China News Service, Wuhan, October 1 (Wang Qi, Wu Shuangying, Mao Wen) On the first day of the National Day holiday, railways will welcome peak passenger flow. China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Wuhan Railway") plans to start 379 more passenger trains, which are expected to send 1.25 million passengers, which will set a record for sending passengers during the National Day holiday. Among them, Hankou, Wuhan, and Wuchang stations are expected to send 260,000, 195,000, and 123,000 passengers respectively.
The picture shows passengers at Hankou Railway Station. Photo courtesy of Wuhan Railway
On that day, the passenger flow of Wuhan Railway was very strong, with tourists, tourists, visiting relatives, and students intermingled. Based on the implementation of the peak train operation chart, Wuhan Railway plans to operate 379 additional passenger trains. Among them, 72 additional passenger trains will be launched in the directions of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Chengdu and Chongqing, etc.; 307 additional passenger trains will be operated between Wuhan and Shiyan, Yichang, Xiangyang, Macheng and other places. An additional 178 night high-speed trains will be opened in key directions such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Yichang, Xiangyang, and Shiyan.
Wuhan Railway analyzed the characteristics of passenger flow during the National Day holiday, scientifically formulated ticket sales strategies, and dynamically optimized ticket allocation to maximize the protection of passenger travel needs. According to the current ticket sales situation, there are still tickets available from Wuhan to Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Xiangyang, Yichang and other directions on October 1. On October 2, there are sufficient remaining tickets for Wuhan to and from Yichang, Xiangyang, Macheng and other directions.
In order to serve the large passenger flow, the ground entrances in the south and north squares of Hankou Station are open 24 hours a day, and the ground exits in the south square are temporarily adjusted to the entrances. Direct drinking water dispensers, mobile phone charging stations, and takeout cabinets have been added in many areas. Wuhan Station has optimized the flow lines in and out of the station, improved and upgraded convenient transfer signs, and refined the flow lines for rentals, online car-hailing, buses, parking lots, and subway connections. In response to the arrival of high-speed trains at night, Xiangyang East Station shares large passenger flow information with the Xiangyang Municipal Transportation Department in real time, extends bus operation hours in advance, and deploys buses and taxis to be on standby at the station to facilitate the "last mile" of passenger travel.
On the same day, Luohe Station held a "Praise for the Prosperous Birthday" "Singing to pay tribute to the mountains and rivers" themed activity, Henan opera, chorus, red songs, intangible cultural heritage dough sculptures, etc. took turns; Wuhan Station held a "My Motherland and Me" flash mob chorus, more than a hundred people sang together, blessed the motherland, and carried out a search "The same age as the motherland" passengers celebrate birthday activities together; the Wuhan passenger section and the Xiangyang passenger section carry out the "Ride thousands of miles and keep peace" on the G395 trains from Wuhan to Shenzhen North and the G342 trains from Jingzhou to Beijing West. The National Day-themed car carriage activities of "Celebrating Home and Country Together", including cultural performances, poetry solitaires, singing of red songs and other activities make the journey more joyful.
The picture shows the containers displayed at the Wujiashan Station of the Wuhan Bureau of the National Railway. Photo by Hu Changsheng
China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) will not "close" during the National Day holiday. The Wuhan Railway Logistics Center is closely linked with the Hanxi Railway Depot, China Railway Group Wuhan Central Station, Wuhan Hanou International Logistics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Customs and other units, and dispatches trains on a rolling basis in accordance with the "Holiday Transport List" to achieve seamless connection between cargo source organization, customs declaration and inspection, loading, unloading and shipping. Freight shunting, operation and other positions work in shifts 24 hours a day, creating a "green channel" for China-Europe trains to have priority planning, priority allocation, priority loading, priority shipment, and priority release.
It is understood that at present, the China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) operates 63 cross-border transportation routes stably, covering 42 countries and 124 cities in Eurasia. It is planned to increase the number of outbound trains to 9 per week, and operate a "dedicated car line" to Alashankou. From January to September 2026, 352 trains were launched, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%. (over)
