CCTV News: On the last day of the May Day holiday, transportation ushered in a peak return passenger flow. On the road, medium and long-distance return traffic and short-distance return traffic are superimposed, and the return peak appears, and the time-period congestion is prominent. It is expected that the return congestion peak will occur from 16 to 18. In terms of civil aviation, the national civil aviation is expected to transport 2.32 million passengers on the 5th. During the May Day holiday, the national civil aviation is expected to transport a total of 11.15 million passengers, with an average of 2.23 million passengers per day, an increase of 11.8% over the same period in 2024.

The national railway is expected to send 21.1 million passengers today

This May Day holiday, the national railway transportation passenger flow maintained a strong growth. In order to cope with the peak of return passenger flow, the railway department actively increased its transportation capacity and strengthened personnel on duty guidance during peak hours to ensure the safe and smooth travel of passengers.

The national railway is expected to send 21.1 million passengers on May 5, and 1,896 trains are planned to be added. Among them, the Beijing Railway Bureau of China Railway is expected to send 1.57 million passengers and plans to add 170 passenger trains. The Guangzhou Bureau of the National Railways Corporation is expected to send 3.093 million passengers, an increase of 18.9% year-on-year. The Nanchang Bureau of the National Railway is expected to send 1.56 million passengers and plans to add 272 passenger trains, including 82 high-speed rail at night to fully ensure passenger travel needs. In addition, railway departments in key areas with large passenger flows such as the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Chengdu-Chongqing and other key areas have added temporary trains and night high-speed trains, and have also added temporary trains in some popular tourist cities to meet the needs of returning travel.

In order to provide a good travel environment for passengers returning concentratedly, Wuhan, Yichang East and other stations actively provide travel services for key passengers "old, young, sick, disabled, and pregnant", and open green barrier-free shuttle service channels for key passengers.

In order to serve the "last mile" of passenger travel, passenger stations in some places are also linked with local transportation departments to share information, and adjust traffic connections in a timely manner according to changes in passenger flow, so as to ensure the smooth return of passengers.