BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Reporter Zhang Ni) 2019 is coming to an end, and the annual Spring Festival travel rush is about to kick off. Starting from tomorrow (December 12th), the first day train tickets for Spring Festival travel rush in 2020 will be officially opened for grabs. The opening of Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, the national railway major map and the pilot expansion of e-ticket & HELIP; … On the way home during the Spring Festival, these new changes deserve attention!
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The 2020 Spring Festival travel rush train ticket will be robbed tomorrow.
According to the Spring Festival holiday arrangement, the Spring Festival holiday time in 2020 is January 24th — January 30th. The railway Spring Festival travel rush lasts for 40 days, including 15 days before the festival and 25 days after the festival. January 10th, 2020 will be the first day of the Spring Festival.
According to the regulations that the Internet and telephone booking of railway Spring Festival travel rush train tickets are sold 30 days in advance, and the ticket window and sales point of the station are sold 28 days in advance. On December 12th, passengers can purchase the first day train tickets in Spring Festival travel rush through the Internet and telephone.
In addition, the train ticket for January 17th, 2020 (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month) will be sold on December 19th, 2019. January 22nd, 2020 (the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month) and January 23rd (the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month) are the peak travel periods, and the train tickets will be sold on December 24th and 25th, 2019.
On January 29th, 2020 (the fifth day of the first month) and January 30th (the sixth day of the first month), the first wave of post-holiday return peak will be ushered in, and the return ticketing dates will be December 31st, 2019 and January 1st, 2020.
Data Map: The "Hulk" EMU train stopped at Lanzhou West Railway Station. Yang yanmin
What changes have taken place in Spring Festival travel rush?
— — National railway major map at the end of the year
From 0: 00 on December 30, 2019, the national railways will implement the year-end major map. This also means that with the optimization and adjustment of some routes, tourists will also have new choices.
For example, China Railway Lanzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. will add five pairs of EMU trains to coastal Linjiang cities such as Xiamen in Fujian in the south and Weihai in Shandong in the east. Lanzhou West — Shanghai Hongqiao G3166/5G3182/1 2 pairs, Lanzhou West — Xiamen G3186/5 times 1 pair, Lanzhou West — Weihai G2686/5 times 1 pair, Lanzhou West — One pair during the peak period of G4298/7 passenger flow in Hefei South.
Jinhua will realize one-ticket direct train with 16 cities for the first time, and join hands with 10 cities in the central and western regions for the first time to run direct trains.
There are also many trains in Qingdao that will be adjusted. For example, Rongcheng-Yantai D6096/D6095 EMU passenger trains will be added; Increase the passenger train of Qingdao North-Rongcheng C6583/C6584 intercity EMU, which is a weekend line; C6583 from Qingdao North and C6584 from Rongcheng all started to operate on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and rush hours according to the operation rules from December 30th.
Therefore, travelers should pay attention to the relevant changes when traveling in Spring Festival travel rush.
Data Map: Guanting Reservoir Bridge on Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. The picture shows the completed main project of the bridge. Photo by Sun Huijun
— — Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway was officially opened to traffic.
At the end of this year, the important traffic guarantee project of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics — — Beijing-zhangjia high-speed railway will be opened to traffic.
By then, the time from Beijing to Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics by high-speed rail will be shortened to one hour, and all prefecture-level cities in Hebei Province will also realize high-speed rail, and "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on the track" will basically take shape.
It is worth mentioning that autonomous driving will be promoted and applied in Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway. In 2020, Spring Festival travel rush, Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway equipped with intelligent dispatching system will also have its first big exam.
In addition to the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, it is expected that the Zhangda high-speed railway and Zhanghu high-speed railway will also be opened for operation at the end of December, and the Chengdu-Guiyang high-speed railway will be opened for operation in mid-December.
The picture shows passengers using the QR code of the ticket to check in. Photo by Zhai Hao
— — E-ticket is convenient for more passengers.
With the expansion of the pilot e-ticket, in 2020, more passengers in Spring Festival travel rush will enjoy the convenience of swiping their ID cards directly and riding on their mobile phones.
The so-called e-ticket is to separate the functions of passenger transport contract voucher, travel voucher and reimbursement voucher carried by paper tickets, and use electronic data as railway passenger transport contract voucher according to relevant legal provisions, so as to promote paperless and diversified travel vouchers and gradually electronize reimbursement vouchers.
After purchasing tickets through the 12306 website or mobile APP, passengers no longer need to exchange paper tickets, but can enter the station directly by brushing their mobile phones or ID cards.
If you need to change your ticket or refund your ticket, passengers who purchase tickets by electronic payment can go through the procedures of changing your ticket or refund your ticket through the 12306 website or the designated window of the station. Passengers who have paid in cash or printed reimbursement vouchers must go to the designated window of the station.