today (December 29). During the five-day holiday, the Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to send 12.5 million passengers, with an average of 2.5 million passengers per day, an increase of more than 15% over the same period in 2019.
During the New Year's Day holiday transportation period, the Yangtze River Delta Railway will focus on tourism, family visits, commuting and other rigid passenger flows. Passenger traffic is expected to show the first.
2. The fourth day (December 30, 2023, January 1, 2024) will be higher, and the third day (December 31, 2023) will be lower, with relatively stable wavy characteristics in the first and last two days. Among them, December 30 is the peak day of passenger flow, and it is expected to send 3 million passengers. It is worth mentioning that the Huangshan-Nanchang section of the Hangzhou-Changzhou high-speed railway, which opened on December 27, will inject new vitality into the transportation during the New Year's Day holiday in 2024, and is expected to drive the growth of tourism passenger flow along the line.
Reporter Yu Wenbo, Yang Tao, He Yingping, Li Xiao).