“High-tech escort and hard work guarantee”
The Spring Festival is what many people look forward to all year round. On January 26, the 2024 Spring Festival Transport officially began. Sun Fujian, a fourth-level researcher at the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau and the Guangzhou Spring Festival Transport Office, told reporters that Guangzhou’s commercial passenger traffic is expected to rebound during the Spring Festival travel period, with cross-regional personnel mobility and self-driving travel accounting for a record high.
On the first day of Spring Festival travel this year, reporters visited Guangzhou Baiyun Station, Baiyun Airport, Guangzhou Spring Festival Transport Office, and other places to learn about what “black technologies” and “hard skills” people will use to do Spring Festival travel in railway, highway, civil aviation, and other scenarios. Do a good job in ensuring all-round Spring Festival transportation.
At the Guangzhou South Railway Station has a large passenger flow and is in good order.
“The most powerful brain” helps guarantee
How do traffic operators during the Spring Festival ensure people’s safe travel during the Spring Festival? At the Guangzhou Municipal Spring Festival Transport Office, the smart transportation system displays the overall traffic conditions and specific data in key areas of Guangzhou through a large electronic screen. This system is also called the “most powerful brain” by Spring Festival transport people in the Spring Festival Transport guarantee work.
Yu Wei, deputy director of the Science and Technology Information Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau, shared that by fully integrating comprehensive transportation data, satellite positioning, mobile signaling, traffic detectors, meteorology, environmental protection and other data, train flight conditions, high-speed smoothness, key points “Sea, land and air” travel conditions such as the transportation capacity near the area can be instantly grasped in the smart transportation system, thereby making Spring Festival travel decisions more scientific and efficient and speeding up homecoming.
“Sihe entrance is convenient for passengers”
At Guangzhou Baiyun Station, Peng Hui, a passenger transport attendant in the passenger transport workshop of Guangzhou Baiyun Station of Guangzhou Railway Group, told reporters that they have taken into account the entry needs of passengers using various transportation facilities through the innovative four-in-one entrance station. If it is Passengers taking the subway can take Guangzhou Metro Line 8 to Shitan Subway Station; those taking a taxi can go directly to the drop-off platform; those taking the bus can also go directly to the bus station, then go to the third floor and walk to the station entrance.
“Face recognition for boarding pass”
At the T2 terminal of Baiyun Airport, Zeng Yun, a check-in clerk at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Aviation Service Branch, said that there are currently 232 self-service devices distributed in the two terminals of Baiyun Airport. Passengers can apply for boarding passes by themselves through facial recognition or ID card recognition.
“Sending 3.3853 million passengers”
According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation, on January 26, Guangdong Province sent 3.3853 million passengers, a month-on-month increase of 7.87% and a year-on-year increase of 45.90%.
“Baiyun Airport provides ‘spring service’ everywhere”
On the first day of Spring Festival travel, Baiyun Airport plans to have 1,531 inbound and outbound flights, including 767 outbound flights and 764 inbound flights, transporting more than 230,000 passengers throughout the day.
“Ranked first in the country in terms of departure passenger flow”
On the first day of Spring Festival travel, passenger traffic at airports in major cities across the country increased significantly.
“Only business class is left for sale on many popular travel routes”
On January 26, the 2024 Spring Festival Transport begins, and train tickets go on sale for New Year’s Eve. According to the latest big data from the travel platform, February 7, February 8, and February 9 are the peak travel dates for this year’s Spring Festival.
“Total passenger volume on the first day of Spring Festival travel was 9.4634 million”
The Spring Festival Transport will officially kick off in 2024, and the passenger volume of all major transportation systems will rebound across the board.
“Thousands of ‘red vests’ serve Guangdong Expressway”
During the Spring Festival this year, Guangdong Communications Group launched volunteer service activities on all highway sections.
As the Spring Festival travel period kicks off, technological advancements and hard work ensure the smooth travel of millions of passengers in China. With smart transportation systems, convenient entry stations, face recognition for boarding passes, and thousands of volunteers providing assistance, the transportation operators are determined to guarantee safety, convenience, and a pleasant travel experience for all.