A video uploaded by a netizen shows,Due to too many passengers on board, train G1956 triggered an overload alarm and was unable to run. Passengers without seats and tickets were asked to get off the train to pay for their tickets.In the video, the aisles of the high-speed train are crowded with people, and the connection between the front and rear carriages is even more crowded, making it impossible to pass normally.
The author of the video also lamented that only during the Spring Festival could one see the scene of overloading on high-speed trains. Later, he told the media that many passengers did not buy tickets at that time, so they adopted the method of "buying a short trip and taking a long trip", and then paid for the ticket when they arrived and got off the train.
As a result, too many passengers on the high-speed train "buy short and take long" triggered the train overload alarm, causing the train to be unable to run.
After the train was overloaded, it stopped running for 5 minutes. During this period, passengers got off the train to pay for their tickets. After that, every station became overloaded and I arrived late.
In fact, overloading of trains due to "buy short and take long" happens almost every year during holidays and Spring Festival.
According to previous reports, a person in charge of the railway department has said that regarding the issue of "buying short and taking long", in the future, we will strengthen transportation capacity in some sections with tight capacity, strengthen publicity, guidance and order control, and discuss with relevant departments to add integrity records.
However, CCTV once pointed out that "buying short and taking long" is also an overbooking problem of the railway department, and the "hot potato" of determining who can make up for the ticket and who must get off the train should not be thrown to frontline employees.
CCTV also revealed that "overbooking station tickets" has actually been an important source of profit for the railway department. According to the regulations of the former Ministry of Railways in 2012, red trains must not be overcrowded by 40%, and green trains must not be overcrowded by 50%.
During the previous crazy Spring Festival travel rush, there were cases where overloaded trains bent the shock absorber springs. Nowadays, high-speed trains and high-speed trains have high-tech gravity sensors. Once they are overweight, the system will automatically lock, causing the train to be unable to run.