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All Departments Ensure Passenger Travel During May Day Holiday

2021-05-06

 

The May Day holiday started on the first day, and the passenger flow across the country increased rapidly. The railway and other departments have increased the input of transport capacity, effectively improved the service quality, strictly implemented various safety measures, and worked hard to ensure the safe, healthy and smooth travel of the vast number of passengers.

 

According to the data from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., on January 1, China's railways ushered in a peak of passenger flow, with 18.3 million passengers expected to be sent, an increase of 6.1 percent over the same period in 2019, which is expected to reach a high record.

 

In view of the fact that passengers travel in a concentrated way, China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Company has implemented "one map per day", adding 23 EMUs to Tianjin west, Xi'an north, Yongji north and Datong south, and 3 ordinary speed trains to Beijing and Jiexiu. Jiaxing South Railway Station of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. organized off-duty Party members to carry out the activity of "red boat service, full journey", providing intimate services such as consultation and answers, urban traffic and tourism guidance, and barrier free travel for key passengers of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. China Railway Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. strengthened passenger temperature monitoring, guided passengers to wear masks throughout the process, and cleaned and killed the waiting seats, toilets, escalators and other key areas every 4 hours.

 

In line with the peak travel time of passengers, Guizhou Guiyang Power Supply Bureau of China Southern Power Grid has carried out power safety monitoring and inspection on the power supply lines and equipment of the major railway stations, passenger stations, airports and other important transportation facilities within its jurisdiction, and strictly implemented the power protection measures during holidays to ensure stable and reliable power operation. The State Grid Shandong Pingyi Power Supply Company has strictly implemented the 24-hour duty system on holidays, organized staff to carry out safety inspection on the power supply lines along the Rilan high-speed railway, and done a good job in line temperature measurement and hidden danger investigation.

 

In terms of civil aviation, Shenzhen Airport, together with China Southern Airlines, has built a "Beijing-Shenzhen Express Line" between Shenzhen and Beijing Daxing Airport, with 28 flights a day covering all hours of the day. Xi'an Xianyang Airport has strictly implemented the epidemic prevention and control measures, strengthened the ventilation and disinfection of public facilities in the terminal, and dynamically adjusted the opening number and time period of terminal entrances and exits, security channels and check-in counters according to the passenger flow situation, so as to help passengers travel smoothly.