2016年CRI 50-thousand Stranded Passengers at Guangzhou Station Evacuated

 

The snow caused delays for 27 trains, stranding¹ roughly 50 thousand passengers. Guangzhou Railway Group is now using high-speed trains to clear the backlog² at Guangzhou station.

Eight high-speed trains from the south headed to central China's Hunan Province on Wednesday.

According to the rail company's plan, passengers whose trains were canceled will be taken to exclusive subways to transfer from Guangzhou Railway Station to the Guangzhou South Railway Station, where they will board high-speed trains.

Liu Hui, deputy master of Guangzhou South Railway Station, explains the procedures, and says an exclusive waiting hall and special passage will be used.

"All the stranded³ passengers from the eight delayed trains will take special ways from Guangzhou Station to the subway, from Guangzhou subway station to Guangzhou South subway station, from the subway station to the special waiting hall of Guangzhou South railway station. They are separate from the other passengers. The staff members and government officials and subway workers in the special passage are under unified⁴ command."

The first high-speed train carrying stranded passengers departed the Guangzhou South Railway Station earlier this morning.

Nearly a thousand passengers originally on a slower train, who were stranded at Guangzhou Railway Station, have now arrived at their destination at Shaoguan Station.

Most passengers were pleased with the arrangement. Ye En is one of them.

"It's very good, because the train takes over three hours, but the high-speed train is much faster. Now I can get home earlier." 

This has greatly helped easing the crowded conditions at Guangzhou Railway Station.

Some temporary trains have dispatched from Hunan province to relieve the delays.

According to the station's official updates, as of three o' clock Wednesday afternoon, the number of stranded passengers at Guangzhou Railway Station is down to 30-thousand.

Officials also suggest all passengers keep up with the official announcements, and be aware of the travel rush and make sure they have ample time to board trains.

For CRI, this is Min Rui.

1 stranding   

n.（船只）搁浅v.使滞留，使搁浅( strand的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists. 机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。 来自辞典例句
• The stream of history had changed course away from him, stranding him in failure. 历史潮流已经改变方向，与他背道而驰，使他陷于失败之中。 来自辞典例句

2 backlog   

n.积压未办之事

参考例句：

• It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
• Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。

3 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

4 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。