Source: China Railway
This year's Spring Festival is the first Spring Festival after the central government optimized and adjusted the epidemic prevention policy, and the railway passenger flow showed a recovery trend. The railway department has added night high-speed rail for the popular direction of passenger flow to achieve accurate matching of capacity and demand, and provide more train options for passenger travel.
In the early morning of January 17, Beijing West Railway Station opened the first night high-speed train to Wuhan, Zhengzhou and other directions to escort passengers home for the New Year.
At zero o'clock, when most people are sleeping, Beijing West Railway Station is still lit up at night, and countless wanderers embark on the journey home for the New Year.
Beijing West Railway Station continues to do a good job in all-weather service, pays close attention to changes in passenger flow, and security check, cleaning, railway police and other duty personnel are on duty 24 hours a day to do a good job in passenger boarding and landing safety guidance services.
At 00:23, the words "Checking Tickets" appeared on the display screens at Gates 3 and 4, and the first night high-speed train G4957 from Beijing West to Wuhan began to check tickets. Passengers pulled large and small luggage, carried colorful New Year goods, lined up in an orderly manner, embarked on the journey back home, and looked forward to the long-lost hug with their loved ones.
Liu Yongbao, the station manager on duty at the safety production dispatching command center, is on duty. His main job is to be responsible for the upload and issuance of station scheduling orders, task instructions, and safety information to ensure the smooth flow of information. He said, "We are on duty 24 hours a day, and we have been working for a whole day today. We hope that our perseverance will make the journey home smoother and more comfortable for passengers. ”
Mr. Wang, who works in the catering industry in Beijing, is about to take this train to Wuhan with two boxes of New Year goods carefully selected for his family: "I waited until the hotel closed, I didn't delay work, I arrived home at dawn, this train is so good!" ”
At 1:10, the second G4841 Fuxing intelligent multiple unit train from Beijing West to Zhengzhou East slowly entered Beijing West Railway Station. Train conductor Lu Hang was standing on the platform with a smile to welcome passengers onto the train: "Very excited, the familiar passenger flow is back!" ”
At 1:40, the train slowly pulled out of the platform and began the night journey. After running nearly 700 kilometers, the train will arrive at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in the Central Plains region.
In view of the particularity of high-speed rail at night, the crew of the third team of high-speed railway in the Zhengzhou passenger section of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. implemented the "do not disturb" service model, promoted the use of railway smooth travel codes, and achieved light walking, speaking and movement in the carriage, so as to remind and wake up passengers at the station and avoid unnecessary trouble caused by passengers crossing the station at night.
Ms. Cai's family, who took the car with their 3-year-old baby, have not returned to their hometown for the Chinese New Year for two years. After the central government optimized and adjusted the epidemic prevention policy this year, she bought this additional night high-speed rail ticket: "I want to take my baby home to see, I want to meet relatives and friends in my hometown!" ”
After learning that the railway department introduced discounted tickets for children by age, she sincerely praised the user-friendly policy. The baby is babbling to his grandmother next to him, starting his first Spring Festival journey.
Xiao Qian, a "post-00" girl who just graduated from work last year, chose to take this bus to Zhengzhou in order to stay home for one more day. "Arrive at Zhengzhou East Railway Station at 4 o'clock, and my father will drive to the exit gate in advance to pick me up." At this time, the temperature in Zhengzhou was already below zero degrees Celsius. No matter how cold or late it was, she could always see her father every time she left the station.
Xiaoqian University studied in Beijing. The high-speed train from Beijing to Zhengzhou takes more than two hours, making her lament that it is becoming more and more convenient to go home. In front of the warm father's love, the rush of dust servants in the early hours of the morning is full of expectations, and the service and protection of railway people sticking to their posts are more meaningful.
In 2018, train conductor Lv Hang was on the night high-speed train from Zhengzhou East to Beijing West, when the EMU train operating was still the "Harmony". The speed is faster, this is her most intuitive feeling in five years. The ever-increasing speed of high-speed rail has greatly compressed the time and space distance, and also greatly comforted homesickness.
The comfort of passengers in the car is also greatly improved. In the past five years, the full popularization of electronic tickets, the vigorous promotion of free travel code services, the further expansion of the scope of online ordering services, and the high-quality facilities and services of Fuxing intelligent EMU trains have made passengers' riding experience more and more beautiful.
At 4:22, the galloping train arrived at Zhengzhou East Railway Station, and the crew guided the passengers to get off one after another. Following the familiar rural sound, the wanderers who had been wandering for a year returned to their long-lost hometown.
After the last passenger gets off the train, the crew will inspect and record the firefighting, safety, service and other equipment and facilities of the whole train again, and deal with the passenger's lost items according to regulations.
At about 5 o'clock in the morning, the train conductor Lu Hang organized a retreat meeting, and after all the work was explained, the crew left work in the faint morning light.
After resting for more than 8 hours, at 13:25, Lu Hang took everyone to continue to take the G3407 train to escort passengers to Chongqing.
This Spring Festival, Lu Hang's cabin crew Chinese New Year's Eve can go home for the New Year after retiring, and their family is very happy and looking forward to the family having a reunion dinner. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, they will continue their journey on the Spring Festival. For train conductor Lu Hang, this year will be the first time she has experienced the Spring Festival at home.
On the road to the Spring Festival, there are not only hurried steps like arrows in the heart, large bags of New Year goods, but also the unchanging perseverance of the original intention and the speed of China all the way forward.
The galloping train runs through the night
Ten thousand lights remain
Overcome the hardships of boats and cars, through the sea of people
The family gathered neatly around the table
A reunion picture of a toast to a celebration
It will be a new chapter in the train heading for the dawn
No matter how long the night road is, you can arrive safely!