Ministry of Railways: Golden Week passengers send three data are all record high

On October 7th, with the end of the National Day Golden Week holiday, the passenger transportation work during the 10-day Railway National Day ended perfectly. The railway department successfully completed the passenger and cargo transportation tasks during the National Day. The total amount sent by passengers, the total amount sent by passengers on a straight line, and the volume of passengers sent on a single day were all new highs.

According to the data from the Holiday Office of the Ministry of Railways, from September 28 to October 7, a total of 67.282 million passengers were sent by the national railways, an increase of 3.708 million over the same period last year, an increase of 5.8%. Among them, the railway bureaus sent 20,397,000 direct and long-distance passengers across borders, an increase of 1.24 million over the same period last year, an increase of 6.4%. The number of passengers on the railway in one day exceeded the 7 million mark in five days, and passenger flow continued to be high. On October 1, the peak days for passengers were sent. On the same day, 8.928 million passengers were sent across the road, setting a new historical record for passenger traffic on a single day.

During the golden week, the railway department stepped up inspections of the state of equipment and facilities, carried out comprehensive security management, and ensured fire and explosion protection and safety outside the road. The overall safety of the road transport was generally stable, the order of vehicles was good, and there was no obvious backlog of passenger traffic at major stations. Since September 20th the entire public security organ launched the "autumn battle" against the ticket seller in the 11th Golden Week, a total of 3,642 smuggled cases were cracked, and 555 smuggled black dens were removed, effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the vast number of tourists.

During the Golden Week, the number of passengers selected to use EMU trains increased significantly, and some hot ticket tickets even appeared in short supply. The new line such as the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway has a clear driving effect, with a total of 1,212 trains, driving a substantial increase in passenger traffic. The railway department closely follows the passenger flow dynamics, strengthens the transportation organization, adds direct passenger cars and tourist trains in key areas, and increases the number of train formations to increase transportation capacity and strive to meet passenger travel needs. During the Golden Week, the number of passenger trains in the country has increased by 2453, of which 323 long-distance passenger trains have been added and 2,130 trains have been added.

Taking the Golden Week as an opportunity, the railway departments optimized the service environment, improved service attitudes, and improved service quality, setting off a climax of service and passenger excellence. The series of measures introduced by the railway to facilitate the people and benefit the people has also played an important role during Golden Week. 3.88 million passengers enjoyed the preferential policy of reducing the ticket refund fee. Internet ticket sales expanded to all EMU trains by the end of September, and 46,000 tickets were sold every day from October 1 to July 7. The ticket collection rate reached 54.4%. The average number of tickets per day during the Golden Week sold by telephone booking reached 212,000, and the ticket collection rate reached 63.8%. The role of the National Railway Customer Service Center has been further enhanced.

While making every effort to ensure good passenger transportation, the railway department will also take care of the transportation of goods, and regard the transportation of key materials such as electric coal and grain related to the national economy and the people's livelihood as well as the transportation of festival materials as the top priority for festival freight transportation. During the Golden Week, the railway freight transportation achieved satisfactory results. The average daily load of railways was 167,006 vehicles, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year; the average daily delivery volume was 106.97 million tons, an increase of 7% year-on-year; the average daily load of electric coal was 44,519 cars, which was a year-on-year increase of 13.4. %. As of October 7, there were 38.08 million tons of coal stored in 363 direct-supply power plants nationwide, and the number of days that could be consumed reached 16.8 days.