The returning army ＂blocked＂ the hot search! The 6-hour journey took 22 hours, and today the congestion has eased!
Source: Securities Times Network
February 18th, the ninth day of the first lunar month, is the first day of work after the Spring Festival, but many netizens are still stuck in the return expressway, and the "traffic jam" also boarded the hot search in Weibo.
"I set off for Guangzhou on the evening of the eighth day of the first month. I have been driving for more than ten hours, and the front is relatively smooth. Now I am stuck in Hunan." Mr. Du, who started from Hubei, told the reporter of Securities Times E Company that in order to avoid congestion, he once got off the expressway and drove on the national highway for nearly 2 hours.
High-speed traffic in many places has reached a new high
February 17th, the eighth day of the first lunar month, is the last day of this year’s Spring Festival holiday, and it is also the last day of national high-speed free traffic, and high-speed congestion has also reached its peak. The day before, the highways in Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places were congested for more than ten kilometers.
According to Anhui traffic radio news, on the evening of February 17, the entrance of Xinqiao service area in the direction of Hefei from Liu ‘an of Neihe Liuye Expressway in Anhui Province was closed. From Lu ‘an to Hefei, the vehicles in Luoji service area, Xiqiao service area and Xinqiao service area are saturated. Liuwu Expressway, Hening Expressway, Tiantian Expressway, Chuzhou West Ring Road and other expressways are closed, and some service areas are saturated with vehicles.
According to the data of Anhui Provincial Department of Transportation, from 12: 00 on February 16th to 12: 00 on February 17th, the expressway export flow in the whole province was 2,890,500 vehicles, an increase of 66.33% compared with the same period in Spring Festival travel rush in 2023 (the 23rd day in Spring Festival travel rush). One-day passenger flow is expected to set a new record high. Data show that more than 50% of the vehicles passing through Anhui Expressway in Spring Festival travel rush this year.
According to the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation, from February 10 to 17, the daily average export flow of expressways in the province was about 3,461,100 vehicles, an increase of about 31% year-on-year, setting a new record for the Spring Festival holiday.
The traffic volume of Hunan Expressway has increased rapidly since the sixth day of the first lunar month on February 15th. From 8: 00 on February 16 to 8: 00 on February 17, the expressway network in Hunan Province was running at a high level, and the traffic accidents caused by traffic accidents on the main trunk lines increased compared with the previous days. As of 15: 17 on February 17th, the total number of high-speed traffic in Hunan Province has exceeded 3.24 million.
From the route, the traffic pressure of the north-south expressway is mainly concentrated in the north-south direction; The traffic pressure of east-west expressway is mainly concentrated in the west-east direction. The traffic mainly flows to Guangzhou, Dongguan, Nanning, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Changsha, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places.
From 0: 00 on February 10th to 17: 00 on February 17th in Hubei Province, there were 17,530,400 expressway vehicles in the province, with an average daily increase of 17.6% compared with the same period in 2023 and 35.58% compared with the same period in 2019. Among them, there were 16,959,300 free vehicles for minibuses, an average daily increase of 16.96% compared with the same period in 2023 and an average daily increase of 37.63% compared with the same period in 2019.
According to the news of the Ministry of Transport on February 17th, the data from the Spring Festival travel rush Work Class of Comprehensive Transportation in 2024 showed that on February 16th (the 22nd day of Spring Festival travel rush, the seventh day of the first lunar month), the cross-regional turnover of the whole society was 308.46 million person-times, down 2.2% from the previous month, up 34% from the same period in 2023 and 34.06% from the same period in 2019.
Among them, the turnover of highway personnel was 289.61 million, down 2.3% from the previous month, up 34.4% from the same period in 2023 and up 35.8% from the same period in 2019. Among them, the number of non-operating passenger cars on expressways and ordinary national and provincial highways was 258.64 million, down 3.9% from the previous month, up 35.9% from the same period in 2023 and up 69.7% from the same period in 2019.
Congestion has eased significantly today.
This year’s Spring Festival holiday is longer than in previous years. In order to avoid congestion, many netizens returned early, and the result was blocked on the road. "I started early and thought I was a smart person. As a result, I went to the high speed and found that everyone was a smart person." The netizen stuck on the road teased. On the social platform, some netizens traveled 200 kilometers and opened for two days. Some netizens traveled for 6 hours and drove for 22 hours.
However, with the end of the free time of the expressway, the first wave of return congestion has been significantly alleviated. According to the map traffic information, the congested sections of expressways in China are mainly concentrated in Hunan, Guangdong, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and other provinces. Compared with the free time on February 16th and 17th, it has obviously eased.
In order to avoid the traffic jam, Mr. Wang, who set off from Hubei for Shanghai, deliberately chose to set off at 3 am on February 18th (the ninth day of the first month). He has entered Anhui this morning. Mr. Wang told reporters that although there are still many congested sections on the road, the overall road conditions are ok.
The number of single-day passengers sent by Spring Festival travel rush Railway reached a new high.
Highway passenger flow has reached a new high, and railway passenger traffic has also been rising. On February 16th, the national railways sent 15.288 million passengers, which set a new record for Spring Festival travel rush’s single-day passenger traffic for three consecutive days.
On February 17th, the eighth day of the first month, the national railways are expected to send 16.2 million passengers, and 2,256 additional passenger trains will be arranged. The railway capacity in Spring Festival travel rush has reached a new high.
According to the news of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group, the Yangtze River Delta Railway ushered in the peak of return passenger flow on February 17, and it is estimated that 2.66 million passengers will be sent that day. It is planned to add 568 passenger trains and regroup 191 EMU trains.
As of February 16th, the Yangtze River Delta Railway has sent more than 52.4 million passengers since Spring Festival travel rush, with an average of over 2.38 million passengers per day. During the Spring Festival holiday, more than 14.6 million passengers were sent in seven days, with an average daily delivery of nearly 2.1 million passengers. The passenger flow before and during the festival increased significantly compared with the same period in 2019.
According to the news of Guangzhou Railway Group, on February 17th, Guangzhou Railway Group is expected to send 2.2 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 26.3%, which ushered in the peak of return passenger flow in Spring Festival travel rush. The number of passengers arriving at railway stations in Guangdong is expected to exceed 1.69 million, of which Guangzhou South Railway Station has reached 399,000, and the number of passengers arriving in one day has exceeded 300,000 for five consecutive days. Shenzhen North Railway Station reached 271,000 passengers, and the number of passengers arriving in a single day exceeded 200,000 for five consecutive days.
On February 17th, in order to meet the basic travel needs of passengers, Guangzhou Railway Group started 3,507 trains, including 375 night high-speed trains, mainly from Changsha, Huaihua, Shaoyang, Shantou, Puning and Zhanjiang to Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Hainan has more than 30,000 seats for new flights.
Recently, the price of air tickets to Hainan Island has risen, and the difficulty of getting cars out of the island has attracted attention.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China recently announced that starting from February 15th, three airlines, Air China, China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines, will be arranged to add an average of 13 flights a day to enter and leave Sanya, and at the same time, China Eastern Airlines will be arranged to temporarily add 10 flights a day to enter and leave Boao to further meet the needs of passengers returning to Spring Festival travel rush.
According to Hainan Daily, as of 14: 00 on February 17th, the three airports of Haikou Meilan, Sanya Phoenix and Qionghai Boao on the island added 194 flights from the ninth to the fifteenth (18th to 24th), and it is planned to add 32,965 seats, so as to do our best to meet the return demand of passengers.
On the railway side, according to the news of Guangzhou Railway Group, in order to shorten the waiting time for passengers and car owners to cross the sea, the Haikou Motor Ferry Section of Guangzhou Railway Group rationally arranged the transportation capacity and added car flights according to the on-site traffic situation, so as to ensure the smooth departure of passengers from the island during the peak return period to the maximum extent. At the same time, combined with the actual situation, the railway department further optimized the signs inside and outside the port area, optimized the traffic guidance, and unblocked the entry channel.
In order to meet the demand of go on road trip passengers who leave Hainan Island, China Railway Special Freight Flow Co., Ltd. launched the railway car consignment business to provide passengers with more diversified options for leaving the island. The railway car consignment is carried by a fully enclosed railway transport special vehicle, and go on road trip passengers can leave their cars for railway consignment and choose to leave the island by plane or train.
At present, China Railway Special Goods Company has opened railway car consignment routes from Haikou and Sanya to Harbin, Changchun, Beijing, Zhengzhou and Urumqi.
According to the news released by Hainan, as of 7: 00 on February 18th, the total number of cars scheduled to leave the island on that day was about 17,300, and about 4,300 cars had been transported off the island (including 1,200 cars from 5: 00 to 7: 00), and about 13,000 cars were scheduled to leave the island all day. The parking lots waiting for crossing in Haikou Port 3 are saturated, with about 5,400 vehicles waiting for crossing in real time. It is estimated that the evacuation will take more than 7 hours.
More than 20,000 passengers are stranded in Guazhou, Gansu.
Under the influence of strong cold air, on February 17, strong winds and snowfall occurred in the section of Guazhou County entering Xinjiang, and the temperature continued to drop. From the morning of February 17th, due to the strong wind and snowfall, the highways from Gansu to Xinjiang, such as Lianhuo Expressway and Jingxin Expressway, were temporarily controlled, resulting in a large number of drivers and passengers stranded in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province.
According to the news released by Guazhou on February 18th, the range of gale and snowfall is expanding further, and the visibility in Xingxingxia area is less than 20m, so the roads are not accessible.
In order to ensure the safety of people’s travel, traffic control is now implemented for vehicles entering Xinjiang at the entrances of Qingshui Xiaheqing, Zongzhai, Jiuquan, Qingquan, Chijin, Lowopu, Yumen, Qiaowan, Shuangta (West), Guazhou, Liuyuan and Liuyuan North Toll Stations of Lianhuo Expressway and Mazongshan South and Mazongshan North Toll Stations of Jingxin Expressway, and vehicles entering Xinjiang on expressway pavement are diverted.
Gansu public security traffic police reminded that vehicles returning to Xinjiang via Gansu today should leave the expressway nearby and enter the counties and cities along Gansu to rest and wait.
According to the statistics of the Information Office of the People’s Government of Guazhou County, Gansu Province, as of 22: 00 on February 17, due to the impact of dust and snowfall, Guazhou County has stranded more than 20,000 foreign tourists, and 18,000 have been resettled.
In order to provide living security for stranded drivers and passengers, Guazhou County cooperated with many parties to dispatch 6,000 beds in hotels and hotels, and the school provided 1,700 beds in dormitories. Coordinate hotels to provide temporary rest places in conference rooms and restaurants, and fully protect the stranded people’s safe accommodation.
On February 18th, Guazhou County Market Supervision Administration issued a reminder. The warning book mentioned that in recent days, the accommodation and life of transit vehicles and personnel in Guazhou County have been seriously affected by snow and ice disasters. In order to protect the accommodation and life of transit vehicles and personnel in Guazhou County, relevant operators are reminded not to fabricate and spread price increase information, not to hoard, not to push prices up too fast and too high, and not to collude with price increases.
A new round of rain, snow and freezing weather is coming.
From February 17 to 22, a new round of cold wave weather affected China, bringing strong winds and rain and snow.
The Central Meteorological Observatory issued an orange warning of cold wave at 06: 00 on February 18th. Due to the influence of cold wave, it is estimated that from February 18th to 22nd, most areas in China will experience severe cooling from west to east and from north to south, and the average temperature will generally drop by 8~12℃.
The temperature in southern Xinjiang basin, most of Inner Mongolia, eastern part of Northwest China, most of North China, Northeast China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan, north-central South China and Guizhou will drop by 12~18℃, among which the cumulative cooling range in central and eastern Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and parts of Hubei and Hunan can reach above 20℃. Around February 23, the lowest temperature line of 0℃ will be pressed south to the central and southern parts of Jiangsu and Anhui, southern Hunan and southern Guizhou.
The weather will also have a significant impact on traffic. Before the Spring Festival, Hubei, Hunan and other places were affected by freezing rain and blizzard, and traffic was blocked.
On February 17, Hubei Meteorological Department issued a reminder that there was cold wave, strong wind, low temperature, rain and snow freezing weather in Hubei Province from the evening of the 18th to the 24th, and the local average temperature dropped by more than 20℃, which was larger than the freezing process of rain and snow from February 1st to 7th, and the freezing rainfall was equivalent.
The risk of disaster is high, so it is necessary to strengthen the defense against the adverse effects on transportation, power communication facilities, outdoor temporary facilities and agricultural production.
Henan Meteorology indicated on February 16th that a new round of rain and snow has a wide range and a long duration. The process includes meteorological disasters such as cold wave, snowstorm, road icing, strong wind, thunder and lightning, and the precipitation phase is complex, and it will undergo the phase transition of rain, sleet, snow, ice particles and freezing rain. This round of large-scale rain and snow weather is at the peak of Spring Festival travel rush’s return trip, and the freezing and low visibility weather caused by rain and snow will have a great impact on roads, railways and aviation.