All localities and departments actively responded to the prevention and control of the peak epidemic situation in Spring Festival travel rush and ensured traffic.

  Beijing, February 17 (Xinhua) According to the report of China Voice "News and Newspapers Summary" of the Central Radio and Television General Station, since the 16th, various places have ushered in the peak of return journey. According to the data of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Spring Festival travel rush Work Class, it is estimated that 17.45 million passengers will be sent nationwide on the 16th. Among them, the railway is expected to send 4.75 million passengers, 11.5 million passengers by road, 440,000 passengers by water and 760,000 passengers by civil aviation. The estimated traffic of national expressways is 36.68 million.

  17th is the last day of the Spring Festival holiday. Many expressways in China are prone to congestion and slow down, and the return passenger flow of railways and civil aviation is increasing. All localities and departments actively deployed, refined traffic security services, and did a good job in epidemic prevention and control.

  On the afternoon of the fifth day, at the exit of Jinan West Railway Station in Shandong Province, the returning passengers left the station through the health monitoring channel in turn.

  Hu Shanhui, passenger of Jinan West Railway Station: The elevators, toilets, boiling water rooms and waiting rooms are all sterilized every two hours. In the last two days, the passenger flow has increased. According to the arrival time of the train, arrange and guide it in advance, and increase the number of cars in all directions in time.

  Since the 16th, many places in the country have ushered in a wide range of cooling. In order to cope with the new round of cooling and rainy weather in Hunan, Hunan traffic police gave a warm reminder.

  Hunan traffic police: The traffic police department reminds drivers to slow down when driving and try to choose the wrong peak travel.

  The return traffic of G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway in Quzhou has increased significantly. It is expected that the congestion will last until the 18th, and the peak traffic may reach nearly three times the designed saturated traffic. The Quzhou detachment of high-speed traffic police has made relevant control plans.

  Quzhou detachment of high-speed traffic police: Our high-speed traffic police in Quzhou do a good job in ensuring the smooth return passenger flow from the aspects of peripheral guidance, hub drainage, near-end management and emergency diversion.

  Henan Province issued a return peak warning to avoid the return peak from 17: 00 to 20: 00 on the 17th and seven easy-to-block expressway sections in Henan. On the 17th, Henan Expressway will take traffic control measures to restrict the passage of trucks.

  Yang Junzheng, a policeman of the High-speed Traffic Police Corps of Henan Provincial Public Security Department: From 8: 00 am to 8: 00 pm on the 17th, except for fresh agricultural products transport vehicles and emergency materials transport vehicles, the highways in Henan Province restricted the passage of trucks. No trucks are allowed to enter the toll stations along the expressway in the province. Trucks that have been driving on the expressway should leave the expressway or stop the service area nearby.

  Since the 17th, the railway departments in Xi ‘an and Guangzhou have successively started special trains for post-holiday workers, and Beijing, Guangzhou and other places have made preparations for the delayed operation of subways, and strengthened the capacity guarantee of hub stations.

  According to the forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, there will be light snow or sleet in the eastern part of Northeast China and the central part of Northwest China on the 17th, and there will be light rain in most parts of Southwest China and western Guangxi. The windy and cool weather in the central and eastern regions has come back, and the temperature in some areas has dropped by 4 ~ 6 C, and the local temperature is above 8 C.

  The Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security reminded that it is necessary to pay close attention to weather changes, understand traffic control information and local epidemic prevention and control policies in advance, and arrange travel time and routes reasonably.