Original title: How popular is the "May Day" railway travel? Go to Beijing and Shanghai railway stations →

Today is May 1, and the holiday officially opens. According to the prediction of railway 12306 pre-sale data, today will be the peak of railway passenger flow in the five days of the May Day holiday. What's the situation on the road at this moment?

Zheng Liankai, a reporter from CCTV: Today, the national railway is expected to send 20.4 million passengers, which is expected to reach a new high of one-day passenger flow.

Nearly 90 million tickets have been sold during the May Day holiday

Five days of the May Day holiday, the flow of railway family visits and tourism is intertwined, and passenger travel demand is strong. According to the latest data of railway 12306, as of April 30, 89.69 million tickets had been pre sold through all channels during the May Day holiday, an increase of 2.3% year on year; 12306 continued to play the role of the main channel for ticket sales, with 275 million tickets sold from April 15 to 30, up 11.5% year on year.

Nearly 500000 people will arrive in Beijing by train today

According to ticket booking information, Railway 12306 has sorted out the top ten popular cities to arrive in today. Beijing is the first city to start and arrive in today's popular cities.

The number of people arriving in Beijing by train today is estimated to be 495000, and the number of people departing from Beijing is 663000. China Railway Beijing Bureau plans to open 144 additional pairs of trains today, mainly focusing on Shanghai, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Shenyang, Qingdao and other places. Beijing Railway Station will expand the security inspection channels to 9, add double manual inspection to all security inspection channels, reduce the time for passengers to queue up for security inspection, expand the outbound channels to 20, greatly improve the outbound efficiency, and avoid passenger congestion during centralized arrival of trains.

Hohhot launched a special train to send passengers to Dongfeng Space City

On the eve of the May Day holiday, the Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft was successfully launched. Yesterday, the Shenzhou 17 re-entry capsule landed successfully, and the space tourism craze continued to heat up. On May 1 and May 2, China Railway Hohhot Bureau opened additional passenger trains between Hohhot and Ejina, the launch and return place of the spacecraft, to meet the needs of space enthusiasts to go to Dongfeng Space City to punch in and play and feel the spirit of space.

Holiday travel concentrated Shanghai Hongqiao Station passenger flow surged

As an important transportation hub in the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Hongqiao Station has always been the most concentrated and busy place for passenger transport. Today is the first day of the May Day holiday. How about Shanghai Hongqiao Station? What measures are taken to ensure the smooth passage of passengers?

Today, the Shanghai Railway Station is expected to send 650000 passengers. Shanghai Hongqiao Station is expected to send 358000 passengers, nearly 140000 more than usual.

From April 30 to May 3, it will be the peak time for passengers to travel. It is expected that the return passenger flow will peak on May 4.

Increase transport capacity and open 89 passenger trains

In the face of strong travel demand, how can people travel smoothly and have a better travel experience? In terms of railway, first of all, we will improve the overall operation plan. Taking the first day of the holiday as an example, Shanghai will open 89 additional passenger trains to Jiangxi, Anhui and other directions. With the official opening of Chihuang High speed Railway a few days ago, three trains including G7136 from Shanghai will also be extended to Chihuang High speed Railway. Travelers from Shanghai to Huangshan and Jiuhua Mountain have another travel option.

One way security check free transfer from three stations to subway

In addition to additional lines, since April 27, three major railway stations in Shanghai have completed one-way security free transfer with all subway lines in the region. If high-speed railway outbound passengers want to transfer to subway, they can transfer without security check again.

According to the reporter's observation at the scene, after the implementation of "security check free", the phenomenon of frequent queue transfer at peak hours has been alleviated to a certain extent.