The mainland’s Spring Festival kicked off on 28th, the first train departed from Beijing to Chongqing at 0:48 on 28th, but affected by the Epidemic, Spring Festival tickets are no longer as hard to find as in the past, 281 tickets on sale on the first day, the occupancy rate is only 22%. Wu Chungong, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, said that 1.152 billion passengers are expected to be sent during this year’s Spring Festival, a decrease of more than 20% compared to the same period last year. The recent epidemic in Hebei has shown a downward trend, and Zhang Boli, an academician of the mainland Academy of Engineering who is supporting Hebei, said that the epidemic in Hebei is expected to turn a corner at the end of January.
Wu Chungong said on the 28th, this year’s Spring Festival passenger flow will be significantly reduced, during the Spring Festival will send about 1.152 billion passengers, an average of more than 28.8 million passengers per day, down more than 60% compared to 2019 and more than 20% compared to 2020, while the actual passenger flow from 24 to 26 days, about 18 million to 19 million passengers, the actual number is expected to start after the Spring Festival than the estimated number will be reduced again. Sun Haishen, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Station, said that during the Spring Festival, Beijing Station is expected to send 1.399 million passengers, with a daily average of 35,000.
With the decline in demand, this year’s mainland Spring Festival train tickets are no longer hard to find, “general passenger trains” from the original minimum discount of 5.5 percent, expanding to “hard seat” minimum 2 discount, “soft hard sleeper” minimum 5 discount, airline tickets also offered unprecedented discounts, pre-sale prices are generally discounted 2 to 3 percent, many routes airline tickets are cheaper than tickets.
Changchun Station waiting hall is not seen in the past Spring Festival crowds, only a passenger waiting for the train alone. (Xinhua News Agency)
Although the number of mainland Chinese New Year transport decreased, but there are still more than a billion people flowing, still must always pay attention to epidemic prevention, Beijing passenger section of the international joint transport team conductor Zhou Xiangfeng said, 3603 trains will be fully disinfected before leaving the depot, the train is running, every 4 hours to disinfect the train door handles, toilets, etc., passing through medium and high risk areas, will also be disinfected every 2 hours.
As for the epidemic on the mainland, 54 new confirmed cases of new crowns were added on the 27th, including 13 imported cases from abroad, including 7 cases in Shanghai, 2 cases in Tianjin, 1 case in Shanxi, 1 case in Jiangsu, 1 case in Guangdong and 1 case in Sichuan, and 41 local cases, including 28 cases in Heilongjiang, 9 cases in Jilin, 3 cases in Hebei and 1 case in Shaanxi, while the epidemic in Hebei also showed a moderating trend, with the number of new confirmed cases dropping to single digits for 3 consecutive days.
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