The Chinese New Year holiday week is from Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, 2014. Based on data collected in the past years, BJMTR estimated that in this week the total patronage is 4.063 million (Average daily patronage 580K) at BJL4, 959K at DXL (Average daily patronage 137K) and 131K at BJL14 (Average daily patronage 19K).
On Jan. 30 and in the CNY week, timetable for weekend is applied at BJL4, DXL and BJL14. 556 train trips are arranged for BJL4-DXL and 372 train trips are arranged for BJL14 every day.
To ensure smooth travel in CNY week, BJMTR made emergency plan to address bad weathers and stored sufficient materials such as slippery mat, deicing salt, warning sign and snow shovel at BJL4, DXL and BJL14.
In principle of “Every bag checked, every liquid checked and every suspicious interrogated”, security check is enhanced during the CNY season. Fireworks, explosives and combustibles are strictly forbidden at stations.