The railway transportation period during the May Day holiday in 2024 will be from April 29 to May 6, a total of 8 days. China Railway Beijing Bureau is expected to send 11.6 million passengers, an increase of 350000 or 3.1% year on year. It is expected that the peak day will be May 1, and 1.7 million passengers will be sent. During the holiday, 5.307 million passengers are expected to be sent in Beijing, and 819000 passengers are expected to be sent on May 1.
During the May Day holiday in 2024, the flow of family visits and tourism will overlap, and the passenger flow will be highly concentrated in some periods. Beijing Railway Bureau of China has scientifically studied and judged the travel big data, deeply explored the transport potential, and optimized the passenger train operation plan. On the basis of the specified capacity, the passenger train should be fully opened and fully supplemented, and through multiple units of multiple units, full axle operation of ordinary speed trains and other measures, the passenger travel needs should be fully met.
For the direction of concentrated passenger flow, the railway department arranges 211 pairs of peak lines and temporary passenger train lines, focusing on supplementing the transportation capacity in Shijiazhuang, Zhangjiakou, Tangshan, Jinan, Qingdao, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Xi'an, Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun, Harbin, Datong, Baotou and other directions.
During the holidays, the major railway stations open emergency passenger channels for passengers who drive less than 20 minutes to enter the station at the peak of passenger flow. Arrange young volunteers to provide guidance, question answering and other services for passengers in waiting rooms, entrances and exits, traffic connection areas and other places where passenger flow is easy to concentrate.
On this basis, the railway department coordinates with the municipal transportation committee and the municipal key station and district management committee, and according to the analysis and research of passenger flow data, takes public transport guarantee measures such as subway delay, public transport encryption, and the operation of high-speed railway lines to meet the transfer and connection needs of arriving passengers. Especially for major passenger stations with early morning and night arrival trains, the stations are not closed during holidays, and special waiting areas for night passengers are set to meet the needs of passengers arriving at night.
According to different directions, routes and dietary characteristics, the railway department has developed 33 kinds of special train box meals, and added special hot chain dishes such as paste dumpling, Beijing sauce shredded meat, Beijing roast duck, etc. At the same time, it has further enriched the commercial categories in the station to provide passengers with more food choices.
The railway department reminds that the "key passengers" who are old, young, sick, disabled, pregnant and have difficulty moving can make an appointment through 12306 official website, telephone, application program and hotline of each station. The railway department provides preferential security check, waiting, entering and exiting stations, pick up and seeing off stations and other caring services. (Sun Hongyang, Li Yichun, Dong Ce)
