The number of passengers sent by the Spring Festival railway exceeds 100 million people < / BR > on January 19, the national railway is expected to send 12 million people

From the beginning of the Spring Festival to January 18, the national railway has sent more than 10 million passengers every day for nine consecutive days, with a total of 105.67 million passengers, exceeding 100 million. On January 19, the 10th day of Spring Festival, the national railway is expected to send 12 million passengers, an increase of 21.3% year-on-year. It is expected to open 10586 passenger trains and 1210 temporary passengers.

On January 18, 12.228 million passengers were sent by the national railway, a year-on-year increase of 2.36 million, an increase of 23.9%. The railway transportation was safe and orderly. Among them, Beijing bureau group company sent 1131000 passengers, an increase of 230000, an increase of 25.5%; Shanghai Bureau Group Company sent 2418000 passengers, an increase of 345000, an increase of 16.7%; Guangzhou Bureau Group Company sent 2159000 passengers, an increase of 394000, an increase of 22.3%. On February 18, the railway department began to sell tickets for February 16 (January 23). 12.457 million tickets were sold for railways across the country, of which 10.667 million were sold for railway 12306 network, accounting for 85.6% of the total ticket sales. On the 19th, popular directions for passengers to buy tickets were: Beijing to northeast, Chongqing Guizhou region; Yangtze River Delta to northeast, Sichuan Chongqing region; Guangshen to northeast, Nanchang, Kunming, Guiyang, 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 the face of the coming peak of passenger flow, the railway department strengthens transportation organization, continues to expand transportation capacity, and fully meets the travel needs of passengers. Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added 8 pairs of popular direction ordinary speed passenger lines and 35.5 pairs of EMU peak lines, increasing passenger capacity by more than 30000. Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added high-speed trains from Taiyuan South to Tianjin west, Jiaxing South, Guilin north and Guiyang North. The group company of Hohhot Bureau arranged the full load operation of Zhang Hu high-speed railway, and the daily passenger capacity in Beijing increased by 12000. Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has opened 20 more bullet trains in Zhengzhou Xiangfan section of Wuhan 10th high speed railway and Zhengzhou Chongqing high speed railway, doubling the transportation capacity. Jinan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added popular passenger trains from Linyi north to Shenyang south, Heze to Harbin, etc., and reconnected Shandong ring line train to relieve the transportation pressure in the province. Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added special trains for migrant workers from Fuzhou and Xiamen to Huaying, Chongqing and other places in Sichuan. Nanning Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added special trains from Beijing West to Nanning and Shenzhen to Jinchengjiang. Kunming Railway Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has opened 6 pairs of high-speed rail cars in Chengdu through Chengdu Guiyang passenger dedicated line. Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. plans to increase the train capacity by 24.7% year-on-year, and on this basis, it will open the Yangtze River Delta, Chengdu Chongqing and other popular directions to direct passengers. As the main departure area of Spring Festival transportation before the festival, Beijing Bureau, Shanghai Bureau and Guangzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. opened 80, 308 and 336 trains respectively.

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.