New Year's train ticket sold nearly half

Yesterday North station to buy tickets to queue long queues, this day a number of popular time tickets have sold out New Express News (reporter Schulif correspondent He Zhiwen) Wuhan has opened two days, but reporters at Guangzhou North Station yesterday, the queue to buy tickets by high-speed rail people will still be crowded ticket hall and waiting room, Guangzhou North Station as early as the spring travel.　　The station was specially fitted with seats.　　I got a ticket for half an hour. Wuhan opened the next day, at Guangzhou North Station waiting for the passengers did not reduce. Yesterday, Guangzhou North station dedicated high-speed ticket office is almost packed, 5 open ticket windows, even before each window has 20 people in line.　　A passenger said that he had been in line for half an hour before he got the ticket. The ticket office of the rest of the display, 28th 8 o'clock in the morning G1026 train first class ticket has been sold out, 13:50 G1044 second bus tickets have all sold out, only 9 first-class tickets left.　　A lot of passengers who want to buy that are not going to get tickets.　　From the ticketing situation, the tickets for 8 o'clock in the morning, 1 o'clock in the afternoon to 3 o'clock and the evening 7 o'clock are the most popular, and the first-class tickets are basically sold out. Waiting room is full of chairs North station, the second floor is almost full of seats, some passengers simply stand in front of the wicket waiting. Guangzhou North Station specifically let the passengers walk directly to the boarding channel, and sent volunteers to support the elderly passengers under the flyover.　　The station said that the first floor of the general speed waiting room can also be used for passengers, and is installing seats. According to first, the opening day, high-speed rail in the Canton Railway Group to send a total of 23,000 passengers, train attendance nearly 90%. A total of 39 tourism teams of about 2,300 visitors from Guangzhou North Station to experience the "Gaotie", accounting for 11% of the number of travel, Wuhan, Yueyang, Changsha, Hengyang, Chenzhou for the hot direction, and more concentrated in 9 o'clock in the morning to 1 o'clock this 4-hour departure.　　Travel of the scattered guests, then to visit relatives, business, personal travel-oriented.　　New Year's Day tickets sold nearly half of the ticket statistics show that as of yesterday 18 o'clock, December 31 and next January 1 two days from Guangzhou North station Wuhan tickets have been pre-sale 36,000, accounting for nearly 50% of the total. According to the director of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway or Beijing-Tianjin high speed rail, passengers usually purchase their tickets on the day of the trip or after they arrive at the station. Like Wuhan, in the New Year's Day holiday there are 4 days when the pre-sale of nearly half a ticket is relatively rare.　　It is expected that in recent days and New Year's Day small holiday, the number of tickets sold will continue to increase, to the new Year's holiday, will form a small peak passenger flow.　　To this end, New Year's Day, Guangzhou North station will be open all 8 tickets window. Travel tips only 30 minutes ahead of time to arrive at the station reporter found yesterday, many passengers in advance one hours or even two hours came to the station. The KCRC has reminded passengers that they will have enough time to check in and check in when they arrive at the station 30 minutes before the time of the car.　　The station usually stops at the Check-in 5 minutes before driving. The railroad part also reminds, to ensure safety, travellers 'Bulky baggage, please place in the compartment of the bulky baggage, the seat above the luggage rack is limited to the placement of small pieces of luggage.