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The official website of Railway 12306 issued four price adjustment announcements
From June 15th
Fare adjustment for 4 high-speed rail lines
The cap fare is higher
Discounted fares are lower
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The announcement pointed out that in order to further improve the operation quality of high-speed rail and meet the different travel needs of passengers, it was decided that from June 15, 2024, the announced fares of EMU trains with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour and above running on the Wuhan-Guangzhou section of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway, the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, and the Hangzhou-Ningbo section of the Hangzhou-Shenzhen railway will be optimized and adjusted.
Prices go up and down
According to The Paper, overall, some of the adjusted fare caps (i.e., "published fares") for the four routes have increased compared to the current fares.
Taking the Hangzhou-Ningbo section of the Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway as an example, the second-class ticket price from Hangzhou East Railway Station to Ningbo Station will be 85 yuan from June 15, an increase of about 19.72% compared with the current announced ticket price of 71 yuan.
Hangzhou-Ningbo section of Hangzhou-Shenzhen Railway fare list
Taking the Hangzhou-long section of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway as an example, the second-class ticket price from Yiwu Station to Changsha South Railway Station will be 405 yuan from June 15, an increase of about 12.66% compared with the current announced ticket price of 359.5 yuan.
Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway Hangzhou-long section fare table
Taking the Shanghai-Hangzhou section of the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway as an example, the second-class ticket price from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Hangzhou East Railway Station will be 87 yuan from June 15, an increase of about 19.18% compared with the current published ticket price of 73 yuan.
Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway Shanghai-Hangzhou section fare list
Taking the Wuguang section of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway as an example, the second-class ticket price from Changsha South Railway Station to Guangzhou South Railway Station will be 377 yuan from June 15, an increase of 20.06% compared with the current announced ticket price of 314 yuan.
Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway Wuguang section of the fare list
At the same time, the announcement also cites a number of examples of minimum fare reductions.
According to the Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway Passenger Line Co., Ltd. issued by the Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway Passenger Line Co., Ltd., the minimum ticket price for the second-class seat from Wuhan Station to Guangzhou South Railway Station is 304 yuan, which is about 34% lower than the current fare.
According to the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway Passenger Line Co., Ltd. issued by the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway Passenger Line Co., Ltd., the minimum fare for a second-class seat from Shanghai Hongqiao Station to Hangzhou East Railway Station is 48 yuan, which is about 34% lower than the current fare.
According to the Shanghai-Kunming Railway Passenger Line Zhejiang Co., Ltd., Shanghai-Kunming Railway Passenger Line Jiangxi Co., Ltd., and Shanghai-Kunming Railway Passenger Line Hunan Co., Ltd. issued the Hangzhou-Changzhou price adjustment announcement, such as Hangzhou East Railway Station to Changsha South Railway Station, the lowest second-class ticket price is 267 yuan, about 34% lower than the current fare.
According to the Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Passenger Line Co., Ltd. issued by Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Passenger Line Co., Ltd., the lowest ticket price for the second-class seat from Hangzhou East Railway Station to Ningbo Station is 47 yuan, which is about 34% lower than the current fare.
The above four announcements all pointed out that the implementation of fares between stations will be based on the upper limit of the published fare, with 5.5% off as the lower limit, and a multi-grade and flexible discount floating fare system will be implemented to provide passengers with more choices for travel. For the specific execution fare of each train, please check the 12306 website when purchasing tickets.
It is understood that the last time the price of high-speed rail was raised was a year ago. Previously, from May 30, 2023, the fares of many high-speed rail bullet trains were optimized and adjusted, and it was calculated that the announced fare increase at that time was about 10% to 20%.
What is the reason for the price increase of high-speed rail?
China Railway Group: Market Behavior
Regarding the above-mentioned price adjustment, the relevant person in charge of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group") responded that "it is a normal market behavior". As for whether the follow-up service quality will be further improved, the relevant person in charge said, "Stay tuned."
According to the Financial Associated Press, for the price adjustment, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said that through innovative passenger products, fully stimulate potential passenger consumption is the current China Railway Group's idea to further improve the quality of high-speed rail operation. "The purpose is to promote the growth of passenger flow and comprehensively improve the quality of passenger service through the flexible implementation of the market-oriented mechanism of high-speed rail fares. ”
"Floating fares" have been implemented in Chinese railways for several years. According to the reporter's understanding, at the end of 2020, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway took the lead in implementing floating fares for high-speed rail EMU trains with a speed of 300 to 350 kilometers per hour.
Shanghai News Broadcasting is synthesized from The Paper and the Financial Associated Press
Editor: Chen Li
Editor in charge: Chen Min