Qualitative Change- Chenzhou City’s Development Pattern Changes Rapidly
It was reported that the 40-day 2014 Spring Festival Travel closed on February 24, 2014. 9.05 million passengers were delivered by highways, waterways and railways (including high-speed rail) of Chenzhou city, 8.11 million ones of them were by highways, 0.26 million were by waterways and 0.68 million were by railways. According to the data, every hour, 10,000 passengers took their way on the Spring Festival Travel in Chenzhou city.
As you can see from above information, highways are still the most important methods for Chenzhou people to travel during this holiday. It was introduced that 3137 passenger buses were placed to operation every day during that period, accounting for 0.24 million trips. Compared with last year, short-term trips increased while long-term ones decreased. The long-term chartered buses were 200 times less than last year.
It was also learned from the bus stations that all ticket prices would be adjusted to the level of regular days after the Spring Festival Travel. Some lines from Chenzhou to Loudi, Huaihua, etc. have been back to regular level.