CCTV News: The reporter learned from the China Railway Group that from January to February, the number of passengers sent by railways nationwide was 726 million, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year, setting a record high in the same period.
Affected by the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, from January to February, the flow of cross-regional personnel accelerated, and the flow of students, work, visiting relatives, and tourism rush were superimposed, and the passenger flow of railways showed a strong growth trend. China Railway Corporation timely increased capacity supply in popular directions, time periods and ranges, with an average of 11,605 passenger trains per day, an increase of 8.7% year-on-year. Railway 12306 has launched new functions such as "the system automatically submits ticket purchase orders" and special service areas for student and migrant workers to make appointments to purchase tickets. 120 stations across the country can achieve convenient transfers.
Strengthen the organization of cross-border passenger transport. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway sent 5.027 million cross-border passengers, an increase of 10.3% year-on-year, and the China-Laos Railway sent 59,000 cross-border passengers, an increase of 57.9% year-on-year, promoting cross-border personnel exchanges and tourism consumption.
Successfully completed the transportation task of the Asian Winter Games, launched various trains with unique characteristics such as silver tourism, ice and snow tourism, outings and flower appreciation, and created new consumption scenarios to help the development of tourism economy, silver economy, and ice and snow economy.
