After the Spring Festival holiday, have you stepped on the return train? Recently, a video on the Internet of "overcrowding alarm for all train trains" went viral on the Internet, netizens said that "this is the first time to see a high-speed rail overcrowding alarm", "high-speed rail or subway, stupid and not clear". What is the high-speed rail overcrowding alarm? Why are there still ticketless passengers? The reporter interviewed relevant people in the railway department on this matter.
The high-speed train is overstaffed and cannot be driven
The reporter saw in the video on the Internet that on a high-speed rail train, because the high-speed rail overcrowded train could not run, the seats were full of passengers, and the aisles and the connections at both ends of the carriage were also full of passengers, and in the carriage, the flight attendant was shouting to remind passengers, "Since the train is now overcrowded alarm, please get off the train quickly and take the follow-up train, thank you for your cooperation", but the passengers standing in the carriage were indifferent.
It is understood that this is a G4506 train from Nanyang East to Shanghai, according to the filmer of the video, at that time, because of the train overcrowding alarm, the train stopped for more than 40 minutes, the halfway crew repeatedly explained, "Overcrowding will be dangerous, the train has been unable to run, tell passengers can get off and change to another train." In the end, the flight attendants and police checked all the passengers standing and asked all the passengers without tickets to get off the train, so that the train could move normally, which also led to the delay of the last arrival of the train. The video author said: "It was too difficult to meet a high-speed rail for the first time because there were many people and could not travel... After returning home after the year, what kind of ending is worthy of this bumpy displacement. ”
Why do high-speed rail trains overcrowd and cause them to be unable to drive? The reporter interviewed some railway related people on this issue, and the other party said that when there are more passengers without seats, the vehicle can continue to run. But high-speed rail is not, because overloading a certain percentage will seriously affect the safety of high-speed trains. High-speed rail trains also have different critical values for the weight carried in the carriage according to different models. If the train is overcrowded and reaches the critical value of weight, the train will have an alarm and cannot move.
Railway experts say that trains like Fuxing and Harmony have a certain overload capacity, generally 20% overweight. However, the Fuxing train is designed to consider the safety of operation and the comfort of riding, generally setting no more than 20% overcapacity, the limit on overload is more obvious, when it reaches a certain number of passengers, it will automatically alarm or stop. "In fact, this is also to ensure the safety of the train operation." When the overcrowding situation is not very serious, as long as the passengers are dispersed to other carriages, or scattered to both ends of the carriage, the alarm will be automatically canceled.
Most of the "unticketed passengers" may be buying short rides
As for why there are "ticketless passengers" on the high-speed rail train, the reporter called the railway 12306 customer service number, and the customer service staff said that some high-speed trains will sell tickets without seats, or some passengers buy short rides, that is, after getting on the train, they will make up tickets. A certain degree of overcrowding is in line with the regulations of the railway department, but if the train does not have transportation capacity, passengers must get off the train at the station on the ticket.
Many netizens said that because the flow of passengers during the Spring Festival is too large, it is often difficult to find a ticket, because they can't buy tickets for the destination, they can only buy short-distance tickets, and then make up the tickets to the destination after getting on the bus. Some netizens said that during the Spring Festival, it can be understood, "It's all for life, if you can't buy tickets, who is willing to buy a short ride, can only say that the Spring Festival shift is too tight." Some put forward "suggestions to buy short-term and long-term supplementary tickets in the future, and charge double fares, so that it is estimated that it can be effectively controlled." ”
Some netizens quipped, "Is it because everyone has gained a few pounds when they go home for the New Year, and each person weighs a few pounds, so heavy that the car can't drive." ”
In fact, similar incidents are not the first time, and they have also occurred during the previous May Day and National Day small long holidays. The railway department calls on the majority of passengers, some passengers who cannot buy tickets to buy short and long passengers can understand, but do not encourage, overcrowding means danger, abide by train safety regulations, not only responsible for public safety, but also responsible for their own safety.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Li Tang