This year's Spring Festival is the longest Spring Festival holiday, and the people have a strong willingness to travel. What is different from the past is that Guangzhou and Shenzhen are not only popular departure destinations, but also popular destinations, and reverse travel for Spring Festival passengers has gradually become a new trend.
The reporter learned from the railway department that 7 days before the Spring Festival, 609 passengers arrived at major railway stations in Guangdong50,000 people, a year-on-year increase of more than 70%. These arrivals are mainly tourist flows and family visits, mainly concentrated in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
According to the relevant person in charge of the passenger transport department of Guangzhou Railway Group, this year's Spring Festival, Guangzhou Railway Group made full use of capacity resources to launch low-discount fares on some of the return empty trains, of which the lowest high-speed rail fare is 3% off, which brings many benefits to passengers in reverse travel.
Relevant railway experts believe that first, from the perspective of passenger travel benefits, the "reverse Spring Festival" can reduce the cost of Spring Festival travel. For example, the railway implements a fare discount policy for reverse passenger flow, and some fares are even discounted by 3%. Second, from the perspective of railway transportation organization, the "reverse Spring Festival" makes the two-way railway transportation more balanced, and the waste of reverse transportation capacity will be smaller. Third, from the perspective of the urban festival atmosphere, the "reverse Spring Festival" can alleviate the phenomenon of "empty city", and at the same time has a certain effect on alleviating the "labor shortage" during the urban festival.
The reporter inquired about the 12306 mobile client, and on February 3, the G4693 Fuxing EMU from Chengdu East to Guangzhou South only needed 198 yuan after the second-class ticket price was discounted; The G4559 EMU from Wuhan to Guangzhou South Railway Station is only 138 after the second-class fare is discounted$5. The railway department reminds that the specific discount train information and fares are subject to the announcement of 12306**.
Train discounts mainly relate to sections:
From February 3 to 9 before the holiday, from Changsha, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanning, Yibin, Zunyi and other directions to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, a total of 20 Spring Festival trains will implement fare discounts, including 17 high-speed trains and 3 general speed trains.
From February 10th to 14th and 19th to 22nd after the holiday, there will be 20 trains from Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan to Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, Nanchang, Changsha, Zhangjiajie, Zunyi, Huaihua and other directions, including 17 high-speed trains and 3 general speed trains.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Li Tang.
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