China Railway Group: In the first three quarters of this year, the national railway transported 3.54 billion passengers, an increase of 6% year-on-year.

According to the China Railway Group, in the first three quarters of this year, the national railway transported 3.54 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 6%, reaching a new high in history for the same period, and the national railway transportation remained safe, stable, and orderly. In the first three quarters of this year, the national railway transported 3.54 billion passengers In the first three quarters of this year, the national railway transported 3.54 billion passengers, a 6% increase compared to the same period last year, reaching a new high in history for the same period, and the national railway transportation remained safe, stable, and orderly. Since the beginning of this year, the China Railway Group has adhered to the development ideology centered on the people, continually deepened the structural reform of transportation supply, consistently strengthened passenger transportation organization, enriched passenger product supply, optimized station and service quality, launched a series of measures benefiting the people, which have effectively ensured safe, convenient, and warm travel for passengers, supported the continuous recovery and improvement of the economy, and injected new vitality into the "mobile China." 1. Continued enhancement of passenger transportation capacity. Coordinating high-speed railway and conventional railway resources, utilizing the new capacity of new lines and stations such as Chongqing East to Qianjiang section of Yuxi-Xiamen High-Speed Railway, Shenyang to Jiamusi section of Shenyang to Baihe section of Shenyang to Baihe section of Shenyang to Heihe, Xiangyang to Jingmen High-Speed Railway, Chongqing East Station, etc., fully tapping the transportation capacity, optimizing the dynamic operation scheme of passenger trains, 11,087 passenger trains operated on average each day nationwide, an increase of 7.1% year-on-year. Utilizing the Railway 12306 ticketing and waiting list big data, analyzing the travel needs of passengers dynamically, accurately allocating capacity resources, and timely increasing capacity deployment in popular directions and sections. Successfully completing transportation tasks during the Spring Festival, summer peak period, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival holidays, and taking multiple measures to deal with the peak passenger flow, effectively serving holiday travel needs, maintaining the scale of conventional speed passenger trains, operating public service "slow trains" and rural revitalization trains, providing convenience for passengers in areas with elderly, young, border, and poverty alleviation. 2. Increased quality and quantity of tourist trains. Responding to the demands of the tourism market, vigorously operating distinctive tourist trains such as parent-child tours, study tours, red tours, health tours, and senior specialty trains, continuously building the brand of tourist trains such as "Beijing and Number," "Qilu 1," "Xiaoxiang," "Tianshan," etc., connecting along the way delicacies, beautiful scenery, and cultural attractions, optimizing the operating schedule of tourist trains, reducing travel time, orderly connecting with the business hours of tourist sites, realizing "day trip night travel," promoting the opening of trains towards tourist destinations, providing passengers with diverse travel options and high-quality travel experiences. From January to September, the national railway operated 1818 tourist trains, supporting the development of tourism economy and senior economy. Customized operations of "fan special trains" and "sports special trains" to activate the "theme train +" economy, expand consumption in new scenes. Adapting to China's transit visa-free policy, strengthening cross-border passenger transportation, operating international trains to countries such as Vietnam, Russia, Mongolia, sending cross-border passengers of 23.09 million on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway and 197,000 on the China-Laos Railway, promoting cross-border tourism, effectively supporting personnel exchanges and business trade. 3. Optimization of station and service quality. Normalization of student reservation ticket service functions, optimization of student discount ticket usage time intervals, application range, verification rules, etc., effectively serving and guaranteeing student ticket purchases and travel needs. Discounted ticket prices for student, child, disabled military personnel, etc., on EMU trains are discounted based on the ticket prices, enjoying "discount on discount," providing passengers with more benefits. Providing services such as railway smooth travel code, convenient transfer, internet food ordering, with 94 internet food ordering stations, improving the quality of catering service, striving to provide good "boxed meals." Continuously expanding the pilot range of high-speed pet transport and "light travel" services to meet the diverse travel needs of passengers. Strengthening key passenger services for the elderly, children, disabled, pregnant, etc., improving response efficiency and service quality. Enhancing civilized travel guidance, conducting continuous activities based on the theme of "My Railway Scenery," enriching cultural life during travel, and creating a warm and comfortable travel environment for passengers. 4. Maintaining stable transportation safety. Effectively dealing with heavy rainfall, typhoons, and other extreme weather conditions, strengthening line equipment inspection, monitoring, repair, and maintenance, strictly implementing safety driving measures during the flood season, minimizing the impact of extreme weather on railway transportation safety and order to the maximum extent. Adhering to the principle of people first, life first, and safety first, conducting dynamic consultations and judgment, optimizing the operation scheme of passenger trains, taking measures such as suspension, speed restriction, detour, actively avoiding risks, and making every effort to ensure the guarantee of onboard passenger services. Increasing the release of transportation service information, enhancing the dissipation and guidance of large passenger flows, providing services such as ticket refunds, changes, guiding passengers to travel safely and orderly. This article is compiled from the "China Railway" WeChat public account, edited by GMTEight: Chen Wenfang.