At present, it is the peak period of returning after the Spring Festival, and there is an endless flow of passengers returning to work and school. The reporter learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group that since the ninth day of the first lunar month, the average daily passenger flow of the group company has remained above 2.3 million. Affected by the cold wave continuing to move south, from the 20th, sleet, rain to snow, and freezing rain began to occur in northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, and the operation order of some trains in the Yangtze River Delta Railway through and in the tube was affected.
At about 8 o'clock on February 20, Shanghai Bureau Group launched an emergency response to snow and ice removal and continued to do a good job in preventing and responding to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing weather. Fuyang North Station, Xuzhou Station, Bengbu Station, Xuzhou Train Depot, Hefei Electric Depot, Xuzhou Electric Depot and other units organized and carried out snow and ice removal operations in key parts such as station areas, platforms, and turnouts at the first time. On the night of the same day, the locomotive depots in Xuzhou, Hefei, Nanjing and other places opened catenary de-icing trains to carry out catenary de-icing operations on multiple high-speed railways and general speed sections in Xuzhou, Huai'an, Bengbu and other places.
Since the afternoon of February 20, the Yangtze River Delta Railway Department has taken measures such as temporary suspension of some trains and reduced speed operation of some trains to ensure the safety of train operation according to the "Emergency Plan for Severe Weather such as Railway Storm, Snow and Fog". In order to cope with the large-scale continuous rain, snow and freezing weather, the Yangtze River Delta railway department strengthened communication with the meteorological department, accurately grasped the weather changes, actively communicated, understood and grasped the weather changes of the railway bureau through the neighboring bureau and long-distance inter-bureau trains, organized consultation, research and judgment in a timely manner, and took preventive measures such as speed reduction, turnback, and suspension in advance, so as to actively avoid risks. Xuzhou East Railway Station, Bengbu South Railway Station, Fuyang West Railway Station, Suzhou East Railway Station, Huainan South Railway Station and other high-speed rail stations have dispatched additional passenger transport and equipment maintenance personnel for two consecutive days to do a good job in the guidance, safety protection and inspection of equipment and facilities for key positions such as elevators, platforms, exit passages, and exits.
In the past few days, we have continued to pay attention to the weather changes in the affected provinces, strengthened the organization and overall coordination of passenger transport, gave full play to the overall role of the passenger transport department, strengthened the role of the joint consultation, research and judgment and departmental coordination and linkage mechanism, and formulated a plan to guide the flow of passenger stations. Strengthen the on-site risk removal force, coordinate the presetting and dispatch of materials, guide all units to check and confirm the status of the electric tea stove, the laying of non-slip blankets and other preparations, and make every effort to deal with the large passenger flow under bad weather, and strictly prevent passenger injuries and passenger property losses. The relevant staff of the passenger transport department of the Shanghai Bureau Group told reporters.
On February 21, affected by a wide range of rain and snow weather across the country, some trains of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway were delayed or suspended, and stations along Shanghai Hongqiao Station, Kunshan South, Nanjing South, Bengbu South, Xuzhou East and other stations along the line increased the inspection of equipment and facilities such as air conditioning, tea stoves, and power sockets to ensure short-term passenger flow; The station broadcasts a cycle of bad weather safety reminders, and sends additional staff to key areas such as waiting halls, ticket gates, elevator gates, exit gates, and platforms to do a good job in passenger flow guidance and answer questions.
As of 17 o'clock on February 21, since the current round of low temperature, rain and snow, the Yangtze River Delta railway department has successively invested more than 1,500 snow and ice removal personnel, and the cumulative duty operation time has exceeded 24 hours.
Correspondent: Hu Xiaowei, Yangtze Evening News, Purple Cow News reporter, Shi Xiaolei.
Proofreading Tao Shangong.