The 2025 Spring Festival travel rush will kick off on January 14, and the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society will reach 9 billion. Compared with previous years, the scale of people's travel during the Spring Festival travel rush this year has further increased. The reporter learned from the Railway 12306 Science and Technology Innovation Center that since the Spring Festival tickets were issued on December 31, 2024, by 16:00 on January 12, 2025, a total of 75.74 million tickets during the Spring Festival travel period have been issued.

What are the preparations for each department and unit before the Spring Festival travel rush? What new service guarantee measures are available in various places? Let’s learn about it together.

【Safety! Strengthen maintenance and maintenance]

Wang Qiang, director of the Traffic Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, recently said that the Ministry of Public Security has deployed a national public security system production safety risk prevention action, strengthened the investigation and control of prominent safety hazards in winter, and worked with relevant departments to comprehensively investigate traffic safety hazards for people, vehicles, roads and enterprises. It is strictly prohibited that unqualified vehicles and unqualified drivers participate in the Spring Festival travel rush, and promote the management of hidden dangers in bridges and tunnels, sharp bends, water and cliffs, highway entrances and exits, and accident-prone sections.

■The Chongqing Beidongji Workshop of China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. recently strengthened maintenance and preparation of 21 CR200J EMU trains. The maintenance personnel conducted detailed inspections of key parts such as the brake devices, walking parts, customer service facilities of the EMU, and made every effort to ensure the safety of passengers during the Spring Festival travel rush.

■The Spring Festival travel season is approaching. At the Taiyuan Vehicle Depot of China Railway Taiyuan Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the EMU "doctors" inspected, maintained and tidyed up all aspects of high-speed trains to ensure the safety of train operation during the Spring Festival travel season.

On January 9, at the Taiyuan EMU Application Center, the EMU mechanic inspected and maintained the front unit of the train. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhan Yan

■The Spring Festival travel rush is approaching, China Southern Airlines organizes engineers to strengthen aircraft maintenance and maintenance work to ensure the safety of passengers' travel.

On January 11, on the apron of Haikou Meilan International Airport, the earthquake engineer of China Southern Airlines Engineering Technology Branch conducted an in-depth inspection of the aircraft. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Guanyu

【Promote smooth flow! Improve transportation capacity to cope with peak travel]

Compared with previous years, the scale of people's travel during the Spring Festival travel rush this year has further increased. At the same time, this year is also the first time that New Year's Eve has been included in the statutory holiday. The concentration of passenger flow is relatively high around the 8-day Spring Festival holiday.

Coordinate the needs of passenger transportation and freight supply guarantee. Zhu Wenzhong, head of the Passenger Transport Department of the China Railway Group, recently said that he will dig deep into the route and equipment resources, maximize transportation capacity, focus on increasing the transportation capacity in the direction of the concentrated passenger flow during the Spring Festival travel rush, coordinate and arrange trains in the direction of non-passenger flow concentration, and maintain the scale of normal passenger trains running.

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The reporter learned from a press conference of the State Council Information Office on the 8th that during the Spring Festival travel rush, a new high-speed rail channel will be added in some directions of concentrated passenger flow, and 185 new Fuxing EMUs will be put into use nationwide.

■In response to the Hainan Spring Festival travel guarantee work that passengers are concerned about, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, in conjunction with relevant parties, strengthens the coordinated use of airspace and increases the supply of transportation capacity to enter and exit the island during the Spring Festival travel rush.

■The reporter learned from China Southern Airlines Group that China Southern Airlines’ three C919 large domestic aircraft will serve the Spring Festival travel rush for the first time, and will carry out routes from Guangzhou to Shanghai Hongqiao, Hangzhou, Haikou, Chengdu Tianfu, Changsha and other routes during the Spring Festival travel rush.

On January 10, at Sanya Phoenix International Airport, passengers took off flight CZ6744, operated by C919. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Guanyu

During the Spring Festival travel rush, China Southern Airlines’ domestic flight manual check-in counters at Guangzhou Hub are open in advance to 04:00. Manual check-in counters and late passenger counters will be added according to peak passenger flow, and a team check-in counter will be opened, self-service check-in and consignment guidance will be strengthened, and passengers will be waiting in line.

【Strong service! Protect the warm and heart-warming way home]

The Spring Festival travel rush is related to the New Year reunion of hundreds of millions of families. Traveling safely and smoothly is what the people expect and what they want. Relevant departments across the country have strengthened service training for flight attendants, improved emergency plans, and strengthened material team preparation and training drills to ensure safe, convenient and warm travel for the people.

■Recently, the first and fourth EMU teams of Chongqing Passenger Transport Section of China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. organized flight attendants to conduct concentrated training in basic business, service skills, makeup etiquette, etc. to improve service levels and prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush.

■In the Lanzhou Railway Public Security Bureau Cycling Detachment, there is a "Rose Women's Cycling Team" composed of 18 female policemen with an average age of 27 years old. They undertake multiple high-speed train duty tasks, silently protecting the safety of every journey with the unique delicateness and tenacity of women.

■The "Fengwu Chutian" flight crew of the Wuhan Passenger Transport Section carries out intensive training on operating processes, key services, emergency response, etc. to ensure the safety of the Spring Festival travel rush and improve service quality.

On January 12, the train conductor and crew members conducted meal delivery training. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Min

■The first fleet of the high-speed railway in the Shanghai Passenger Transport Section of the Railway organized flight attendants to conduct training in train services, body etiquette, emergency drills, etc. to welcome the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush.

On January 10, crew members of the first fleet of the high-speed railway in the Shanghai Passenger Transport Section of the Railway conducted emergency drill training in the train simulation cabin. Xinhua News Agency (photo taken by Cheng Zhibing)

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