Source: Pocket Spring City Client
On January 3, the railway department began selling train tickets for the 2022 Spring Festival. However, some netizens found that from January 9 to 19, the operation map of the China-Laos railway train was adjusted and it was impossible to buy tickets.
On January 5, the reporter saw on the Railway 12306 APP that tickets for the relevant stations of the Yumo section of the China-Laos Railway were suspended. According to the 12306 APP, the Stations of the China-Laos Railway such as Eshan, Pu'er, Yuanjiang, and Xishuangbanna show that from January 9 to January 19 of the pre-sale period, there is no ticketing channel, and the words "Train operation map adjustment, suspension of sale" are marked under each train. However, tickets can be purchased normally from today until January 8. In addition, the Kunming South Railway Station and Yuxi Station in the Kunyu Railway section have normal ticket sales, and the remaining C301 and C318 trains related to the China-Laos Railway are also suspended.
According to the staff of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kunming Bureau Group"), "At present, the train operation map of the China-Laos Railway is being adjusted, and the implementation date is January 10. On January 9, there will be many return trains on January 10, so the sale of tickets for the 9th train has also been suspended. However, the map will be determined as soon as possible, and the related ticket sales will soon resume. According to the news of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., from 00:00 on January 10, 2022, the national railway will implement a new train operation map, adding 96 pairs of passenger trains and 65 pairs of freight trains. After the map adjustment, the total number of railway passenger and freight trains in the country reached 5231 pairs and 10606 pairs respectively, and the train operation structure was continuously optimized, and the passenger and freight transportation capacity was further improved. It is understood that the map adjustment will adjust the transition operation map used when the new railway lines are opened in December 2021 to the official operation map in the first quarter. Make full use of the resources of new lines such as the China-Laos Railway to further enhance regional transportation capacity. Among them, the Kunming to Mohan section of the China-Laos Railway has opened 28 pairs of mobile trains and 12 pairs of freight trains.
In addition, the reporter learned that after the early transition period, the number of passengers sent in the domestic section of the China-Laos Railway has reached 550,000 person-times, and the freight volume from the whole line to the dispatch has reached nearly 130,000 tons. The China-Laos railway is running smoothly, and the passenger and freight traffic has increased steadily. After the map adjustment, the railway transportation capacity of Yunnan has been further improved.