Chapter 582: A New Atmosphere for Trains

Fengyuan Railway Station is the transportation hub of the five northwestern provinces, where there are hundreds of passenger trains every day alone, and the number of passengers transported every year is as high as tens of millions, and the number of passengers transported daily is as high as 140,000 during peak periods. With such a huge passenger flow, Fengyuan Railway Station is like a big bazaar, and it is full of people. Not to mention the waiting rooms, even in the passages in the station, there are passengers carrying large bags and small luggage.

"This railway station is still built small, and the experts of the Planning Bureau still underestimate the travel needs of the masses. Su Aijun looked at the long queue in the station and couldn't help but shake his head. The current Fengyuan Railway Station is a new passenger station that was opened in 85 years, at that time, it was due to the implementation of the reform and opening up policy, Fengyuan as a historical city in China, but also a tourist attraction for the Chinese people, the passenger traffic has increased greatly, the original railway station has been unable to meet the needs, so it was decided to rebuild a new Fengyuan Railway Station. The new station is three times larger than the original station and is designed to meet two decades of growth. But it's only been less than eight years, and it's clear that we're already in overcrowding again.

Fang Mingyuan grinned, thinking to himself, most of those experts are idle eaters, no matter what the leaders above, their task is to find out all the feasible and infeasible reasons to prove that what the leaders said is right. In the previous life, those experts in the telecommunications industry also swore that Huaxia only needs to put hundreds of thousands of mobile phone numbers every year to meet the needs of the people, as a result, the number of mobile phone numbers exceeded one million in the year when their voices did not fall, and in the third year it reached 10 million, ten years later, the total number of mobile phone numbers in the country has even reached nearly half of the national population

"Uncle Su, I think that the construction of the railway station is close to the upper limit at the current scale. From the perspectives of safety, transportation, health and epidemic prevention, and management, if the scale of Fengyuan Railway Station continues to expand, it will be worth the loss," Fang Mingyuan said softly.

From their way over, Fang Mingyuan roughly estimated that there were at least more than 20,000 passengers in Fengyuan Railway Station, so many people gathered together, once something happened and caused panic in the crowd, then it would be easy to trample. Moreover, for the management of the railway station, how to maintain the normal order in the station is also a very headache. So in the train station, there are especially many petty thieves.

"Rather than expanding the station, it would be better to find another place and rebuild a station to divert passengers. For example, the northbound train can be parked here, and the southbound train is responsible for it, so the pressure here will naturally be reduced" Fang Mingyuan's idea naturally came from the idea that the capital built the West Station, the South Station, and the North Station in the previous life to divert the flow of passengers.

"But in this way, it is very inconvenient for those passengers who need to change seats. With so much luggage, it's a hassle to take the bus. Su Aijun asked with interest.

"One is that there can be a dedicated bus to and from the two stations. The other is a train between two stations to transport passengers to another station. As long as you want to, there is always a way. It's better than everyone crowding here, the management is inconvenient, and once there is a fire or something, it is likely to cause a catastrophe. Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said.

The group chatted casually, made their way through the crowd, and came to the waiting room for Pingchuan. There are still a lot of people here, but it's more orderly than the other waiting rooms. There is a ticket check at the gate, and only those who have a ticket to Pyeongcheon can enter the waiting room. There are more than 20 rows of chairs in the waiting room, and the whole space can accommodate more than 700 people. To Su Aijun's surprise, there was actually an air conditioner here, and as soon as it came in, it was a cool breeze blowing on his face, which was refreshing.

When they entered the waiting room, they had already started to check their tickets, and following the flow of people, the group smoothly entered the platform and got on the train. When the car started, Su Aijun noticed that the entire carriage was basically sitting, and there were quite few people standing. Although Su Aijun participated in the formulation of the reform Jihua, due to the delay in the approval of the Ministry of Railways, by the time the Pingchuan Railway Transportation Company was formally established, he had already taken up his post in the Municipal Education Bureau. He was so busy that at that time, he had no time to understand the operation of the Fengtong Railway in detail. Now, since all the schools are on vacation, he, the director of education, can be considered to be more leisurely, so he followed Fang Mingyuan to Pingchuan to experience the operation of the Pingchuan Railway Transportation Company.

"This is because there are many trains to Pingchuan, usually every few hours, and under normal circumstances, there is no need to squeeze a certain train. Moreover, there are also regulations on station tickets, the train capacity is 118 people, and the station tickets for each carriage shall not exceed 30% of the capacity, that is to say, the maximum number of station tickets can only be sold for more than 30 pieces. Standing tickets may not be sold until the seats are sold out. Lin Lian explained softly to Su Aijun.

"I heard that your standing ticket only sells 60% of the price of a seat ticket?" Su Aijun said in a low voice. Although the nearest two rows of seats are all their own, it is inevitable that no one will hear the people coming and going in this carriage.

"Well, that's what he insisted on, and we wanted to be on the same standard with the train station. Lin Lian pointed at Fang Mingyuan and said, "Just for his request, we have been arguing with the Railway Bureau for half a month, and Zuihou is almost about to hand it over to the Ministry of Railways to let the above decide." ”

"Mingyuan, I understand your thoughts, but doing so will easily cause dissatisfaction on other lines?" Su Aijun said with some concern. In a semi-militarized department like the Ministry of Railways, which has been monopolized for decades, it has become its nature to follow the rules, and any unconventional approach may attract a lot of saliva.

Fang Mingyuan shrugged and said: "I understand, but I just think it's unfair to do this, how can this with and without a seat be a standard, and it's not a bus." But Uncle Su, don't worry, we have calmed down on the railway bureau's side, and someone will make up for the difference in fares. ”

"Hmm, how do you say that?" Su Aijun said curiously.

Lin Lian couldn't help laughing and said: "It's not his ghost idea, let the Pingchuan County Party Committee come forward, just say that it is done to attract tourists." His old county seat in Pyongchuan was recently renovated and opened to the public this year. He asked Secretary Li and the Railway Bureau to say that the county would subsidize the difference in fares, and the tourism company under his name would pay the subsidy to the county. ”

"Isn't this the left hand to the right hand?" Su Aijun couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Pingchuan Railway Transportation Company is Fang Mingyuan's industry, and the tourism company is also his master, and this subsidy did not fall into his hands in the end, just like not paying. However, he also understood that with this excuse and the Pingchuan County Party Committee coming forward, the railway bureau naturally borrowed the slope to get off the donkey. Anyway, more or less the passenger income is owned by the Pingchuan Railway Transport Company, and it is not handed over to the Railway Bureau. The Pyongcheon Railway Transport Company itself is willing to reduce its revenue, and they have no good reason to be embarrassed.

"It's the left hand to the right hand, but this is also good for the county, the more tourists come, the higher the county's taxes, so Secretary Li agreed. Lin Lian said.

"Hey, Mingyuan, isn't this Secretary Li staying in the county for a short time?" asked Su Aijun.

"It's been five or six years, counting the time he's been a county magistrate. Fang Mingyuan said with a smile. In fact, some people have long coveted Li Dongxing's political achievements, and said two years ago that they would transfer him to Weinan City. But later, the leaders of Fengyuan City suddenly spread a "rumor" that Fengyuan City planned to apply to the province to separate Pingchuan County from the jurisdiction of Weinan City and put it under the jurisdiction of Fengyuan City. Anyway, Pingchuan County was originally connected to the suburbs of Fengyuan City.

Regarding this statement, the leaders of Weinan City and Fengyuan City came out one after another to refute the rumors, but everyone spread the rumors.

Today's Pingchuan County, its total county GDP has accounted for half of Weinan City, can be said to be the star county of Weinan City and even Qinxi Province, that is, compared with those counties in the southeast coastal area, it still has an advantage in some data. For example, his employment rate is in Pingchuan County, as long as this person is not lazy and has no skills, he will definitely be able to have a job, and the salary and benefits of the job are quite good. In the past few years, there have been countless laid-off workers in state-owned enterprises across the country, but in Pingchuan County, although state-owned enterprises are not very good, it is still no problem to maintain a balance between revenue and expenditure. Many workers in state-owned enterprises have even been laid off on their own initiative, leaving state-owned enterprises and working in private enterprises in the county.

Even so, the population of Pingchuan County is still unable to meet the needs of the economy, so people from the surrounding counties and cities of Pingchuan County have come to Pingchuan County to work, so that the floating population in Pingchuan County has now reached half of the permanent population.

The influx of a large number of immigrants caused a period of deterioration in public order in Pingchuan County, but the Pingchuan County Government, which had strong financial support, quickly expanded the police force in Pingchuan County, and mercilessly "suppressed" those black people, and soon beat down this arrogance. In Pingchuan County now, it would be nonsense to say that the house is not closed at night, but last year, there were only a few vicious criminal cases, and the public security environment in Weinan City is notoriously good. Therefore, those businessmen from other places are more relieved to come to Pingchuan County.

"Huh, what are they doing?" Su Aijun pointed to the attendant's room at the end of the carriage, and saw seven or eight people standing outside the door.