According to CCTV News, the 2024 Spring Festival Transport will start on January 26, and the scale is expected to hit a record high.In addition to increasing the supply of transportation capacity, relevant departments have also introduced corresponding preferential measures on fares.Recently, some netizens posted train tickets worth more than ten yuan, such as the K755 train ticket from Changsha to Guangzhou that costs 100 yuan.The fare for hard seats and without seats is only 19 yuan, and the software interface shows a 20% discount; while the hard sleepers and soft sleepers in the sleepers are both 40% off.
In response to this, 12306 Railway Customer Service responded to the media that the current discounted tickets for regular speed trains are 20% off or less, mainly due to the new return trains that have been released during the Spring Festival.
Tickets for these trains are often in short supply on the outbound journey, and the vacancy rate on the return journey is high.In order to make full use of transportation capacity resources, some return trains have introduced low discount fares to meet the travel needs of different passengers.
In addition, it is reported that about 9 billion people are expected to travel during the Spring Festival this year, which will double the number of people traveling during the same period last year and will hit a record high.
During the Spring Festival travel period, railways across the country activated the Spring Festival travel train operation chart, and adopted methods such as adding temporary passenger trains, heavy-duty multiple units, and night high-speed rail trains to increase transportation capacity in areas with concentrated passenger flow, tight directions, and peak hours.
At the same time, the fare discounts will be increased, with a minimum of 20% off for general-speed trains and a minimum of 30% off for EMU trains; covering some scheduled or newly opened general-speed and EMU trains, as well as reverse return empty trains;