2016年CRI Chunyun Travel Rush Reaches Peak

 

Beijing Railway authority estimate that 950-thousand people are heading out of Beijing on Thursday.

Tens of thousands of passengers were seen holding their luggage and backpacks waiting to board trains in the Beijing West Railway Station.

Same as every year, students, migrant workers, and visiting relatives make up the majority of this crowd.

But what's different is that many of these holiday travelers are choosing high-speed trains to get home.

"It's easy to get tickets, seats are comfortable, management and services are good."

"Tidy in the cabin, services are good and so is the food quality…"

"The train is fast and the tickets are easier to purchase."

Railway authorities continue to add new high-speed trains to cope with the rising demand.

31 new routes will be added to the operation in Beijing on Thursday alone.

Ye Kuankuan with the Beijing railway bureau explains how this works.

"To relive the pressure, so far, 2098 trains are under dispatch command. Another 734 high-speed routes are added to the railway network, which means there are 2832 high-speed trains operating nationwide."

He says the authorities are ready to add even more trains if needed.

Beijing West Railway Station conductor Yi Shuxia says new counters and ticket vending¹ machines are being added as well, to help all passengers get their tickets as soon as possible.

"There are 89 ticket vending machines at the Beijing West Railway Station. We shut all these vending functions so they can be used as pick-up machines only. By doing so, we are able to make sure all passengers get the tickets they preordered online. We also added new counters to those who want to purchase tickets. Our staff are trying to help them buy tickets faster."

Maintenance and repair crews in Beijing are also in position to examine the trains and eliminate safety hazard. 

Beijing railway authorities have also made preparation to deal with bad weather, if any problems should arise, and have published contingency² plans to handle any emergencies.

Dubbed³ as the "biggest annual human migration⁴ on earth," 2.9 billion trips are expected this year over the 40-day Chunyun period, an increase of 3.6 percent from last year.

For CRI, I'm Min Rui.

1 vending   

v.出售（尤指土地等财产）( vend的现在分词 )；（尤指在公共场所）贩卖；发表（意见，言论）；声明

参考例句：

• Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机？ 来自朗文快捷英语教程 2
• Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。 来自超越目标英语 第5册

2 contingency   

n.意外事件，可能性

参考例句：

• We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
• A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。

3 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。