Original title: The 40 day Spring Festival Travel will start tomorrow, and the total passenger flow in and out of Beijing is estimated to be nearly 50 million person times. This year's Spring Festival Travel passenger flow may exceed the highest level in history
The atmosphere of the Spring Festival is getting stronger and stronger. On January 24, ticket sales reached a peak before the Spring Festival, and 18.937 million tickets were sold nationwide. On January 26, the 40 day Spring Festival Games officially opened. According to the municipal transportation committee, the passenger flow of spring transportation in 2024 is significantly higher than that in 2023, and will even exceed the historical highest level in 2019.
It is predicted that the total passenger flow of railway, civil aviation and inter provincial passenger transport into and out of Beijing will be nearly 50 million in 40 days of Spring Festival travel, with a daily average of 1.25 million, an increase of 55% over 2023 and 12% over 2019. The railway is still the main force of the Spring Festival transportation. The total number of people entering and leaving Beijing is expected to reach 36.96 million, accounting for 74% of the total passenger flow of the Spring Festival transportation.
The passenger flow out of Beijing will increase significantly in the week before the Spring Festival. The peak will come two to three days before the Spring Festival, and two peak will come back to Beijing on the seventh day of the first month (February 16) and the fifteenth day of the first month (February 24).
Railway
Additional trains will be opened in the direction of ticket shortage
According to Beijing Railway Administration of China, it is estimated that 8.935 million passengers will be sent in Beijing 15 days before the festival, an increase of 71.3% over 2023 and 19.2% over 2019.
The peak travel day before the festival is expected to occur on February 7 (the 28th day of the lunar month), and 739000 passengers will be sent on a single day. The peak day of arrival after the festival is expected to occur on February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), and 749000 passengers will arrive in Beijing.
In order to meet the needs of passenger transportation, the railway department increased the number of trains during the peak period of Spring Festival transportation, and about 150 pairs of trains were added at major stations in Beijing. The railway department shall, according to the passenger flow forecast, the remaining tickets and ticket waiting, do a good job in the echelon of transportation capacity, and timely open additional trains in the direction of ticket purchase tension.
Beijing Railway launched a series of warm service measures. These include the addition of emergency passenger service channels, and the major railway stations provide priority security check, ticket check and boarding services for passengers within 20 minutes of driving; Provide preferential services for key passengers. Passengers can call 12306 or the station service hotline to reserve services, and provide "one-stop" services for key passengers, such as wheelchairs, stretchers, priority entry and convenient exit; The station washroom is equipped with water heaters and other equipment to meet the conditions for passengers to wash with warm water.
At the same time, promote the waiting area to set up a free charging place for passengers. The ordinary speed passenger train shall be equipped with at least two mobile power packs that meet the safety specifications during the Spring Festival.
In addition, 60 groups of convenience lockers are installed next to the security detector disposal posts at Beijing Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing Fengtai Railway Station, Beijing Chaoyang Railway Station, Beijing Qinghe Railway Station and other stations. Passengers can mail prohibited articles to the designated receiving place through self-service order placement service to solve their travel problems.
aviation
The two airports have improved the shuttle service
During the 2024 Spring Festival travel, "family visit+tourism" has become a popular travel mode, and tourist groups, family groups, etc. are relatively concentrated. Both airports have made adequate preparations to improve the shuttle service.
The Capital Airport has opened a new international flight self-service check-in service. Passengers taking Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines and Macau Airlines can enjoy a convenient self-service check-in experience in Terminal 3.
The "Beijing Capital International Airport" applet integrates the functions of taxi, online car hailing, subway and airport bus navigation, flight query, waiting time prediction, one click ticket purchase, etc. in the "integrated transportation" segment. The closed reconstruction of the taxi waiting area in Terminal 2 of the Capital Airport and the indoor reconstruction of the bus waiting area in Terminal 3 have been completed. The urban bus waiting area is located in Gate 1 of Terminal 3, and the intercity bus waiting area is located in Gate 11. Self service ticket vending machines are set in the waiting areas.
During the Spring Festival, the domestic passenger flow of Daxing Airport is mainly concentrated in the traditional holiday hot spots in South China, East China, Southwest China, such as Sanya, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, etc.
For Harbin and other popular winter snow and ice tourist destinations in the near future, several airlines have increased the number of flights. The average daily number of flights between Daxing and Harbin can reach 19, with a seating rate of about 82%. In the near future, Daxing Airport will also welcome a number of new airlines to settle in, opening flights from Beijing Daxing to Kalibo, Almaty, Bishkek, etc.
Daxing Airport said that it would pay close attention to the passenger volume and timely submit the subway delay application to the transportation department. Before 2:00 a.m. on the night bus line, the maximum waiting time for passengers shall not exceed 30 minutes, so as to ensure that "passengers will leave when they are full and make up at any time". In terms of taxis and online taxi hailing, the forecast of flights and passenger volume will be released to the online taxi hailing platform in advance, and the coordination platform will give priority to dispatching orders to the airport. For self driving passengers, if the parking time exceeds 8 hours, they can park their vehicles in the P3 parking building and enjoy the long-term parking discount.
high speed
18 service areas completed the addition of charging piles
During the Spring Festival travel, the flow of people entering and leaving Beijing and the number of self driving people will increase significantly, and the expressway will always be in a relatively saturated operation state.
The free time of 2024 Spring Festival Expressway is from 0:00 on February 9 (New Year's Eve) to 24:00 on February 17 (the eighth day of the first month). Subject to the time of the online toll collection system when the vehicle leaves the exit toll lane, the small bus (including 7 seats) will be exempted from the toll when driving out of the expressway during the free period. Under normal meteorological conditions, it is estimated that during the free passage of the Spring Festival Expressway in 2024, the average daily traffic volume will increase by about 10% compared with 2023, and the peak value on holidays will reach 1.6 million vehicles.
It is expected that there will be peak traffic flow out of Beijing around February 8 and peak traffic flow back to Beijing around February 17.
The sections with concentrated traffic flow are mainly radiation sections such as Beijing Tibet Expressway, Beijing Chengde Expressway, Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway, Beijing Kaifeng Expressway, some sections of the West Sixth Ring Road, as well as sections to ice and snow entertainment, large business circles, suburban temple fairs and other activities.
It is understood that in 18 service areas under its jurisdiction, including Banquan Service Area of Beijing Lijiang Expressway, Doudian Service Area of Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway, Majuqiao Service Area of Beijing Shanghai Expressway, the Group has invested in the construction of 200 fast charging piles, raising the number of charging piles for new energy vehicles in the service areas under its jurisdiction from 172 to 372, so as to better meet the charging needs of drivers and passengers. (Sun Hongyang)
