Spring Festival travel rush in 2024 is launched today!

Spring Festival travel rush was officially launched today in 2024.

From January 26th to March 5th, the period is 40 days.

lanzhou Railway Administrator

Scientifically and rationally arrange transportation capacity

Introduce more measures to facilitate the people and benefit the people.

Make the passenger experience better.

During Spring Festival travel rush, lanzhou railway administration

It is estimated to send 8.5 million passengers.

An increase of 7.6% compared with 2019

An increase of 19.7% compared with 2023.

Send an average of 213,000 person-times per day.

Passenger flow law

Before and after the Spring Festival, the peak passenger flow will appear on February 5 and February 15, and it is estimated that the daily average number of passengers sent will be 250,000 and 300,000 respectively. Before the holiday, students are on holiday, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan and other places are mainly doing business in the northwest, returning home for work and visiting relatives; After the holiday, students returning to school and working in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Urumqi are the main passengers.

Add a train

During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, lanzhou railway administration plans to open 14 pairs of temporary passenger trains, including 7 pairs of ordinary speed trains and 7 pairs of EMU trains.

General-speed passenger service mainly involves Lanzhou West to Beijing Fengtai, Jiayuguan to Shanghai, Lanzhou to Dongguan East, Lanzhou to Shanghai, Lanzhou to Urumqi, Lanzhou to Hotan, Jiayuguan to Beijing Fengtai and other directions.

EMU passengers mainly involve Lanzhou West to Shanghai Hongqiao, Lanzhou West to Xi ‘an North, Lanzhou West to Tianshui South, Hangzhou West to Luoyang Longmen, Hangzhou West to Nanyang East, Shanghai Hongqiao to Sanmenxia South, and Beijing West to Handan.

There are 4 pairs of night EMU trains in the direction from Lanzhou West to Shanghai Hongqiao, which makes passengers travel more diversified.

Running emu trains on peak line

In addition, there will be 15 pairs of temporary passengers from other railway bureaus passing through or eventually arriving at the station in lanzhou railway administration, which gives passengers more choices.

Lanzhou railway administration will also operate 9 pairs of peak line EMU trains on Baolan High-speed Railway and Yinxi High-speed Railway, mainly involving Lanzhou West to Zhengzhou East, Lianyungang, Xi ‘an North, Yinchuan to Xi ‘an North and other directions. It will be more convenient for passengers in Gansu and Ningxia provinces to travel, and continue to maintain the scale of public welfare "slow trains" to meet the travel needs of tourists in remote areas.

Warm service

On the first day of Spring Festival travel rush, Lanzhou West Railway Station invited calligraphy lovers to write Spring Festival couplets and present blessings to passengers in the waiting hall. Yinchuan Station and Lantie cits joint opened a large collection of new year’s goods in the waiting room, and a dazzling array of Ningxia native products such as medlar not only enriched passengers’ suitcases, but also played a positive role in helping Ningxia rural revitalization; The staff of Ningxia Red Cross Society and the police of railway police were invited to explain the common sense of health care and safe travel to passengers on the spot.

Improvement and upgrading of service facilities

Lanzhou railway administration has promoted the renovation and upgrading of the overall station service facilities, actively promoted the hand-warming project, built a free charging area for passengers, installed hot water treasure in all hand-washing pools in the waiting room to facilitate passengers’ travel, provided exclusive services for inquiries, ticket purchase and riding, and equipped with classified garbage bins, hand warmers and wheelchairs to provide convenience for passengers who purchase tickets. And optimize the streamline of passengers entering, waiting, checking, boarding, boarding and leaving the station at each station in the tube, strengthen passenger guidance in crowded places, and ensure passengers get on and off in an orderly manner.

Rich atmosphere

The waiting halls of Lanzhou and Yinchuan stations, and the trains in Lanzhou and Yinchuan passenger transport sections are also decorated with Spring Festival couplets, blessings and Chinese knots full of rich flavor of the year. In a rich festive atmosphere, well-prepared cultural programs are also presented to the passengers who enter the station and take the bus with a feast full of folk culture.

At the same time, lanzhou railway administration continues to strengthen the transportation of key materials related to the national economy and people’s livelihood, such as coal for power generation and heating, spring ploughing fertilizer and holiday materials, so as to ensure the warm winter of the people and the smooth operation of the national economy.

The railway department reminds the passengers to go out in advance on the day of travel, leaving enough time for security check, real-name registration system verification and ticket inspection, and recognizing the station name marked on the ticket face, so as not to delay the trip because of running the wrong bus stop.

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China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. Rong Media Center

Materials provided: Qiang Ke, Wu Yajie, Song Jialong (Reporter) Tian Yunlong (Lanzhou Station) and Lian Wei (Lanzhou North Station)

Original title: "Spring Festival travel rush starts today in 2024! 》

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