33.85 million passengers sent by the national railway during the "May Day" holiday

From April 30 to May 5, during the "May 1" small and long holiday transportation period, 33.85 million passengers were sent by the national railway, and 5.64 million passengers were sent daily. On May 1, 7.37 million passengers were sent by railway across the country, a new record of one-day passenger traffic after the Spring Festival in 2020.

The railway department carefully organizes "May Day" small and long holiday transportation, actively completes the transportation service under the prevention and control of normalized epidemic situation, and meets the needs of tourists for traveling, visiting relatives, returning to school and returning to work during the holiday. One is to accurately arrange the festival transportation capacity. The national railway is mainly based on the daily and weekend maps of the train operation chart, supplemented by the peak map, and the transportation capacity is accurately arranged according to the passenger flow changes, especially according to the needs of visiting relatives and short-distance travel, the "xi fa Chao Zhi" moving and lying train and intercity train are added. During the period of small and long holiday transportation, 7153 passenger trains are running every day, an increase of more than 2000 than that before the holiday. Second, improve service and enhance travel experience. Before the holiday, the railway department implemented e-ticket in Lanzhou Xinjiang high speed railway to realize the full coverage of e-ticket in inland high speed railway and intercity railway. During the holiday, the railway department gives full play to the advantages of e-ticket such as "one pass" and non-contact in and out of the station, so as to facilitate the fast and efficient travel of passengers; strengthen the connection of subway public transportation and scenic area transportation, so as to smooth the "last kilometer" of passenger travel. Third, implement the prevention and control measures for the epidemic situation of station vehicles. The railway department shall coordinate the prevention and control of station vehicle epidemic situation and the guarantee of railway transportation service, strictly implement the epidemic prevention measures such as station vehicle temperature measurement, ventilation and disinfection, setting emergency isolation seats, and strive to create a safe and healthy travel environment.