CCTV News: During this holiday, there is strong demand for travel to railways and travel, and passenger flow shows a strong growth trend. From April 30 to May 2, the national railway passenger volume increased by more than 10% year-on-year for three consecutive days. On May 3, railway passenger transport remained at a high level.
On May 3, the national railway is expected to send 18 million passengers, and 1,563 passenger trains are planned to be added. Among them, the Beijing Railway Bureau of the China Railway Corporation is expected to send 1.42 million passengers on May 3, and plans to add 52 pairs of passenger trains, mainly to Shanghai, Wuhan, Chenyang, Jinan, Shijiazhuang and other directions. The Guangzhou Bureau of the National Railways Railway is expected to send 2.505 million passengers, an increase of 12.3% year-on-year.
This holiday, the demand for tourism is strong, and the railway department has increased its capacity and made every effort to ensure convenient travel for passengers. In Dali, a popular tourist city in Yunnan, since the May Day holiday, the number of daily arrivals has increased by 60% compared with usual, and the railway department has launched more than 30 trains every day. All staff at Dali Station are on duty, providing priority station access and ride services for special key passengers, strengthening convenient transfer services within the station, and ensuring safe and smooth entry and exit of passengers and rides.
During the May Day holiday, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway ushered in the peak of tourism to Tibet. Qinghai-Tibet Railway Group Corporation prepares sufficient oxygen production materials in advance to ensure that the oxygen content of the car reaches more than 80% of the plain. In the section of the Tanggula Mountains running from the railway to the altitude of more than 5,000 meters, staff have increased their efforts to inspect the carriages to ensure the stable operation of the oxygen supply system. Intertwined medium and short-distance traffic, and some highway sections are congested
In terms of highways, according to the Road Network Center of the Ministry of Transport, on May 3, medium and short-distance traffic was intertwined, and highway sections around popular tourist cities were prone to congestion and slow traffic.
On the third day of the holiday, the medium and long-distance traffic that was returning early were intertwined with the short-distance traffic that day. The congested sections have many points and wide areas, but the intensity has been slightly reduced. For highway sections around popular tourist cities such as Hangzhou, Xi'an, Changsha, Qingdao, Luoyang, and Wuhan, the expressway leading to popular scenic spots will bear a large traffic flow.
During the May Day holiday, the traffic of new energy vehicles increased significantly, and it is expected that the traffic of new energy vehicles accounted for nearly 20% of the daily total traffic, a significant increase over the same period in 2024. On May 3, the peak charging period of highway charging stations is expected to be concentrated between 10:00 and 20:00, and the transportation, electricity and other departments are actively providing new energy charging services. In the Juye service area of Jilan Expressway, the average daily charging vehicle has exceeded 1,100 times since the holiday. The local power supply department, in conjunction with the highway management department, opened the emergency culvert connected to the two-way service area, and guided the car owner to charge the idle charging pile opposite, reducing the queue time from 75 minutes to 10 minutes.
In the Quzhou Houwu service area of Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, the power supply department urgently allocates a 120-kilowatt emergency charging car, which can provide uninterrupted charging services for two electric vehicles at the same time to alleviate the pressure of charging queues. In the surrounding areas of some tourist attractions such as Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Weihai, Shandong, the local power department adopts a combination of "manual inspection + intelligent backstage monitoring" to focus on detecting the operating status of core components such as pile station equipment modules and charging guns to ensure that the equipment is "zero defects".
It has been halfway through the holidays, and there have been traffic back to you. It is recommended to keep abreast of the weather before traveling and minimize night driving. If you encounter a charging queue in the service area, you can promptly ask the service area staff about the use of the charging facilities nearby and the conditions for charging to the opposite service area. Water tourism boom. The number of passengers sent by the city increased significantly on May 3
In terms of water transportation, as the demand for water tourism continues to be strong. On May 3, the number of water passengers nationwide is expected to increase significantly compared with May 2. On May 3, the number of passengers sent by water transport nationwide was expected to exceed 2.15 million, a significant increase from May 2. Among them, water tourism on the main line of the Yangtze River continues to be popular, and scenic spots such as Guilin Lijiang have ushered in a peak in passenger flow.
Civil aviation is expected to transport 2.08 million passengers on May 3
On May 3, civil aviation is expected to transport 2.08 million passengers nationwide. Three days before the holiday, civil aviation is expected to send 6.57 million passengers, with an average daily number of 2.19 million, an increase of 12.3% over the same period in 2024.
It is estimated that the flight normal rate will be 92%, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the same period in 2024. Three days before the holiday, popular routes mainly include Shanghai-Beijing, Beijing-Chengdu, Shenzhen-Shanghai, etc.
