CCTV News: On April 4, transportation during the Qingming Festival ushered in a peak passenger flow.

On the first day of the holiday, the Dujiakan toll station of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway ushered in the first wave of travel peak. Flower viewing, outings, and worshiping, with a variety of travel needs superimposed. At around 7 a.m., more than 20 channels in and out of Beijing were opened in both directions of the main station, with an hourly traffic of nearly 110,000 vehicles, an increase of more than 10% over the weekdays.

In addition, the Yangtze River Delta, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing and other regions are also popular places to travel. In order to cope with the anxiety of energy replenishment of large flows and the slow congestion caused by sudden accidents, in 2025, 63 drones patrolled regularly and at fixed-point locations on the 4,608-kilometer expressway in Chongqing, and 55 mobile charging piles were distributed in 32 service areas along the line.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport said that during the Qingming Festival holiday, the tidal characteristics of the national road network are relatively obvious, and the travel peaks are generally concentrated between 9:00 and 12:00 and 4:00 to 6:00 pm. On the first day of the Qingming Festival holiday, the national railway is expected to send 19.85 million passengers

In terms of railways, on the first day of the Qingming Festival holiday, the national railway department is expected to send 19.85 million passengers and plans to add 1,009 trains. Early in the morning of April 4, major railway stations in Beijing welcomed a large number of passengers.

In the waiting hall of Chaoyang Station in Beijing, the peak passenger flow period has entered from 8 a.m. On April 4, the total number of passengers arrived was nearly 100,000, an increase of nearly twice as much as usual. In particular, the increase in short-distance passenger flow to Chengde, Hebei and Shenyang, Liaoning and other places was particularly obvious.

Wang Qiang, secretary of the Party Branch of Beijing Chaoyang Station of the Beijing Railway Bureau of China introduced that during the Qingming Festival, they added 24 pairs of passenger trains in popular directions such as Chengde, Shenyang, Dalian, and Changchun. At the same time, the emergency passenger passage is opened, and it only takes 6 minutes to get on the bus from security check to boarding.

In addition, Beijing South Railway Station is expected to send 255,000 passengers on April 4, or a historical high since its establishment. All stations in Beijing are expected to send 802,000 passengers in total on April 4, and the passenger flow is mainly concentrated in Jinan, Shanghai, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Xi'an and other directions.

In order to cope with the peak of passenger flow, the Beijing Railway Department adopted the "one map per day" to dynamically adjust its transportation capacity and added 96.5 pairs of temporary passenger trains. Stations that arrive at the train in the early morning and at night will not be closed during holidays, and a special waiting area for night passengers will be set up to ensure smooth travel for passengers. Railway travel is at its peak. Shenzhen Railway is expected to send 502,000 passengers today.

With the concentrated release of holiday travel demand, Shenzhen Railway has ushered in a peak in transportation. On April 4, Shenzhen Railway is expected to send 502,000 passengers, and the number of trains running in a single day exceeded 1,200.

On April 4, Shenzhen Railway is expected to send 502,000 passengers, an increase of 63,000 year-on-year compared with 2024.

Sites in each regional area show a trend of multi-point blooming. Among them, Shenzhen North Station is expected to send 334,000 passengers, an increase of 52,000 compared with 2024, and will break the record of daily passengers sent on the Qingming Festival in previous years.

As the "super link" connecting the mainland and Hong Kong, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border high-speed rail continues to release transportation efficiency. On the first day of the holiday on April 4, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border high-speed railway is expected to transport 143,000 passengers, an increase of 30,000 year-on-year, mainly traveling between Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shantou, Xiamen and other places.

Among them, the "Bay Area Express" from Guangzhou, Shenzhen to West Kowloon, Hong Kong has become the most popular range. It is understood that from April 3 to 7, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong cross-border high-speed railway is expected to transport 545,000 passengers, with an average daily passenger volume of 109,000, an increase of 15% year-on-year. On the first day of the Qingming Festival holiday, civil aviation is expected to transport 1.82 million passengers

In terms of civil aviation, on April 4, 16,244 flights were expected to be guaranteed and 1.82 million passengers were expected to be transported. During the Qingming Festival holiday in 2025, the national civil aviation is expected to complete passenger transport volume of 5.4 million, with an average daily number of 1.8 million, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year.