On March 12, a reporter from The Paper learned from China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Railway Group") that the Yangtze River Delta Railway Spring Tour Transportation Plan was recently released. The 2025 spring outing transportation will be from March 14 to April 14. The Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to send 86 million passengers, with an average daily delivery of 2.688 million passengers, an increase of 6.3% over the same period last year.

The key routes for the Yangtze River Delta Railway Spring Outing are Beijing-Shanghai, Shanghai-Kunming, Shanghai-Nanjing, Hangzhou-Changzhou, Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway, Hangzhou-Shenzhen, Jin-Wen Railway, etc. Shanghai Railway Group plans to add 29 pairs of passenger trains, including 28 pairs of high-speed trains, to increase the capacity deployment of core cities in the Yangtze River Delta such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, and popular tourist destinations such as Yangzhou, Huangshan, and Qiandaohu. It also takes measures such as reconnection and long-term marshalling operation to increase capacity and seats.

Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-speed Railway. Photos around

Spring is a great time to enjoy the scenery and go outings. The Yangtze River Delta region is densely populated, has developed economy, has many scenic spots and rich tourism resources. Railways in the region are woven into a network, and high-speed rail and buses are launched. Taking high-speed rail and slow travel has become a new fashion.

According to relevant staff of the Passenger Transport Department of Shanghai Railway Group, in recent years, with the densely weaving of the high-speed rail network in the Yangtze River Delta, the demand for spring tourists has become more diverse, and the "map" of spring travel travel has continued to expand. The composition of passenger flow has changed, and the spring tourist flow has gradually changed from "outing + grave sweeping" to "tour sweeping as the main and tomb sweeping as the auxiliary". Observing sports events, star concerts, etc. has also become emerging travel purposes. At the same time, as the popularity of red tourism continues to rise, red tourist attractions in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and other places also attract tourists to check in and visit.

The new high-speed rail line has been significantly diverted. Last year, new high-speed rail lines such as Chihuang, Hangzhou-Wenzhou, Xuanji, Shanghai-Suzhou-Hua, and many other places have become new high-speed rail travel destinations. Medium and short-distance routes concentrated in the 3-hour high-speed rail traffic circle are highly favored by passengers, and the normalization of "micro vacations" on weekends is more obvious. The travel scope continues to expand, from traditional tourist cities such as Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Jiangsu, Xi, Chang, Ningbo, Taiwan, and Wenzhou, Huangshan, Chun'an to southern Anhui, central Zhejiang, and northern Jiangsu. The popularity of tourist urban attractions, famous cities and ancient towns, and suburban villages remains unabated. High-speed rail trips from the Yangtze River Delta to Wuyuan, Jiangxi, Wuhan, Hubei, Changsha, Hunan, Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places are also sought after by more and more tourists.

A high-speed train on the Hangzhou-Changhai-Chang Section of the Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway is in progress. Photo around

During the spring outing transportation, Shanghai Railway Group has improved differentiated service measures, set up meeting points for relatives and friends, optimized passenger flow lines, strengthened the duty of places with dense passenger flow such as platforms, waiting rooms, elevators, etc.; did a good job in key passenger service, and "tailored" key passengers' entry and exit guidance, road-to-site connection services and other measures.

The railway department reminds that there are many trains running dynamically during the spring outing transportation period. Passengers are requested to pay attention to station announcements or railway 12306 website information in time and arrange their itinerary in advance. Passengers who have not bought tickets yet can use the alternate ticket purchase function in China Railway 12306 website and 12306 mobile APP to purchase tickets; many cities in the Yangtze River Delta have two or more train stations. Be sure to confirm the ride information before traveling, and do not delay the trip because of going to the wrong station. (Pengpai News reporter Chen Yixin)