High speed rail speeds up the spring transportation of passengers in poor areas

On January 16, the seventh day of the Spring Festival, the national railway is expected to send 11.82 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 16.8%. It is expected to open 10189 passenger trains and 1042 temporary passengers. This Spring Festival, for the first time, high-speed rail has been opened in many poor areas, making it easier for passengers to go home.

On January 15, China's railways sent 11.335 million passengers, an increase of 839000 on a year-on-year basis, an increase of 8.0%. Railway transportation was safe and orderly. Among them, Beijing bureau group company sent 1.012 million passengers, an increase of 21000, an increase of 2.1%; Shanghai Bureau Group Company sent 2.345 million passengers, an increase of 155000, an increase of 7.1%; Guangzhou Bureau Group Company sent 1.85 million passengers, an increase of 11000, an increase of 0.6%. On February 15, the railway department began to sell tickets for February 13 (January 20). 13.503 million tickets were sold for railways across the country, including 11.526 million tickets sold for railway 12306 network, accounting for 85.4% of the total ticket sales. On the 16th, popular directions for passengers to buy tickets were: Beijing to northeast, Chongqing and Guizhou; Yangtze River Delta to northeast, Sichuan and Chongqing; Guangshen to northeast, Nanchang, Kunming, Guiyang and Nanning. There are still a small number of excess tickets in the popular direction, and sufficient in other directions, which can be purchased by passengers in time.

In this Spring Festival, the first high-speed railway will be available in many poor areas, and people along the line will have a faster way home. After the opening of Shangqiu Hefei section of Beijing Hong Kong high-speed railway and Zhengzhou Fuyang high-speed railway, Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has launched a large number of high-speed trains from Shanghai Nanjing Hangzhou to Fuyang, Shouxian and Yingshang, helping regional economic and social development and people along the line to strive for a well-off life. Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. increased the operation density of Wuhan Shiyan Qinba Mountain high-speed railway to alleviate the travel difficulty of people in poor areas along the line. Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added 7 trains from yibinxi and Bijie stations of Chengdu Guiyang high speed railway to EMU, which makes it more convenient for people in poverty-stricken areas in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountain to go home. After the opening of Zhangjiakou Datong high-speed railway, the market vitality of Tianzhen nanny, a poverty alleviation brand in Tianzhen County, Datong, Shanxi Province, a key county of national poverty alleviation and development work, will be stimulated. Around the Spring Festival, a large number of Tianzhen nannies will enter Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei by high-speed railway. Kunming, Nanning and Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. build high-speed rail free stations in the trackless areas covered by high-speed rail to solve the problems of "the first kilometer" and "the last kilometer".

The railway department reminds the majority of passengers that at present, the application of e-ticket has basically covered the national high-speed railway and intercity railway. If the ticket purchased by the passenger is an e-ticket, it is not necessary to exchange for paper ticket, and the ticket can be checked by holding the ID card of ticket purchase. If reimbursement voucher is required, it can be printed at any station or ticket window in the country with the original valid ID card used during ticket purchase within 30 days before or after the train starts. At the same time, the Railway Department reminded that the EMU is a fully closed, non-smoking train. For the sake of your and other passengers' safety and health, please do not smoke in any part of the train.