In the early morning of February 22, residents of Yanjiao Town, Sanhe City, Hebei Province, were queuing up at the pick-up point of a customized express bus. ）
There is a kind of bus, there is no stop sign, just use your mobile phone to open the WeChat applet, select the pick-up and drop-off location, and you can go to the corresponding location to brush your face and take the bus the next day. This is the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei customized express bus.
On July 25, 2022, the customized express bus was piloted for the first time from the Beijing International Trade Area to the three northern counties of Langfang, Hebei Province. It sets up stations on demand, dynamically adjusts routes, implements remote security checks, and uses bus lanes, which greatly improves the efficiency of vehicle traffic and improves the travel experience of passengers.
It takes less than an hour from Langfang Yanjiao to Beijing International Trade Center.
At 7 o'clock in the morning of January 26, before dawn, people had come to wait for the bus at the gate of the West Courtyard of Shangcheng Phase 5 in Yanjiao Town, Sanhe City, Hebei Province. At 7:10, a bus with the words "Customized Express Bus" painted on its body slowly stopped here.
At the front entrance of the express bus, there is a ticket gate. Passengers held their ID cards and approached the sensing area as if they were swiping a bus card, while raising their faces and pointing at the camera. In a second or two, the ticket was successfully checked.
At 7:18, the customized express bus departed on time and arrived at the boarding point of Shangcheng Phase IV 6 minutes later. Zhao Ke, who had been waiting here for a long time, was the first to brush his face and get into the car.
Ten years ago, Zhao Ke, who worked for an investment company in Beijing, made his home in Yanjiao. After moving here, on the first day of work, he went out at 6 o'clock in the morning, but he didn't expect that there was a long queue in front of the bus stop sign to enter Beijing. In the cold wind, he rubbed his hands and stomped his feet until the fifth bus came. When he arrived at Beijing International Trade Center, he trotted all the way to find the subway entrance, but he was still late when he arrived at the company.
Recalling his previous commuting experience, Zhao Ke said that the longest queue for the bus was more than 300 meters, and there were some elderly people. These elderly people will go to the bus stop early at 5 a.m. to queue up for their children, just to let them sleep a little longer.
With the customized express bus, the previous unhappiness suddenly disappeared.
Every Friday at noon, the WeChat mini-program of the customized express bus starts selling tickets for the next week. Tickets are sold according to the actual number of seats available, and seats are guaranteed.
While talking, there is a checkpoint in front of you. Outside the car window, many cars have lined up in front of the checkpoint. The customized express bus did not loosen the throttle, passed quickly from the bus lane, and got on the Tong (Zhou) Yan (suburb) expressway.
At 8:12, the customized express bus arrived at Exit G of Beijing Metro Guomao Station, and the whole journey took less than 1 hour.
The Yanjiao to central Beijing route has always been a popular route, and we have increased the frequency to meet the needs of our passengers. Chen Donghong, deputy manager of Langfang Transportation Group's northern customized passenger transport, said.
Drawing on the successful experience of commuter customized express bus operation in the three northern counties, Langfang City will open the commuter customized express bus routes in the main urban area of Langfang City, Gu'an to Beijing, and Yongqing to Beijing on September 22 and December 18, 2023 respectively.
Up to now, Langfang has opened 6 main lines and 31 branch lines for commuter customized express buses into Beijing, transporting more than 5,600 passengers per day and more than 1.02 million passengers in total.
Tianjin customized express bus entered Beijing for the first time.
From "a few lines" to "a net". More than a year after its opening, the customized express bus extended the operating line to Tianjin.
On January 30, at 7:30 a.m., facing the rising sun, in the Gaocun Passenger Station of Wuqing, Tianjin, Zhao Ran, the driver of the Beijing-Tianjin customized express bus, drove the vehicle to start another trip to the Beijing-Tianjin twin cities.
This bus goes to Beijing Tongzhou Ciqu, the first bus is sent at 6 o'clock in the morning every day, we are the second shift, we have to go around the surrounding communities for a circle, stop 9 stops, and then go straight to the second canal. Zhao Ran said with a smile, "The passengers are waiting at the station at the entrance of the community, they are all going to Beijing to work, and it takes about 35 minutes to arrive, which is convenient!" ”
Sure enough, with the stop of the Beijing-Tianjin customized express bus at one station, passengers got on the train one after another.
After sitting down smoothly, Qin Hongwei breathed a sigh of relief. Due to work reasons, he often needs to go to the vicinity of Yizhuang to run errands recently, and he can take this express bus.
Go downstairs at half past 7 o'clock, walk to the station located at the entrance of the community, just to catch the car, go to the Ciqu subway station at about 8:10, and then pour the subway for a while. You don't have to go out early in the morning, you don't have to worry about whether to drive or carpool, and you can have breakfast with your family. Qin Hongwei said.
As a small city adjacent to Beijing on the Beijing-Tianjin intercity line, Tianjin Wuqing has become a popular gathering place for more and more white-collar workers in Beijing and Tianjin. Gaocun Town, Wuqing District, is adjacent to Tongzhou, Beijing, but due to the distance from Wuqing City, most of the commuters in the twin cities who settle here rely on self-driving, carpooling, and community commuter shuttles.
In November last year, the Beijing-Tianjin customized express bus line was opened at Wuqing Gaocun Passenger Station, which not only realized the first time that Tianjin customized express bus entered Beijing, but also made up for the shortcomings of some areas of Wuqing to Beijing without intercity public transportation.
Open the "Beijing-Tianjin customized express bus communication group" in the mobile phone WeChat, Zhao Yu, assistant to the general manager of Beijing New National Line Anze Transportation, the express bus carrier, said that this group was formed in June last year, and the transportation departments of the two places, transportation associations, developers and property service providers in the surrounding communities are in it, and it is clear who to find if there is any demand.
The first line to the west gate of Beijing University of Technology was opened. Zhao Yu pointed to the schematic map of the line and continued, "At the end of November last year, according to the demand of passengers, we dynamically adjusted the line stops, shortened the travel time to about 60 minutes, and added a new line to Beijing Tongzhou Ciqu subway station to further expand the radiation range into Beijing." ”
As soon as the line to the second canal is opened, we have one more passage into Beijing! Qin Hongwei said. "Fast" and "worry-free" are his evaluations of the Beijing-Tianjin customized express bus.
At present, the Beijing-Tianjin customized express bus operates 1 main line and 2 branch lines, with a total of 10 round-trip commuter lines per day, and the stations basically cover the surrounding areas of Gaocun Town, which can meet the needs of the vast majority of commuter passengers in the two cities. Since its opening, it has transported more than 8,000 commuters between the two places, greatly improving the commuting efficiency of Beijing and Tianjin.
Bring three "dare not think" to the inter-provincial passenger transport industry
Behind the "fast" of customized express buses, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei work together to innovate and solve problems.
Good guys, the tickets for next week are all booked out in two or three minutes! On January 26, staring at the live ticketing of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei customized express bus background system from Yanjiao in Hebei Province to Beijing International Trade Line, the reporter was a little surprised.
This is normal! The route from the three northern counties to Beijing is very hot. Many people book tickets for 5 days at a time. "The deputy general manager of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei intercity bus service operates the computer and calls up the customized express bus departure schedule, and during the morning rush hour, there will be a bus departure in 5 minutes at the earliest. The license plate numbers of Beijing and Hebei are interspersed, and the vehicles of Beijing New National Line Company and Hebei Langyun Group are "mixed" to form a large fleet of vehicles that will send inter-provincial commuters from their homes to their workplaces in Beijing.
Such a thing, in the past, was unimaginable in the inter-provincial passenger transport industry.
There is a rule in traditional inter-provincial passenger transport: from the passenger station to the passenger station, point-to-point transportation, and passengers are not allowed to get on and off on the way, which is very inconvenient for many passengers. Customized passenger transport breaks the original industry barriers, can set up stations according to the needs of passengers, enterprises independently allocate capacity, dynamically optimize and adjust, and conduct online ticketing through the online platform, just like an online passenger station. Zhao Yu held up a finger, "This is the first 'dare not think'." ”
In the past, to open a new line, it was necessary for the enterprise to submit an application, and the transportation department would approve and publicize it, and then send a letter to the relevant department of the final place for local approval and publicity. "Once the middle is stuck, a few months or a year is a bad thing. Customized express buses, to solve the problem of inter-provincial commuting, applauded and applauded, the three places have given the green light, and some cities have taken the initiative to invite us to open the line, which can be said to be a two-way rush. Passenger transport companies have changed from their own turf to 'partners'. Zhao Yu stretched out another finger, "This is the second 'dare not think'." ”
Take the route from Wuqing to Beijing as an example, we submitted an application in August last year, got the administrative permit in September, and we immediately started ordering new cars. After the National Day holiday, 4 new cars were ready to be in place. Zhao Yu introduced.
The customized express bus is different from ordinary buses, it is equipped with face recognition equipment, active defense system, seat USB charging interface, and monitoring probes are also added to the cockpit, front and rear doors and other positions, which are higher in safety and comfort.
During the rush hour when entering Beijing, there are often traffic jams when passing through checkpoints. "The public security, transportation and other departments are very helpful and have opened up special channels for checkpoints. Customized express bus passengers take the bus with their ID cards and face brushing, put the security check in front, and can quickly pass through the checkpoint through the special channel, saving at least half an hour each way, which greatly improves the commuting efficiency. This is Zhao Yu's third "dare not think".
In December last year, the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Cooperation to Build a Customized Express Bus Network for Commuting Around Beijing" was selected as a typical case of road passenger transport transformation and development announced by the Ministry of Transport. Today, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei customized express bus has grown from the initial 16 vehicles to 72 vehicles, with a total of 7 main lines and 33 branch lines. In the future, there will be more large-scale urban communities in the Tianjin-Hebei Huanjing area, which will be more closely connected through customized express bus routes.