Record of Spring Festival travel rush Press Conference of Ministry of Railways in 2009
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On January 10th, 2009, the Ministry of Railways held a press conference to introduce the situation in Spring Festival travel rush in 2009. The Chinese government network conducted a live broadcast. The picture shows Wang Yongping, spokesperson of the Ministry of Railways, introducing the situation. Chinese government network Wen Tao photo
[Wang Yongping, Minister of Propaganda Department and Spokesperson of Political Department of Ministry of Railways]Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the press, welcome to the Spring Festival travel rush press conference of the Ministry of Railways! As we all know, one day later, that is to say, on January 11th, the national Spring Festival travel rush work was officially launched. [2009-01-10 10:02:22]
[Wang Yongping]This year, Spring Festival travel rush has 15 days before the festival and 25 days after it, lasting for 40 days. This year, Spring Festival travel rush has four characteristics from the perspective of railways: [2009-01-10 10:11:55]
[Wang Yongping]First, the pre-holiday passenger flow started in advance. Since November last year, the number of migrant workers returning to their hometowns in coastal areas such as Guangdong has gradually increased. The railway departments pay close attention to the changes of passenger flow and increase passenger trains in time to ensure the needs of passenger flow. In the past half a month, this trend has become more obvious, and the passenger flow has risen rapidly. To this end, some railway bureaus such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang and Jinan have entered the state of Spring Festival travel rush ahead of schedule. [2009-01-10 10:12:46]
[Wang Yongping]Second, the pre-holiday passenger flow was highly concentrated. Although some migrant workers have returned home early in the past two months, the railway is the first choice for most passengers to travel in Spring Festival travel rush, and the trend of passenger flow growth in Spring Festival travel rush will not change. As this year’s Spring Festival is earlier than in previous years, and students have a holiday later, students, workers, visiting relatives and tourists will be highly superimposed before the holiday, and the pressure of peak passenger flow will be greater than in previous years. [2009-01-10 10:13:39]
[Wang Yongping]Third, the flow of migrant workers after the holiday is uncertain. Affected by some factors such as the international financial crisis, it is expected that the flow of migrant workers in Spring Festival travel rush will be uncertain this year, which requires us to pay close attention to the passenger flow and organize the transportation capacity in time. [2009-01-10 10:15:07]
[Wang Yongping]Fourth, the peak passenger flow in Spring Festival travel rush will be extended after the holiday. This year, due to the late start of schools in spring, we analyze that the student flow will be superimposed with the migrant workers flow, forming the second peak after the holiday, which will last until the end of Spring Festival travel rush and even after Spring Festival travel rush. In particular, with the gradual effectiveness of the measures taken by the state to expand domestic demand and promote economic growth, as well as the increase in railway transport capacity investment, the implementation of the renovation project for ordinary passenger cars, the improvement of emergency measures for sudden disasters and incidents, and the promotion of high-speed railway brands to intercity passenger flow, high-end passenger flow and tourist passenger flow, it will certainly drive the continuous growth of railway passenger flow. [2009-01-10 10:16:07]
[Wang Yongping]On the whole, the passenger flow pressure in Spring Festival travel rush this year is still very high, and the characteristics of rigid demand for passenger flow are very obvious. It is estimated that the number of railway passengers sent nationwide will reach 188 million, an increase of 8% over the same period last year, with an average daily number of 4.7 million. The key areas before the festival are Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou; The key areas after the festival are Chengdu-Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanchang, Hefei and Hunan. The key trunk lines are Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, Beijing-Shanghai, Jingha, Longhai, Lanxin, Shanghai-Kunming, Jiaoliu, Xiangyu, Baocheng, Guizhou-Guangxi and Sichuan-Guizhou lines. [2009-01-10 10:16:40]
[Wang Yongping]The core of railway work in Spring Festival travel rush is to ensure safety, with emphasis on service quality and transportation order. To this end, the railway department adheres to the people-oriented principle and highlights the "five in one" of safety, ability, order, service and ticket sales. Mainly take the following measures: [2009-01-10 10:17:27]
[Wang Yongping]One is to ensure the security of Spring Festival travel rush. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the peak of passenger flow was prominent, the number of passenger cars was dense, a large number of passengers were running, the equipment was running at high frequency, and the personnel were mobilized in a wide range, so the possibility of severe weather was great. Some new lines and a large number of new equipment such as EMUs and high-power locomotives were tested by Spring Festival travel rush for the first time, and the safety pressure was great. Before Spring Festival travel rush, the national railways carried out a comprehensive rectification of running gear, and all the employees who took on the task of Spring Festival travel rush were given skills training and practical drills, focusing on strengthening fire and explosion prevention, strengthening off-road safety and construction safety management, seriously investigating and dealing with violations of laws and regulations, and preparing emergency plans to ensure the transportation safety in Spring Festival travel rush, especially the absolute safety of passenger trains. [2009-01-10 10:18:29]
[Wang Yongping]The second is to improve transportation capacity. On December 21 last year, the national railway adjusted the train diagram, and added 22 pairs of passenger trains across the railway bureau, with a daily passenger capacity of 2.9 million, an increase of 140,000 on the basis of the sixth speed increase. During our stay in Spring Festival travel rush, we adhered to the overall arrangement of the whole railway, highlighted key areas, key trunk lines and key stations, and added a large number of passenger trains to meet the travel needs of passengers. 319 pairs of passenger-passing lines are arranged throughout the railway, and three sets of ladder capacity schemes, namely basic scheme, preparatory scheme and emergency scheme, are adopted to deal with normal passenger flow, peak passenger flow and sudden passenger flow respectively. The basic plan has 189 pairs of direct passengers, 156 pairs before the festival and 170 pairs after the festival; The preparatory plan is through to 63 pairs of passengers, 37 pairs before the festival and 51 pairs after the festival; The emergency plan goes through 23 pairs of passengers, 13 pairs before the festival and 21 pairs after the festival; There are 12 pairs of bus changing operation sections, 11 pairs before the festival and 12 pairs after the festival. There are 32 pairs of cars on the temporary map, 32 pairs before the festival and 28 pairs after the festival. It can be said that this year, Spring Festival travel rush’s capacity arrangement is the highest in history. [2009-01-10 10:19:13]
[Wang Yongping]The third is to strengthen the ticketing organization. The pre-sale period of national railway ticket sales is unified to 10 days in principle, and rolling ticket sales are adopted. Please pay attention to the announcement of the station during the pre-sale period. At the same time, further strengthen the management of ticket sales, rationally adjust the ticket amount, give full play to the role of the main channel of station ticket sales, increase the proportion of ticket sales at the ticket window, ensure that 80% of the tickets are sold online except for student tickets and migrant workers’ group tickets, and sell tickets directly to passengers to the maximum extent. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, ticket sales windows will be opened at stations with large passenger flow, so as to extend the time for ticket sales and maximize the convenience for passengers to purchase tickets. Each station has formulated a careful ticketing organization plan and emergency plan, improved the temporary ticketing place and further improved the ticketing environment. [2009-01-10 10:22:07]
[Wang Yongping]The fourth is to maintain the order of the station car. This year in Spring Festival travel rush, we will take effective measures to ensure the normal operation of passenger cars and control key links such as traffic order, station order and public security order. When the passenger flow soars, the weather changes suddenly, the equipment breaks down, and the bus operation order is affected, the emergency plan will be launched immediately, and the operation adjustment of the delayed bus will be highlighted to restore the normal order as soon as possible. At the same time, strengthen the order maintenance of ticket halls, waiting rooms, entrance and exit passages, platforms, overpasses, tunnels and other places with high passenger density, and refine passenger flow diversion measures. The railway police will work closely with the local police, strengthen joint control and joint defense, vigorously rectify the public order of stations and cars, increase police forces at passenger stations and temporary passengers, strengthen inspection of video patrols, and severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities such as stealing railway equipment, destroying driving facilities, and stealing and robbing passengers’ property, thus creating a high-pressure situation for criminals and ensuring the safety of passengers’ lives and property. At present, railway police is carrying out the "Blue Shield" special campaign to crack down on ticket scalping and the manufacture and sale of fake tickets, striving to create a good public security environment and earnestly safeguard the vital interests of the vast number of passengers. [2009-01-10 10:23:46]
[Wang Yongping]The fifth is to provide good services. This year, in Spring Festival travel rush, the railway department will focus on solving the problems of ticket purchase, station environment, temporary service, catering quality, train delay, inquiries and complaints, and vigorously improve the service quality. At present, the equipment and facilities that directly serve passengers, such as ticket display screen, revealing guidance, guardrail, waiting shed, water supply and catering, have been comprehensively inspected and renovated, and special rectification activities for ordinary passenger trains have been carried out. The railway bureaus have carefully formulated the service plan for late trains, strengthened the notification of late information, and implemented the units, personnel, supply channels and methods responsible for life security. Strictly implement various passenger service standards, standardize service behavior, fully implement the responsibility system of first inquiry and first complaint, and help passengers, inquiries and complaints, so as to receive them warmly and deal with them in a timely manner. Passenger transport, railway wind supervision and other departments to strengthen the inspection and supervision of service quality, to seriously deal with the problem of railway wind. [2009-01-10 10:24:21]
[Wang Yongping]While doing a good job in passenger transportation, the railway department will make overall plans for cargo transportation, and make every effort to ensure the transportation of key materials related to the national economy and people’s livelihood and the transportation of holiday materials needed by the people’s lives. [2009-01-10 10:24:47]
[Wang Yongping]Although the passenger flow in Spring Festival travel rush this year is higher than in previous years, and the transportation capacity is more tense, we believe that with the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the concern and understanding of all sectors of society, the help and support of friends in the news media, and the hard work and selfless dedication of railway workers all over the country, railway Spring Festival travel rush will certainly do better year by year. [2009-01-10 10:25:19]