From 0:00 today (5th), railways across the country will implement a new train schedule. After the map adjustment, the national railway arrangement map has 13,028 passenger trains, 230 more than before.

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Which areas have greater travel changes?

After the map adjustment, Beijing South Railway Station started running trains to Suzhou South Railway Station, Shengze Station, and Huzhou Nanxun Station for the first time. At the same time, 350km/h starting trains will be intensified. Starting from 19:00 every day, a 350km/h benchmark train will depart every 4 minutes, going to Shanghai Hongqiao, Hangzhou East, Nanjing South, Hefei South and other directions.

Li Dandan, station manager on duty at Qinghe Station of the National Railway Beijing Bureau: Relying on the opening of Ji-Dayuan High-speed Railway and the map adjustment in the first quarter, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway has previously reached Zhangjiakou, Prince City, Yanqing, Datong, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Baotou, etc. region, extending to Xi'an, Lanzhou, Houma, Yuncheng, Chengdu and other major cities in the west.

Cross-border trains have increased significantly. The number of daily cross-border EMU trains on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed ​​Railway has increased to 242. For the first time, EMU trains originating from Xi'an North, Wuhan, and Jieyang to Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and ending at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station have been launched. The round-trip travel time of the high-speed train between Beijing West and Hong Kong West Kowloon has been reduced by 33 minutes and 59 minutes respectively.

The running time of CNR going south has been greatly reduced. For the first time, 20 pairs of high-speed trains will run from Hohhot, Baotou and other places to Hangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu and other cities. Among them, the fastest time between Hohhot and Chengdu is 10 hours and 43 minutes, which is about 13 hours shorter than before.

Guo Shuang, deputy manager of the market analysis department of the Passenger Transport Marketing Center of the State Railway Shenyang Bureau: We will upgrade 10 pairs of high-speed trains, including the G920 from Shenyang to Beijing and the G3603 from Changbaishan to Beijing, to Fuxing intelligently upgraded trains. EMU provides a more intelligent and comfortable riding environment.

Why should we implement the new train schedule?

Passengers who often travel by train will notice that the railway will implement a new train schedule every quarter. Why is it necessary to adjust the train schedule?

The first is to release transportation capacity. The basis for the map adjustment is the continuous growth of railway operating mileage. In 2024, the national railways will complete fixed asset investment of 850.6 billion yuan and put 3,113 kilometers of new lines into operation, providing transportation capacity support for the implementation of the new map. For example, the opening of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high-speed railway has densely knitted the Yangtze River Delta road network, allowing high-speed rail trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line to extend their operating range, allowing more cities to be connected by railway.

The second is to meet needs. In recent years, my country's railway passenger flow has continued to grow. In 2024, the annual passenger flow will exceed 4 billion passengers for the first time, setting a record high. According to predictions, in 2025, the annual railway passenger flow is expected to increase by 200 million passengers, exceeding 4.2 billion passengers. Strong demand is also one of the main reasons for railway map adjustments.

(CCTV reporter Zheng Liankai)