Shijiazhuang, July 1st (by Zhao Danmei and Gao Lei) A message from Shijiazhuang Railway Station on July 1st: The 2025 summer railway transportation will start on July 1st and end on August 31st, totaling 62 days. It is expected that Shijiazhuang Station (including Shijiazhuang Station, Shijiazhuang East Station, and eight stations from Zhoushuangdong to Handandong on the Jingguang High-Speed Railway) will send 10.9182 million passengers, with an average of 176,100 passengers per day.

On July 1st, the summer travel rush at Shijiazhuang Railway Station began, with a large number of passengers in the waiting room. Photo by Yuan Xiaohua

According to information, the summer passenger flow at Shijiazhuang Station this year is mainly composed of tourist flows, family visit flows, student flows, and commuting flows, among which student flows are mainly concentrated in the first and second weeks of July and the second and third weeks of August. Tourist flows are mainly concentrated from the second and third weeks of July to the first and second weeks of August. Every weekend, under the joint promotion of commuting flows and family visit flows, a small peak of passenger flow will be formed. The main summer passenger flow directions are mainly concentrated in Beijing, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Wuhan, Jinan, Qingdao, Baoding, Handan, Xingtai, Hengshui, Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, and Chengde.

To better meet the travel needs of passengers during the summer vacation, Shijiazhuang Railway Station plans to add 38.5 pairs of passenger trains, including 23 pairs of high-speed trains and 15.5 pairs of ordinary-speed trains.

At the same time, during this year's summer travel rush, Shijiazhuang Railway Station continuously enhances its technological application capabilities and improves the travel experience for passengers. It strengthens security checks and risk prevention work, utilizing an intelligent image recognition system to effectively enhance the accuracy of carrying item identification, providing a strong guarantee for passengers' safe travel. The 'XinQiao' intelligent customer service machine is set up at the 12306 service desk, adopting the 'AI virtual character image + voice interaction' mode, which quickly and accurately answers passengers' on-site inquiries, bringing passengers a new intelligent travel experience.