During the national railway summer travel rush, a total of 943 million passengers were sent, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year.

According to the "China Railway" official account, the 62-day railway summer transportation season ended successfully on August 31. From July 1 to August 31, the national railways transported a total of 943 million passengers, an increase of 4.7% compared to the same period last year, and transported 702 million tons of goods, an increase of 4.8% compared to the same period last year. Both passenger and freight volumes reached historic highs during the same period, and railway transportation was safe, smooth, and orderly. Passenger volume reached a historic high. By coordinating high-speed and conventional railway resources, implementing a summer schedule based on the third-quarter train timetable, utilizing the capacity of new lines and stations such as the Beijing-Harbin section of the Jingha High-speed Railway, the Hangzhou-Changsha section of the Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway, and the Chongqing East to Qianjiang section of the Chongqing East Station on the Yuxia High-speed Railway, the national railways arranged an average of 11,330 passenger trains per day, an 8% increase. By utilizing the railway ticketing big data system, optimizing train schedules dynamically, and increasing capacity during peak periods, in popular directions, and in specific areas, the railway successfully met the travel needs of passengers. By preparing a certain number of emergency passenger trains and crew members at major railway hubs, unexpected passenger flows in certain regions were effectively managed. Maintaining the scale of conventional passenger trains, opening public service "slow trains," and providing convenience for people in remote areas to travel. Actively adapting to the national policy of fully liberalizing and optimizing transit visa policies, providing convenience for foreign tourists, the national railways served 3.484 million foreign tourists, a 23.9% increase. Integrating rail and travel to activate consumption potential. Organizing the operation of tourist trains with characteristics such as parent-child tours, study tours, red tours, and health tours, increasing the operation of tourist trains such as from Harbin East to Fuyuan, Kunming to Xishuangbanna, and north-south tourism trains, connecting food, scenery, and cultural attractions, optimizing train schedules, shortening travel times, achieving "day trips and overnight journeys," providing passengers with a variety of travel options and high-quality travel experiences. Continuing to develop special tourist trains such as the "Qilu No. 1," "The South of the Great River," and the "Starlight Yan Zhao," exploring more "tourist train+" services, creating new consumption scenes, allowing more passengers to experience "poetry and distant places" by train. During the summer transportation season, a total of 579 tourist trains were operated nationwide, a 31% increase, injecting new vitality into tourism and senior citizens' economies. Carefully organizing cross-border passenger transportation, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway served 6.16 million cross-border passengers, and the China-Laos Railway served 35,000 cross-border passengers, facilitating "cross-border tourism." Continued improvement in passenger travel experience. The railway 12306 platform improved its information services, providing convenience for passengers to purchase tickets and travel. The student passenger reservation ticket service function was normalized, effectively ensuring the travel of student passengers. During the summer transportation season, 19.88 million student tickets were sold. Providing on-the-way services such as the railway smooth travel code, convenient transfers, and internet meal ordering, expanding high-speed pet transportation, and "light travel" pilot programs, strengthening services for elderly, young, sick, disabled, and pregnant passengers, meeting diverse travel needs. Carefully organizing passenger boarding and alighting, improving the quality of onboard dining services, providing passengers with "a good meal box." Enhancing coordination with other transportation modes such as buses, subways, and taxis, expanding the number of railway stations where passengers can bypass security to 45, facilitating the "last mile" of passenger travel services. Effective maintenance of cargo transportation to ensure supply chain stability. Increasing the transportation of energy resources, effectively utilizing major coal transportation routes such as Daqin, Haoji, Wara, and Tanghu, continuing to balance coal transportation from the north to the south, west to the east, and Xinjiang outwards, adjusting transportation capacity according to the coal demand of power plants, assisting regions in coping with peak summer electricity demands. During the summer transportation season, the national railways transported 243 million tons of coal, with 371 railway power plants having a coal inventory of more than 25 days. Ensuring the transportation of essential goods such as grains, fertilizers, emergency relief materials, opening "green channels," strengthening end-to-end monitoring, ensuring fast delivery, and serving the production and life of the people. Strengthening international transportation organization, maintaining stable operation of China-Europe freight trains, Western Land-Sea New Channel freight trains, and China-Laos Railway international freight trains, improving port transportation capacity and efficiency, ensuring the stability and smooth operation of international industrial supply chains. Maintaining stable transportation safety during the flood season. Making every effort to carry out key flood prevention work during the "seventh descent and eighth rise" critical period, actively responding to heavy rainfall and extreme weather conditions such as typhoons "Danas," "Wipha," "Zhujiacao," and "Yangliu" in regions such as East China, North China, and Northeast China, issuing forecasts and warnings 355 times timely, deploying more than 500,000 inspection personnel, strengthening line inspections and equipment maintenance to ensure the safety and smooth operation of the railway arteries. Adhering to the principle of people first and life first, conducting dynamic consultations and judgments, optimizing passenger train schedules, taking measures such as suspension, speed limit, and detours to avoid risks proactively. Increasing the release of transportation service information, timely announcing train suspensions, delays, etc., providing ticket refund and exchange services, guiding passengers to travel safely and orderly. This article is excerpted from the "China Railway" official account, GMT- Eight Editor: Jiang Yuanhua.