China Youth Daily, Guangzhou, February 17 (Hu Jing, China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Lin Jie) The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Railway Group today that February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month) is the 23rd day of the Spring Festival, and the Guangzhou Railway Group is expected to send 2.2 million passengers on the same day, a year-on-year increase of 263%, ushering in the highest peak of the return passenger flow of the Spring Festival.
Guangzhou Railway ushered in the highest peak of passenger flow on the return trip of the Spring Festival today. Photo by Li Ji.
Today, the Guangdong region is expected to send 12370,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 325%。The railway station in Guangdong is expected to reach more than 1.69 million passengers, of which Guangzhou South Railway Station will reach 3990,000 passengers, more than 300,000 passengers arriving in a single day for 5 consecutive days; Shenzhen North Railway Station arrives at 2710,000 passengers, with more than 200,000 passengers arriving in a single day for five consecutive days; Guangzhou Station arrives at 1010,000 person-times; Guangzhou East Railway Station arrives at 1040,000 person-times; Guangzhou Baiyun Station reached 70,000 passengers.
The return train carriages were full. Photo by Li Ji.
According to the person in charge of the passenger transport department of Guangzhou Railway Group, on the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, the flow of workers, relatives and tourism was intertwined, and the Hainan Island High-speed Railway, Guiguang High-speed Railway, Nanguang High-speed Railway, Guangzhou-Shantou High-speed Railway, Hangzhou-Shenzhen Line, Shenzhan Line and other lines ushered in a large passenger flow impact.
In order to meet the basic needs of passengers, Guangzhou Railway Group has scientifically allocated transportation capacity and opened 3,507 trains today, including 375 night high-speed trains, mainly from Changsha, Huaihua, Shaoyang, Shantou, Puning, Zhanjiang and other places to Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Passengers who have purchased tickets for their return journey. Photo by Sun Yuanzhi.
In order to do a good job in the peak service of passengers' return journey, Guangzhou South, Shenzhen North, Guangzhou, Guangzhou Baiyun, Changsha South and other railway stations pay attention to the whole process of worry-free service for key passengers such as the elderly, the young, the sick, the disabled, and the pregnant, smooth online and offline reservation services, provide manual services and cash ticket purchase services for key passengers, give priority to cash ticket purchase, change and other services, set up explicit priority entry "love channel", remind key passengers to give priority to ticket check-in, fast entry and exit of the station, and provide key passenger pick-up appointment services.
Huilai Station will increase the starting train group to Guangzhou East Railway Station at night. Photo by Yang Chujie.
During the opening of the night high-speed railway, railway stations with large passenger flows in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other regions implemented "bottom-up" evacuation guarantees, strengthened docking with local departments, ensured the operation time and capacity of public transportation, and met the travel needs of passengers on the first and last trains of the railway, and opened up the "last mile" for passengers arriving at night.
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