Beijing, February 17, 2024. The Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end, and many migrant workers are starting to return one after another, preparing to resume work. However, due to the large number of passengers during the Spring Festival travel period and the shortage of tickets, many people cannot buy their favorite return tickets, so they can only choose other ways or change their travel time. One woman, who was anxious because she couldn't buy a return ticket, said she had never wanted to go back to work so much.
The woman's name is Li Mei, an online car-hailing driver from Henan, she has been working in Beijing for three years, usually lives in a rental house in Tongzhou District, and drives her own car to pick up and drop off passengers in various places in Beijing every day, and her income is not bad. Li Mei said that she likes the city of Beijing and her job, and although she sometimes encounters some unreasonable passengers, she is generally very free and happy.
Li Mei said that during the Spring Festival this year, she went back to her hometown, reunited with her parents and relatives, and also gave herself a small holiday. She said that she originally planned to return to Beijing on the first day after the Spring Festival, because she knew that the first day after the Spring Festival was the return rush, and it would be difficult to buy tickets, and she also wanted to go back early to catch the first wave of passengers returning to work and make more money. She said that she booked a high-speed rail ticket from Zhengzhou to Beijing on 12306** a month in advance, and thought everything was arranged, but she didn't expect an accident.
Li Mei said that just the day before she was ready to leave, she received a text message from 12306**, informing her that due to the rare heavy snowfall in Henan Province, which caused some high-speed rail lines to malfunction, her reserved train had been cancelled, and she could choose to refund her ticket or change to another train. Li Mei said that as soon as she read the text message, she panicked, she hurriedly checked the Internet to check the remaining tickets of other trains, and found that almost all high-speed trains and bullet trains have been sold out, only some ordinary trains are left, and they are all no seats or hard seats, and the time is also very inappropriate, either departing in the middle of the night, or it takes a whole day to get to Beijing.
Li Mei said that she felt that these trains were not suitable, she didn't want to set off in the middle of the night, and she didn't want to sit in the car for so long, she wanted to find a fast and comfortable train, but she couldn't find it after looking for a long time. She said that she tried to use some ticket-grabbing software, hoping to grab a refund or release ticket, but she waited for a long time and did not receive any notice, she felt very frustrated, she said, she has never wanted to go back to work so much, she is worried that she will not be able to go back, it will affect her work, and will also disappoint her leaders and colleagues.
Li Mei said that she gave a call to the leader of her online ride-hailing platform in Beijing, explained her situation, and hoped to get some understanding and support. She said that although her leader did not blame her, he did not give her any comfort, but only told her to come back as soon as possible and not delay her work. Ms. Li said she felt helpless and didn't know what to do, saying she could only wait and hope that a miracle would happen so that she could buy a ticket back to Beijing.
It is understood that due to a variety of extreme weather throughout the country during the Spring Festival this year, some railway lines have failed or limited speed, affecting the normal operation of some trains, and many passengers' travel plans have been affected, some trains have been canceled, some trains have been delayed, and some trains have been rerouted, which has brought inconvenience to passengers. At the same time, due to the large passenger flow and tight ticket supply during the Spring Festival, many passengers are difficult to buy their favorite tickets, so they can only choose other ways or change the travel time, and even some passengers cannot return to work on time because they cannot buy tickets, and face the risk of absenteeism or wage deduction.
In response to these circumstances, the railway department said that it has taken a series of measures to ensure the safety and smoothness of passengers' travel. On the one hand, the overhaul and maintenance of the line have been strengthened, and faults have been eliminated in a timely manner, and operation has been resumed to minimize the impact on passengers; On the other hand, the number of tickets has been increased, and some temporary or additional trains have been opened to meet the travel needs of passengers, and at the same time, services such as standby ticket purchase and transfer have been strengthened to provide passengers with more travel options. The railway department also called on passengers to pay attention to the latest developments of the train before traveling, arrange the itinerary reasonably, avoid peak travel, and choose to stagger the peak or travel in advance or postponement, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to themselves and others.
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