On January 4th, the reporter learned from the Yichang Railway Department that in order to do a good job of railway spring transportation of 2019, from January 21th to March 1st, the railway department will implement the "Spring Transport Train Map", with 29.5 pairs additional trains at the peak.
In spring transport, the Yichang Railway Department will adopt the basic and emergency cascade transport capacity plan, adding 29.5 pairs of trains, including 10.5 pairs of through (trans-provincial) trains, including 4 pairs of starting trains and 6.5 pairs of passing trains, 19 pairs of trains in the pipeline (within the province), 18 pairs of EMUs and 1 pair of ordinary passenger train. Among them, the direction of the additional 4 pairs of through trains are all Guangzhou. The vast majority of the additional 6 pairs of passing trains need to be operated by Yichang-Wanzhou Railway and stop at Yichangdong Railway Station. 19 pairs of trains (including weekend line and peak line) were added to in the province, mainly in the direction of Wuhan.
In the Spring Transport of 2019, Yichang Railway Department (including Yichang, Enshi and Jingmen) expects to send 2.443 million passengers, an increase of 71k over the Spring Transport of 2018, an increase of 3% over the same period last year. Before the festival, passenger flow tends to be stable, with an estimated 684k passengers being sent. Passenger flow is mainly centered after the festival. It is estimated that 1.759 million people will be sent, accounting for 72% of the passenger flow of spring transportation.(Reporter: Liu Jingjing; Correspondent: Chen Ying )