On the first day of the "May Day" holiday, the railway ushered in the peak of passenger travel. China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. implemented the peak line operation map, added 118 passenger trains, and is expected to send about 1.05 million passengers, setting a record for the "May Day" holiday. Among them, Hankou, Wuhan and Wuchang railway stations will send 195,000, 148,000 and 127,000 passengers respectively.
During the "May Day" holiday, the mass travel continued to show a hot trend, the flow of visiting relatives, the flow of tourism, and the flow of students "three streams superimposed", and the railway passenger flow showed a strong growth trend, and the passenger flow of the Wuhan Railway stations rose rapidly from April 30, sending 850,000 passengers on the same day, which was about twice as much as usual.
Judging from the pre-sale of railway 12306, Wuhan is one of the top ten popular cities for passengers to depart and arrive, during the holiday, the first and last long-distance passenger flow is the main, the middle short-distance passenger flow is the main, the long-distance passenger flow mainly goes to Beijing and Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou, Chengdu-Chongqing, Fuxia and other popular tourist locations, Wuhan in the province to Yichang, Xiangyang, Shiyan, Huangshi and other surrounding cities of the short and medium-distance passenger flow is relatively concentrated, and the passenger flow will continue to run at a high level.
According to the analysis of the railway department, May 1 is the peak day of passenger flow, Wuhan Railway implements the peak line operation map, uses railway 12306 big data, real-time tracking of holiday passenger flow operation, and flexibly increases the temporary passenger trains in the tube, and on the same day, 118 passenger cars were added to the popular lines such as Hanyi Railway, Hanshi High-speed Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, and Zhengyu High-speed Railway to improve capacity, including 3 night high-speed railways in the direction of Beijing West, Guiyang North, and Guangzhou South.
In order to promote the development of transportation in the Wuhan metropolitan area with Wuhan, Hubei and Huanghuang as the core, on May 1, 50 trains of the Xincheng Express Line were opened, and 21, 20, 22 and 21 trains of the "Xincheng Express" were stopped at Huangshi North, Daye North, Huanggang West and Ezhou stations respectively, which was convenient for passengers from surrounding cities.
From April 30th to May 30th, tourists can enjoy a 5% discount on the first ticket of the Chibi Ancient Battlefield of the Three Kingdoms of Xianning, Jiayu Miquan Lake Tourist Resort, Jiayu Lianjiang Lake Boat Song Island Scenic Area (including Jiayu Sleepless City), Jiayu Mountain Lake Hot Spring and other scenic spots with the high-speed rail tickets of Xianning North Station and Chibi North Station within a week.
During the "May Day" period, the 9th Hubei Shiyan Hanjiang Cherry Festival is in full swing, Shiyan East Railway Station opens more than 20 passenger trains every day, and increases volunteers in key positions such as the entrance to the station, the platform, and the waiting hall, so as to open up a green channel for passengers carrying a large amount of cherries, provide good services for "cherry customers", and help the local cherry market continue to flourish.
During the "May Day" period, Macheng entered the "Azalea Sea" season, Wuhan Railway on May 1 and 5 between Hankou Station and Macheng North Station to open a pair of round-trip "flower viewing special trains", Macheng North Station arranged personnel for passengers to do a good job in tourist attractions, flower viewing route consultation and travel guidance services, and scenic spots to do a good job of flower viewing connection, for the flower viewing passengers smooth "last kilometer".
Rail services are constantly being upgraded under heavy passenger flows. Wuhan Railway Station is known as one of the "most beautiful railway stations in China", with booths dominated by Jingchu elements such as cherry blossoms and yellow crane towers, upgraded electronic signage and lighting systems, and additional book corners.
During ......the "May Day" holiday, the Xiangyang Passenger Depot and the Wuhan Passenger Depot carried out themed activities such as "Seeing the Motherland's Rivers and Mountains and Looking for Life" and "Phoenix Dance Chutian Accompany You" on many high-speed rail trains.
The railway department reminds that the railway 12306 website (including mobile phone client) is the only official online ticketing channel for train tickets, so please be sure to buy tickets through official channels. Passengers with travel needs should pay attention to the station announcement, or check the train operation information through the railway 12306 website (including mobile phone client).
During the festival, the railway passengers concentrated travel demand, coupled with the rainy weather, the city traffic is prone to congestion, please passengers and friends reasonable arrangements, to the station must be early to take the train, try to take the subway, bus and other public transportation travel, reserve enough time to enter the station to wait, strengthen their own health protection during the journey, and jointly maintain a good travel environment.
Financial media reporters: Zhang Chao, Xu Tangjie, Liu Qun
Correspondent: Wu Tiexuan
Source: Wuhan Radio and Television Station