In this Jan 18, 2023 photo, passengers board trains at the Spring Festival travel rush at Shenzhen North railway station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. PHOTO XINHUA BEIJING Railway stations, highways and airports across China are bracing for a new travel peak as a growing number of travelers hit the road and return to work after a week-long Spring Festival holiday, which will end on Friday.
On Thursday, Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing South Railway Station, two major railway terminals in the Chinese capital, were estimated to have 156,000 passenger arrivals and 142,000 passenger arrivals, according to the Beijing Major Railway Station Areas Administration.
More than 180,000 passenger arrivals are expected to be seen at Beijing West Railway Station on Saturday.
In order to ensure smooth traffic flow at the railway stations, Beijing will put more buses and taxis on the roads and extend the operating time of subways.
According to Mao Jun, deputy director of the Beijing Major Railway Station Areas Administration, we call on taxi operators and online car-hailing platforms to send more cars around the railway stations during the recent travel rush.
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State Grid Hubei Electric Power Co. Ltd. has done a thorough physical check for 824 charging piles in the province's expressway service areas. It has also installed 18 mobile charging facilities in busy service zones.
Hubei's transport authorities said it would release timely information on road conditions and weather through radios, social media platforms and navigation software to help drivers and passengers choose trip routes.
Many Chinese provinces are using charter services to transport workers back to work to meet the employment demand of enterprises.
A charter flight carrying 186 migrant workers arrived in Fuzhou, the capital of east China's Fujian province, on Thursday afternoon.
Wang Mingrui, director of Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, said these workers come from various places in southwest China's Yunnan province and will work for 28 key enterprises in Fuzhou.
Fuzhou is going to arrange nine charter flights and one charter train before February 8 to help workers from the provinces, including Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, return to the city.
More point-to- point direct flights and trains will be opened to ensure smooth post-holiday travel flow. After the Spring Festival holidaySpring Festival holiday, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will open 10 special trains for locals who will return to work in China's economic powerhouse Guangdong Province.
Hundreds of millions of Chinese head to their hometowns to unite with their families during the Spring Festival. The annual travel rush, or Chunyun, puts the country's transportation system to the test.
Between Jan 7 and Feb 15 there are 2.1 billion passenger trips expected to be made during the Spring Festival travel rush, according to the Ministry of Transport.