The first special train for migrant workers to return home will be opened for the winter transportation of Xinjiang Railway in 2019

At 18:40 on November 5, 1680 flower pickers took the k4158 train from Korla to Hefei at Korla railway station to return home. This is the first special train for migrant workers to return home since the start of Xinjiang Railway winter transportation in 2019 At the beginning of September, my wife and I came to Korla City from Anhui Province to collect cotton and earned more than 20000 yuan after more than two months' work Jiao Wei, a flower picker on this special train, told reporters that although picking up cotton is hard work, his income is good and he has done a lot Yu Hongmei, head of the passenger transport section of the Korla train depot of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd., introduced that the peak period of Xinjiang Railway winter transportation is from November 5 to December 20, during which 74 trains of migrant workers and temporary passengers will be opened in Xinjiang, mainly to Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Nanjing, Jiujiang and Hefei. During the winter games, Korla railway station plans to send 12 trains of temporary passengers, mainly in Zhengzhou, Jiujiang, Hefei and other directions. According to previous years' experience, in the early stage of the winter games, migrant workers returning home are mainly flower pickers. It is expected that the peak flow of flower pickers in 2019 will occur from November 15 to 25, and other migrant workers such as construction workers will return home in December. During the peak flow, temporary buses will be added according to the passenger flow

it is understood that on September 28, 2019, the new station building of Korla railway station was put into use. The area of the new station building is about 15000 square meters, which can accommodate 3000 passengers waiting at the same time, nearly four times that of the old station building. During the winter transport in 2019, in order to ensure that the flower pickers can take the special train smoothly, Korla railway station has opened a special channel for flower pickers, and arranged volunteers to help passengers get on the train. The waiting area on the first floor is set as a special waiting area for winter transport, with more guiding personnel at key points, so that passengers can go home safely.