China's Yangtze River Delta railway sends more than 700 million passengers annually for the first time

On December 13, he Shudong, who took g7720 flights from Hefei south to Bozhou south, became the 700 million passengers of railway transportation in the Yangtze River Delta of China this year. This is the first time that the annual number of passengers sent by the railway in the Yangtze River Delta has exceeded 700 million, which is equivalent to that one of the two people took a train in the Yangtze River Delta.

"I came to work in Hefei University of technology in 2015. Over the years, I have personally experienced the development of Yangtze River Delta railway, especially the convenient high-speed rail travel like public transportation, which is inseparable from my work and life. More and more cities can be covered by one to two-hour traffic circle on the same day. " He Shudong, 35, said excitedly before checking in at Hefei South Railway Station. According to statistics of

China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., as of December 13, the annual number of passengers sent by Yangtze River Delta railway exceeded 700 million for the first time, including 535 million passengers sent by EMU trains; it is expected to reach 735 million passengers in the whole year, which is equivalent to that one of the two people in the country took a train in the Yangtze River Delta. The Yangtze River Delta of

is one of the regions with the most active economic development, the highest degree of openness and the strongest ability of innovation in China. The demand for developed and perfect rail transit is increasing day by day. At the beginning of the founding of new China in 1949, there were only seven single track railways in the Yangtze River Delta, with a total length of only 1400 kilometers and an average speed of 30 kilometers per hour. By the end of this year, with the opening of the donghuai section of Xuyan railway and Lianzhen railway, the railway network of Yangtze River Delta will have 22 high-speed railways, and the EMU will cover 40 prefecture level cities in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, three provinces, and the Yangtze River Delta will become one of the most developed and perfect regions of the national high-speed railway network.

it is estimated that by the end of 2020, the railway business mileage in the Yangtze River Delta will reach 13000km, among which the high-speed railway will exceed 5300km, and a high-quality rapid rail transit network integrating high-speed railway, general speed railway, intercity railway, city railway, etc. will be built.

makes the "public transportation" of high-speed railway praised by he Shudong and other passengers more perfect. At present, in Hangzhou east railway station, one of the busiest high-speed railway stations in China, there are 656 trains stopping here at most in a single day; in the operation time of high-speed railway, there is an average multiple unit train arriving and departing in less than 2 minutes, and the maximum number of passengers per day is 307000. Figures provided by

Shanghai Railway Bureau also show that between Shanghai and Nanjing, there are 617 shuttle trains every day, including 528 EMU trains, with an average of one in 1.5 minutes. In Suzhou, close to Shanghai, there are 7 early commuter high-speed trains arriving in Shanghai before 8 o'clock every day, with an average of 44000 passengers per day travelling to Shanghai by train, over 51000 on weekends and over 67000 on a single day. Reporter

also learned that in order to ensure "on-demand driving and effective supply", the Yangtze River Delta railway will continue to implement the refined "one day, one map" compilation. In the future, the "1-2-hour traffic circle" around the morning and evening commute peak of Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and Hefei central city circle will increase the daily morning peak and weekend night peak driving density; at the same time, in the areas where the high-speed railway has not yet reached, the normal speed transportation capacity will be optimized to meet the needs of normal passenger flow.