Affected by the weather of continuous frost and fog, more than 2000 passengers were detained in the transfer of EMU from Urumqi to Turpan

From December 10 to 11, due to the continuous frost and fog weather in Urumqi, several flights of Urumqi International Airport were delayed or cancelled. In order to facilitate the travel of passengers, Urumqi Airport started the emergency response procedure of air rail combined transport for the first time, and the North Station of Turpan temporarily added multiple trains to divert passengers. In the past two days, more than 2000 passengers have been transferred by two-way train between Urumqi and Turpan.

on December 11, the reporter learned from Turpan airport that there were 16 stands in the airport. Due to the large number of alternate flights in these two days, 9 temporary stands were opened in addition. Most of the alternate passengers were placed in the hotel for rest, and some of them chose to return to Urumqi by high-speed rail or car.

"I took the high-speed rail back to Urumqi in the morning, less than an hour." Yu Jiajia, a passenger, said that his flight cz6910 originally took off from Beijing Capital Airport to Urumqi at 19:35 on December 9, and made an alternate landing at Turpan airport due to the influence of freezing and foggy weather. At about 8:00 on December 10, although she could wait for the airline to arrange a flight back to Urumqi, she thought it would be faster to return by high-speed rail, so she bought the high-speed rail ticket at 10:19 that day.

reporter learned from China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd., Urumqi International Airport and Turpan airport that up to the press release, there were 2251 two-way (Turpan and Urumqi) transfer passengers (excluding airline crew members and airport ground service personnel).

after receiving the alternate landing information of Turpan airport, Turpan north station shall make emergency preparations in time. According to Chen Haitao, the head of North Turpan railway station, Xinjiang Railway Department immediately launched an emergency plan for air rail intermodal transport, and launched d8831 train to transport passengers staying in Turpan airport. In order to do a good job in passenger ticket purchase and waiting service, two special ticket windows have been set up in North Turpan station, and additional personnel have been assigned to do a good job in passenger boarding and landing organization. Jia Wenjing, the conductor of the d8831 train, said that after arriving at North Turpan station, the d8831 train returned to Urumqi at 16:39 on the 10th and transported 379 passengers. Chen Haitao said that in addition to the d8831 train, the station also organizes passengers to take d8807, d8813, z69, z293, K595 and other trains passing through North Turpan station to divert passengers. Only during the day of the 10th, 1511 passengers detained in Turpan airport were diverted by railway. On the evening of the 10th, another 138 passengers took a bullet train from Urumqi to Turpan and took off from Turpan airport. On December 11, 2016, the freezing and foggy weather continued. In order to ensure passengers' travel, China Southern Airlines transferred three flights from Urumqi to Turpan, and Air China changed one flight to Turpan.

it is understood that the North Station of Turpan is less than 1km away from Turpan airport and 9km away from the urban area of Turpan. It is very convenient for passengers to transfer.