The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Railway Group that 27 days before the Spring Festival, the Guangzhou Railway sent a total of 5122 passengers60,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 389%, an increase of 18% over the same period in 2019, with an average of 1.89 million passengers per day, becoming the hottest Spring Festival in history.
According to the person in charge of the passenger transport department of Guangzhou Railway Group, the current popular travel directions of passengers are mainly concentrated in the sections from Nanning to Guangzhou, Changsha to Guangzhou, Guangzhou to Shenzhen, and Zhanjiang to Guangzhou. In order to meet the travel needs of passengers, Guangzhou Railway Group scientifically allocates transportation capacity, and plans to run 3,169 trains on the 21st, including 402 additional trains, including 175 night high-speed rail, mainly concentrated in Changsha, Huaihua, Huidong, Shantou and other directions to and from Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
In order to do a good job in key passenger services, the major railway stations of Guangzhou Railway Group have upgraded service measures to warm the travel road of passengers. In front of the A14-A15 ticket gate on the third floor of Guangzhou South Railway Station, there is a free service area for key passengers of the elderly, children, sick, disabled and pregnant and a service area for soldiers. Shenzhen North Railway Station has set up a loving home at the A2 ticket gate in the southeast corner of the waiting room, equipped with books, children's toys, etc., to provide passengers with a diversified and more comfortable waiting environment; Every day, 2 members of the Spring Festival Flower Service Team and 4 caring volunteers are arranged to do a good job in the reception, guidance and service of key passengers. Guangzhou Baiyun Station has set up a caring waiting area next to the 5A ticket gate in the elevated waiting hall, and the mother and baby room inside is equipped with facilities such as a wash basin, a nursing table and a separate toilet for passengers to use.
At present, schools across the country are opening one after another, and there are more passengers with children. The railway department warmly reminds that each adult passenger with a ticket can bring a child under the age of 6 who does not occupy a separate seat for free. Children aged 6-14 must purchase a child discount ticket with their household registration booklet, ID card, passport and other valid identification documents, and bring relevant documents to the bus.
Text: Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Huang Qing Correspondent: Sun Yupeng, Hu Jing, Long Guilin, Dong Jianfeng.
Picture Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Su Junjie.