Henan Railway Serves 1.44 Million Passenger Trips in First 3 Days of Spring Festival Travel Rush

Henan Railway Serves 1.44 Million Passenger Trips in First 3 Days of Spring Festival Travel Rush

春运前3日郑州铁路共发送旅客144万人次

News from China Railway Zhengzhou Group Co., Ltd on Jan. 13 shows that Henan railway totally handled 1.44 million passenger trips on Jan.10, 11 and 12, an increase of 61 percent over the previous year. Especially Jan. 12 saw a year-on-year growth of 52.1 percent to 435 thousand passenger trips, up 149 thousand. Zhengzhou-Xiangyang section of Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway, Zhengzhou-Fuyang High-speed Railway, and Shangqiu-Heifei section of Beijing-Hong Kong High-speed Railway received 147 thousand passenger trips.

1月13日，记者从中国铁路郑州局集团有限公司获悉，10日、11日、12日累计发送旅客144万人次，较去年同期增长61%。12日当日发送旅客43.5万人次，同比增长14.9万人次，增幅52.1%。其中，郑渝高铁郑襄段、郑阜高铁、京港高铁商合段发送旅客14.7万人次。

Passengers are waiting for the trains at the Zhengzhou Railway Station. [Photo by Li Hui/For dahe.cn]

According to China Railway, the hot travel sections are: Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu to Guangzhou, Xi’an, Chengdu to Shanghai, Harbin, and Changchun to Beijing. There are still a few tickets available for those sections, but plenty for others. During the first 3 days of the Spring Festival travel rush, the overall passenger flow within Henan province reported a steady growth, mainly students and migrant workers.

根据铁路总公司统计，目前旅客购买车票部分热门方向为：郑州、武汉、成都至广州，西安、成都至上海，哈尔滨、长春至北京。热门方向仍有少量余票，其他方向余票充足。春运前3天，省内客流总体相对平缓，以学生流和返程客流为主。

Simultaneously, according to Henan Airport Group, since the Spring Festival travel rush on Jan. 10, the passenger flow at Zhengzhou airport increased significantly, with more than 640 flights per day. From Jan. 10 to 12, Zhengzhou airport sent more than 250 thousand passengers trips totally, up by 5.5 percent over the same period of last year, with an average of over 80 thousand passengers per day.

此外，记者从河南机场获悉，春运自1月10日启动后，郑州机场客流量明显上升，日均航班超过640架次；1月10日至12日，郑州机场累计发送旅客25万多人次，同比增长5.5%，平均每天超过8万人次。（记者宋敏 通讯员张静 曹楷 编译赵汉青 审校李文竞）