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HSR off-season attendance is low how to read--the industry responses to "empty waste of resources" challenge

-Reporter Qi Hui

? Passenger low season there has been problems attendance was not high, not just high speed rail, many trains on weekends and holidays will be filled

? High-speed rail ridership associated with passenger travel demand, fares and there is no positive correlation between contact ticket low season discount effect less than ideal

▲ Trains cannot because attendance was not high, but feel free to stop Chinese railway company has been attempting to more flexible response to changes in passenger volume, personalized, debugging

Recently, a "high-speed rail a lot of empty seats is not the waste of resources," Twitter debate on the Web, it is suggested that ticket prices are too high, or high speed rail in the "adjustment". This view has some truth to it?

9:20 A.M. June 18, journalists boarded a Beijing West-Zhengzhou East G559 times. It has been observed that the number 8 car, business basic full; a carriage is a first-class seat, attendance at the recent 90%; 2 to 8 compartments for a second-class seat, 2 to 6 carriages full of them, still have plenty of seats from 7 to 8 compartments.

"This train a total of 600 seats, there are now more than more than 500 passengers, but passengers from Beijing to Shijiazhuang, Handan from Handan to Zhengzhou, the passenger will be less. "The conductor says," it's only Tuesday through Thursday and at weekends and holidays, trains will be at full strength. ”

For some time, tourists have reflected in low season rail ridership is low; posted videos also show that some cars have only one or two passengers. To this end, a reporter from 12306 website online visitors to reflect most of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway ticket sales: June 18, individual trips with more than 600 left much of the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway second-class seats, other train tickets remaining at around 100 to 200 copies, partially better train tickets have sold out. Since then, the reporter queried for the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, jingguanggaotie, ticket sales and the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway works.

Deputy Director of passenger transport in Beijing railway Bureau Zhang Lei told reporters that in the off season, attendance was not high problems exist for railway passenger transport, and not just HSR. In addition, as the railway passenger flow is bi-directional, less sometimes may only be one-way traffic, while the other direction passengers will get relatively more. "On July 1, the national rail new train diagram, it tube in Beijing, according to last year's traffic monitoring, increased after the adjustment speed of the high-speed rail, and train number, this indicates weekday passenger travel demand is considerable. "Zhang Lei said.

People also questioned whether high-speed rail discount will increase attendance?

In this regard, the experts say, rail ridership is ultimately associated with the demand for passenger travel, with fares no positive link. Car air condition is caused due to low travel demand to a large extent, when travel demand is high, and even if high-speed rail tickets were hard to get.

In addition, during the off-season period, short-distance trips spread over most of travel demand, and people most important to short-distance travel is convenient and efficient. Choices tend to have plenty of time to travel long distances in the off-season, you can choose to select the most suitable rather fast, so instead, more long-distance high-speed rail ridership is lower.

In addition, the railway system as early as several years ago began the off-season discounts, last year and this year in particular discounts out of season part of the high-speed rail also joined the team, but the results are not satisfactory.

So, in order to avoid wasting, low attendance of whether trains should be stopped?

China Railway Corporation officials say, passenger traffic volume of railway on the diagram is based on a phase change adjustment, twice a year. Map, visitors will follow the publicity train tickets in advance, not literally stopped. While China railway company has been restructured, but still have public benefits, so even if only 1 passenger train, or to run properly.

In fact, China Railway Corporation have also started to attempt to more flexible response to changes in passenger volume and more humane to debug. A case study of the July 1, railway daily, weekends and peak for the first time 3 different run charts. Among them, the week runs from Friday to Sunday for the duration; peak run in spring and summer, golden week, may day holiday period.

"After the high-speed rail network, high-speed EMU train routing extension, the adjustment has also added a lot of high-speed rail lines, reducing the transfer, save time, will attract more visitors to select high-speed rail travel. "Zhang Lei said.

(Edit: SN086)
17:30 on June 20, 2014 Economic daily