Go to Tianjin to take the Ferris wheel, Binhai New Area to catch the sea, go to Tangshan Hetou Old Street and Tangshan Banquet to experience folk culture, and go to Qinhuangdao to explore the treasure resort...... Every weekend, "taking a high-speed rail" tour in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has become a new leisure fashion for residents in the three places. Within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the passenger flow of many high-speed rail stations has reached new highs.
Orbital weaving net, ten years of great changes. With Beijing as the center, the high-speed rail lines extending in all directions are rapidly diverging out like lidar, and many lines such as Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, Beijing-Xiongxiong intercity, Beijing-Harbin high-speed railway, and Beijing-Tangzhou intercity have been put into operation, and the total mileage of high-speed rail in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has reached 2,624 kilometers.
The "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on the track" is developing rapidly, the "commuting circle" of the three places is becoming denser and denser, and the "circle of friends" is getting bigger and bigger.
On July 14, 2022, the train passed through the Guanting Reservoir Bridge of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway. Photo by Hebei Daily reporter Geng Hui
Citizen Experience
Parent-child bloggers fall in love with the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei high-speed rail tour
"Tianjin Walking Baby, 0 Yuan to Play Binhai New Area", "Tangshan Little Sanya, Free Walking Baby Niche to See Haiti", "Qinhuangdao Fishing Island Super Complete Nanny Raiders" ...... In the past two years, Beijing citizen Zhuang Di's Xiaohongshu account "Shoot and enjoy as you like" has grown rapidly. As a mother of a 5-year-old girl, Zhuang Di shared the strategy of traveling to Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei by high-speed rail, which is deeply loved by parents, and the total number of likes and collections of notes is nearly 600,000.
"While my daughter is not in elementary school, I want to take her out for a walk. Now the high-speed rail is so convenient, you can pick up a backpack and go on a trip. Office workers find a weekend, two days is enough. Zhuang Di's family lives near Beijing South Railway Station, it takes less than 10 minutes to take a taxi to the station, when the child's father is busy with work, she is inconvenient to drive the baby alone, "The child moves around, and there is a traffic jam on the weekend, and Beijing has to drive for an hour or two to the suburbs." As a result, high-speed rail has become the favorite mode of transportation for this parent-child blogger.
In the past two years, within the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Tianjin and Qinhuangdao are the cities with the most check-ins with Zhuangdi. "Highly recommend the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Binhai Station, Binhai New Area is really a treasure travel destination!" Zhuang Di shared, starting from Beijing South Railway Station, one hour to Binhai Station, and half an hour after arriving at the station, you can take a taxi to the National Maritime Museum, which has the reputation of "Maritime Forbidden City", and is also the only national comprehensive maritime museum in the mainland. "More than a dozen exhibition halls, particularly large, both popular science and interesting, not only suitable for walking babies, adults are also worth the trip. Zhuang Di said.
In the Dongjiang Qinhai Park in Binhai New Area, Zhuang Di has taken his baby to play almost every season. "In the summer, I played in the water and caught the sea, and in the winter, I went to a seagull meeting from Siberia, and the children loved it. Zhuang Di also listed other check-in points in Binhai New Area in his notes, including the National Animation Park, Binhai Cultural Center, Fangte Happy World, Haichang Polar Ocean Park, etc.
"Qinhuangdao is a treasure town, and there are always surprises when I come to it countless times. Zhuang Di recommended the Xigang International Navigation Center, Ledao Ocean Kingdom, and Yudao Ocean Resort in Qinhuangdao in his travel notes...... "Choose the early train to depart, stay in the local area for one or two nights, and return to Beijing at night, so that you have plenty of time to play during the day." Zhuang Di said that her daughter likes to take the high-speed rail very much, and the one- or two-hour Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei short trip time is just right for young children, look at the scenery and tell stories, and soon arrive at the destination.
At the end of 2022, after the opening of the Jingtang Intercity Railway, the travel time between Beijing and Tangshan was shortened to as fast as one hour, and Zhuang Di's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei high-speed rail tour list added new destinations. "Take the children to the Tangshan banquet, also called the Tangshan Food Culture Museum, not only can you have a good meal, but also understand Hebei from different perspectives such as food, history, folk customs, etc., and all kinds of nostalgic old objects can take children into our childhood. Zhuang Di sighed, "It's so close and so beautiful, there are too many things to play around Beijing when I go to Hebei on weekends, and I'm still gradually exploring." The high-speed rail has shortened the distance between the three places in time and space, and also made our family's parent-child time more colorful. ”
On the evening of November 4, 2023, in front of the stage of the Tangshan banquet "Liyuan Shengshi", tourists enjoyed the Leting drum performance while tasting food. Photo by Hebei Daily correspondent Guo Baoqiang
Pull the economy
High-speed rail short-distance tours have brought "real money"
After departing from Beijing, the first station of the Beijing-Tianjin intercity is Tianjin Wuqing, and the "high-speed rail distance" between the two places is only 22 minutes. It is 71 kilometers away from downtown Beijing and 25 kilometers away from downtown Tianjin. Because of the high-speed railway, Wuqing is also known as the "new city pulled by the high-speed rail".
Yuan Xiwei, who has been rooted in Wuqing since he was a child and worked in the special work headquarters of the "new business district" in the district, mentioned the changes in Wuqing and said a few "unexpected". In his memory, the area around Wuqing Station used to be a field of crops. Thanks to the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin intercity, Wuqing District has ushered in new opportunities for social and economic development.
Outside Wuqing Station, Yuan Xiwei proudly introduced the "forward road" where the station is located. On this high-speed railway, a new business district has been formed, consisting of Florentia Village, V1 Auto World, and Creative Milan Life Square, which receives 10 million consumers from Beijing, Tianjin and other places every year. Statistics show that in the 15 years since the opening of the Beijing-Tianjin intercity, the GDP of Wuqing District has increased by more than five times.
"When the station first opened, only twenty or thirty tickets were checked for one trip, but now it is unbelievable, catch up with the reconnection train, and check at least 500 tickets for one trip!" Lin Hegang, a veteran passenger transporter, recalled that in the past 15 or 6 years, Wuqing Station has sent an average of 2,300 passengers per day to more than 8,000 passengers, and more than 10,000 passengers on weekends. In order to accommodate more passengers, Wuqing Station was expanded in 2014, doubling the waiting area, and is still "jammed" during peak hours.
In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, there are more and more stations that are pulled by high-speed rail on weekends, and at the same time, the passenger flow of local old scenic spots has risen, and the reputation of niche scenic spots has increased.
At the beginning of 2021, with the opening of the Beijing-Chengde section of the Beijing-Harbin high-speed railway, the fastest travel time from Beijing to Chengde has been reduced from more than 4 hours to about 1 hour. The reporter learned from the Chengde train depot that after the opening of the high-speed railway, the daily operation of trains between Beijing and Chengde increased from 10 to 55 per day, and even reached 65 per day on holidays.
Chengde has entered the "one-hour traffic circle of the capital", which has promoted the development of the cultural tourism market. There are 5 stations along the Beijing-Harbin high-speed railway, including Chengde South Station, Pingquan North Station, Xinglong County West Station, Anjiang Station and Chengde County North Station, radiating Xinglong Mountain Scenic Area, Xinglong Cave, Qingsongling Cultural Tourism Resort, Summer Resort and surrounding temples, Chengde Museum and other scenic spots, with rich tourism formats such as history and culture, natural landscapes, intangible cultural heritage skills, and live performances.
From Chengde South Station, you can take a taxi for twenty or thirty minutes to reach the summer resort, and passengers can also take bus No. 69 to reach the scenic spot. From January to April 18 this year, the summer resort received 19,798 tourists from Beijing, an increase of 8,521 over the same period last year.
"After the opening of the high-speed railway, more and more guests from Beijing and Tianjin called to inquire about accommodation. Liu Shijie's B&B Fangyuanju Holiday Inn is close to Chengde Xinglong Mountain Scenic Area, and the B&B is in the chestnut garden, many guests come to the mountain view room and the hundred-year-old chestnut tree, and then return to the intense work after two days of "lying flat" on the weekend.
Chengde Summer Resort. Photo by Hebei Daily reporter Tian Ming
Service upgrades
The "extended version" of high-speed rail trains was launched over the weekend
On Friday evening, on the platform of Tangshan Station, the distant lights gradually came into people's sight, and a Beijing-Tangzhou intercity railway train slowly stopped, and passengers rushed out of the carriage, and the platform immediately became lively.
"The Jingtang Intercity Railway has been open for more than a year, and the passenger flow has been growing, with an average daily passenger flow of about 20,000 people. During this year's Qingming holiday, the single-day passenger flow reached 43,000 person-times, setting a new high since the opening of the station. Five years ago, Zhang Zhaoyue, who graduated from university, came to Tangshan Station to become a passenger transporter, and she witnessed the transformation of Tangshan Station after it was connected to the Jingtang Intercity Railway.
In the past, it took nearly four hours to get from Beijing to Tangshan by train. "If the citizens of Tangshan want to go to Beijing as soon as possible to do business and seek medical treatment, they can't wait to get up at four or five o'clock and go out. Otherwise, you'll have to stay in Beijing for one night and come back the next day. Zhang Zhaoyue told reporters that after the opening of the Beijing-Tangzhou intercity railway, the space-time distance between Tangshan and Beijing was compressed to 1 hour, "Tangshan people want to go to Beijing to eat stewed and roast duck on weekends, take the train at 10 o'clock in the morning, and arrive in Beijing before noon." ”
The most intuitive change brought about by the increase in travel time and the density of trains is that passengers have less luggage. "There are fewer and fewer people dragging big luggage and carrying big bags, and passengers travel lightly and enjoy the travel dividends brought by 'Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on the track'. Zhang Zhaoyue sighed that every weekend, she can feel the enthusiasm of tourists from the three places for short-distance travel. In the past two years, more and more Beijingers have checked in to Internet celebrity attractions such as Tangshan Hetou Old Street, Nanhu Park, and Tangshan Banquet.
During the weekend peak transportation period, the Jingtang intercity railway reconnection train is launched, from 8 cars to 16 cars, and the passenger capacity of the "extended version" of the high-speed rail is doubled, and one train can pull more than 1,000 passengers.
The ability to improve is also reflected in the convenient transfer. "Many passengers will change to the high-speed rail at Tangshan Station and go to Caofeidian Lanyue Bay Scenic Area for the weekend, we have optimized the transfer flow line and signs, and the platform is equipped with voice guidance prompts, and it only takes 10 minutes to transfer at the same station. Zhang Zhaoyue introduced that for key passengers with reduced mobility, the station will also provide escort services for getting on and off the train.
In the square outside Tangshan Station, the local free minibus shuttle bus allows passengers carrying heavy objects to walk a few steps less. After getting off at Tangshan Station, it is very convenient for passengers to take a taxi or a bus to major scenic spots.
"No, now not only the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei tourists, but also the foreign tourists who come from the Beijing-Tangzhou intercity have also increased. The passengers have trained in common foreign languages, so that international friends can feel the convenience and service of our Chinese railways, and feel the happiness of high-speed rail travel!" Zhang Zhaoyue said confidently.
In May 2023, tourists visit the old dragon head scenic spot in Shanhaiguan, Qinhuangdao City. (Footage) Photo by Hebei Daily reporter Zhao Jie
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Some of the morning departures are available for sightseeing in and around the area
【Beijing-Tianjin】
1. Tianjin Railway Station C2007 (half an hour): Tianjin Eye, Italian Style Tourist Area, Five Avenue Cultural Tourism Zone, Ancient Culture Street Tourist Area, Drum Tower, Porcelain House
2. Wuqing Station C2563 (21 mins): Florentia Village shopping, Nanhu Park walking
3. Binhai Station C2561 (1 hour and 3 minutes): Dongjiang Qinhai Park, National Maritime Museum, Polar Ocean Park, Binhai Library, Foreign Goods Market
【Beijing-Hebei】
1. Langfang G177 (21 mins): Silk Road International Art Exchange Center, Langfang Jinfeng Agricultural Science Park, Chaobai River Cherry Blossom Park, Guoan First City, Shengfang Ancient Town
2. Baoding G621 (37 minutes): Baishi Mountain Global Geopark, Yesanpo, Qingxi Tomb, Yishui Lake, Langya Mountain Scenic Area, Baicaoban Scenic Tourist Area, Zhili Governor's Office Museum
3. Zhangjiakou G2457 (48 minutes): Dajingmen, Grassland Tianlu, Zhongdu Primitive Grassland Resort, Daqingshan International Tourism Resort, Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park
4. Taizicheng Station D6711 (1 hour 16 minutes): Taiwu Resort Town
5. Xiong'an C2705 (50 minutes): Baiyangdian
6. Chengde G3515 (52 minutes): Chengde Summer Resort, Fengning Bashang Grassland, Puning Temple, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Mulan Enclosure, China Mazhen Tourist Resort
7. Cangzhou G105 (52 minutes): Wuqiao Acrobatic World, Iron Lion Scenic Area, Hejian Government Office
8. Shijiazhuang G51 (1 hour): Longquan Ancient Town, Rongguo Mansion, Zhengding Ancient City Wall, Hebei Museum, Cangyan Mountain Scenic Area, Longxing Temple
9. Tangshan G8801 (1 hour and 4 minutes): Qing Dongling, Tangshan Yan, Tangshan South Lake, Kailuan National Mine Park, Tangshan Earthquake Site Memorial Park
10. Qinhuangdao G8927 (1 hour 51 minutes): Shanhaiguan, Pigeon Nest Park, Beidaihe East Beach, Nandaihe Tourist Resort, Laolongtou Scenic Area
11. Xingtai G307 (1 hour 48 minutes): Tianhe Mountain, Xingtai Grand Canyon, Yunmeng Mountain
12. Handan G371 (1 hour 53 minutes): Guangfu Ancient City Scenic Area, Wahuang Palace, Taihang Wuzhi Mountain Scenic Area, Xiangtang Mountain Scenic Area
Editor: Fan Fan
Source: Heshan News client