China News Finance, January 20 (Ge Cheng) The 2022 Spring Festival has officially opened, according to the Ministry of Transport, the 2022 Spring Festival will send 1.18 billion passengers nationwide, an increase of 35.6% over 2021. Under such a situation, what means will railways, civil aviation and other departments use to ensure the smooth travel of passengers? What are the facilitation initiatives?
Data map: The conductor enters the station and gets on the train, photographed by Yin Liqin
Face recognition, disinfection robots... Epidemic prevention "black technology" is coming!
The Ministry of Transport previously said that this year's Spring Festival will show the characteristics of "low-level operation of the total passenger flow, little change in the composition of passenger flow, relatively concentrated post-holiday travel, and tidal characteristics of spatio-temporal distribution". At the same time, it is also facing a severe and complex situation of epidemic prevention and control, greater pressure on safety and emergency support, greater pressure on road network security and smoothness, and greater pressure on transportation service guarantee.
So, on this year's Spring Festival Road, what are the new technical means to escort passengers?
First of all, in terms of epidemic prevention policy inquiry, at present, the railway 12306 mobile phone client provides real-time query functions for the epidemic prevention and control policy at the place of departure and arrival of ticket purchases, and also provides registered users with itinerary reminders, train operation change notices and electronic temporary boarding identity certificates, etc., so as to facilitate passengers to obtain information in a timely manner.
At the same time, major railway stations, airports and other places have also introduced new epidemic prevention technical means and measures.
For example, according to their own characteristics, railway stations in Beijing have also added a new "black technology" to ensure the safety of passengers. Beijing South Railway Station has added antibacterial and antiviral protective film to all the straight ladder button panels in the entry and exit stations, ticket gates and other stations, and with regular disinfection, an intelligent atomization disinfection robot has been introduced to regularly spray disinfect the environment.
For passengers without smart phones, Beijing West Railway Station has added 5 new health code inspection machines in the station area, which can quickly check their health information through face recognition and brushING ID cards, assist passengers without smart phones to check health codes, and ensure the efficiency of passenger travel.
In Wuhan, in order to do a good job in epidemic prevention during the Spring Festival, 40 mobile code verification devices have been added outside the exit of Wuhan Railway Station, and by scanning the ID card, the passenger's personal identity information, health code status, 14-day itinerary positioning, vaccination, nucleic acid testing and other information can be checked at the same time.
On January 17, the 2022 Chinese Spring Festival kicked off. The picture shows Beijing West Railway Station. China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong photographed
Railway department: Set up an emergency plan for epidemic-related passengers
In the Spring Festival of 2022, the national railway is expected to send 280 million passengers. According to the State Railway Group, according to the characteristics of the epidemic, the railway department has formulated an emergency response plan for the epidemic in different environments and different scenarios this year. Efforts should be made to ensure the dual needs of passenger travel and epidemic prevention and control.
If there is an epidemic in a local area, the railway department will actively cooperate with the local government, quickly adjust the transportation organization, stop and reduce the passenger trains in the epidemic-related areas as required, restrict or stop the sale of passenger station tickets in the epidemic-related areas, strictly control the flow of risk personnel, and strictly prevent the spread of the epidemic through the railway.
In response to the epidemic situation that everyone is paying attention to, the railway department has also specially formulated a plan. If there are epidemic-related passengers on the train, the following measures will be taken immediately:
1. Immediately arrange epidemic-related passengers in the isolation seat of the train, conduct isolation observation, and wear N95 masks.
2. Immediately report to the local prevention and control department, arrange for passengers involved in the epidemic to get off at the front station, and transfer them to the local prevention and control department.
3. Seal the environment in which the epidemic-related passengers live and control the flow of people.
4. In accordance with the relevant requirements of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, push the passenger information of the carriage where the epidemic-related passengers are located to the national epidemic prevention and control management platform, and assist the local prevention and control departments to take relevant control measures.
5. Carry out terminal disinfection of the environment of epidemic-related passengers.
The flight attendants of Air China Southwest Branch serve passengers on flights. Photo courtesy of Air China Southwest Branch
Civil aviation department: flights in medium- and high-risk areas are reserved for quarantine areas
In terms of civil aviation, according to the Civil Aviation Administration, during the Spring Festival, the Civil Aviation Administration has set up a leading institution for the Spring Festival work, and made work arrangements for the various units of civil aviation during the Spring Festival in terms of organizational leadership, epidemic prevention and control, capacity guarantee, operation safety, normal flights, passenger services and Spring Festival duty.
Civil aviation units always pay attention to the dynamic changes of the domestic epidemic situation, according to the government prevention and control requirements of the origin and destination, airlines and airports cooperate to complete the work of checking health codes and negative nucleic acid test certificates. Airlines will do a good job of cleaning and disinfecting passengers' hands before boarding, urge passengers to comply with onboard prevention and control requirements, optimize service processes such as meal supply on board, and clean and disinfect the lavatory.
It is worth noting that when the city where the flight originates has a medium and high risk area, the aircraft will reserve the back right row of seats as an emergency incident handling isolation area in order to effectively respond to suspicious passengers who have symptoms such as fever and fatigue during the flight.
In addition, the airport will also do a good job of passenger publicity and guidance according to the characteristics of the increase in the flow of people during the Spring Festival. Set up checkpoints to urge passengers to wear masks, set up fever isolation areas for emergency disposal of feverish passengers, strengthen ventilation in terminals, and do a good job of cleaning and disinfecting shuttle buses, security inspection areas and public areas.
The picture shows the staff routinely sampling and testing in the common area. China News Service reporter Kan Li photographed
Some airports and stations: 24-hour nucleic acid testing has been launched
At present, in order to meet the travel needs of passengers, some railway stations, airports, etc. have set up 24-hour nucleic acid testing.
For example, Beijing South Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Capital Airport and Daxing Airport have nucleic acid sampling points, some of which are open 24 hours a day to facilitate nucleic acid testing for passengers in need.
At Beijing Daxing International Airport, the nucleic acid sampling point is located inside Gate 17 on the first floor of the airport terminal and provides 24-hour service. Passengers do not need to make a reservation in advance and check in immediately. The fees are divided according to the time of report issuance, and the same quality and price are maintained with the main testing points in Beijing, and the report can be issued as soon as 2 to 4 hours.
In Guangzhou, Guangzhou Railway Station, Guangzhou South Railway Station, Guangzhou East Railway Station, Guangzhou North Railway Station, And Qingsheng Railway Station have set up nucleic acid detection and sampling points for passengers in Sui, providing free testing services for passengers in key areas, and can achieve results reports within 24 hours.