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The 2024 Summer Games will officially start on July 1 and last for 62 days. The national railway is expected to send 860 million passengers, with an average of 13.87 million passengers per day.
In Changchun, Jilin Province, the Changchun Railway Station is expected to send 6.39 million passengers, with a daily average of 103,000 passengers, an increase of 110,000 passengers over the same period in 2023. Wang Hongjuan, deputy director of the ticketing workshop of Changchun Station, told reporters that during the summer season, the flow of students and tourists will be highly superimposed, and the flow of tourists will be mainly to summer resorts and Internet celebrity tourist cities such as coastal, grassland, mountains and rivers. The passenger flow is mainly concentrated in Beijing, Shanhaiguan, Dalian, Changbaishan, Baicheng and other directions. At the same time, inter-city commuting and family visits will continue throughout the summer.
On July 1, passengers took a train at Lijiang Railway Station in Yunnan Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhao Qingzu)
On July 1, passengers checked their tickets in turn and entered the platform of Huzhou Railway Station. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Ivan)
Changchun Station will take various measures such as adding temporary passenger trains to cope with the large passenger flow that may occur during the summer transportation period. Wang Hongjuan said that on the basis of the operation map of the third quarter, the station has increased its capacity by adding temporary passenger trains in popular directions, adding vehicles to ordinary speed trains, and reconnecting EMUs. It is planned to add 49 temporary passenger trains, including 3 passenger trains in the direction of Yanji, 3 passenger trains in the direction of Baicheng, 2 passenger trains in the direction of Songyuan, and 4 passenger trains in the direction of Beijing to meet the travel needs of passengers.
On July 1, passengers traveled from Harbin Railway Station. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Yuan Yong)
On July 1, passengers prepare to board at Wuxi Railway Station in Jiangsu Province. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Huanyue)
It is reported that this year, the flow of students, tourists, relatives and other travel is strong, and the railway passenger flow will remain high.
A few days ago, Trip.com Group released the "2024 Summer Travel Market Forecast Report". According to the report, the domestic tourism market has maintained steady growth this summer, and the search popularity of domestic hotels and air tickets has increased by more than 20% year-on-year. From the end of June to the beginning of July, mid-July, and mid-August, there are three peak summer travel seasons.
Wang Yiming, public relations director of Ctrip, said in an interview with reporters that long-term travel is the main force in the summer, accounting for more than 7% according to the current data. In addition to the traditional popular long-haul tours in the frontier, tourism orders in the northeast, southwest and northwest regions have increased by 40%, 25% and 20% year-on-year this year.
On July 4, passengers checked in and prepared to travel from Beijing West Railway Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
On July 4, the staff of Beijing West Railway Station were guiding passengers to travel by train. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
According to Tuniu's data, Qinghai Lake, Dunhuang and Jiuquan in the northwest, Yili and Altay in Xinjiang, Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia, Lijiang, Dali and Shangri-La in Yunnan in the southwest, and Lhasa and Nyingchi in Tibet are popular destinations for summer travel. Especially in the recent "top stream" Altay, the popularity of travel continues to heat up.
Yang Li, director of the market development office of the passenger transport department of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd., told reporters that it is planned to increase passenger trains from Urumqi to Shanghai and Lanzhou, as well as from Urumqi to Shangqiu and Anyang, including from Urumqi to Wuchang.
Yang Li introduced that during the summer transportation period, the Xinjiang railway department will increase the organization of special tourist trains, and plans to open 39 special tourist trains to meet the travel needs of tourists. "We have also encrypted our departures from Urumqi to Yining, Kuitun, Wusu, and Urumqi to Tuha and Hotan in Xinjiang to meet the travel needs of passengers." Yang Li said.
On the 5th, in the departure hall of the T2 terminal of Zhengzhou Airport, the number of passengers increased compared with daily travel. Check-in is underway. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
In order to meet the travel needs of passengers, airlines will increase the number of flights on popular routes during the summer season.
Zhengzhou Airport is expected to increase the number of flights and passengers compared with before the summer season. Li Jian, team leader of the international business office of the passenger service department of Zhengzhou Airport, said that the peak passenger flow is expected to occur in early July and mid-to-late August. During the summer travel period, Zhengzhou Airport implemented the "One Group, One Policy" according to the travel characteristics of summer group passengers and student passengers, and helped passengers travel more smoothly and conveniently through measures such as early docking, special guidance, and the addition of exclusive guidance signs.
In Zhengzhou, passengers traveling by bus line up to get on the bus. Photo courtesy of the interviewee
In terms of highway traffic, the reporter learned from Zhengzhou highway traffic that from July 1 to 3, Zhengzhou Central Station, East Station, South Station and North Station have issued a total of 4,258 classes, transporting 58,700 passengers. It is expected that more than 1.3 million passengers will be sent during this year's summer travel period, a slight increase from last year.
Wu Wei, head of the passenger transport management service of Zhengzhou Transportation Development Center, said that in order to make it more convenient for the masses to travel, on the basis of traditional long-distance passenger transport, the United Transport Company has opened a more free and flexible transportation mode such as station buses and customized passenger transport. Passengers can check or consult the train number online through APP, phone and other means, make reservations, and comprehensively serve the personalized and differentiated travel needs of different groups.
At present, all localities and departments have carefully formulated summer passenger transport work plans, increased transportation capacity, implemented measures to facilitate and benefit the people, and helped passengers travel in a safe and orderly manner.
On July 1, an intercity train traveled in Chengde County, Chengde City, Hebei Province, on the Beijing-Harbin high-speed railway (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liu Mancang)
Reporter: Yang Lin, Zhang Mengjie, Si Xiaoshuai
Editors: Wu Weiling, Liu Zai
Production: Xinhua FM Studio
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