The Spring Festival travel rush in 2025 will start on January 14th (the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month) and end on February 22nd (the 25th day of the first lunar month). It is expected that the cross regional personnel flow in the whole society will reach 9 billion people, an increase of about 7% compared to the same period last year. According to data from the 2025 comprehensive transportation Spring Festival travel rush special team, it is expected that on January 14th, there will be 172.39 million cross regional personnel movements in the whole society. Among them, the railway passenger volume was 10.3 million. On the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush, I arrived at Chaoyang Station in Beijing at 8:30 am with orderly passenger flow growth. Compared to usual, the brightness of passengers at the station has significantly increased, and many passengers have taken their luggage, specialties, and New Year's goods to their hometowns for the Chinese New Year. During the Spring Festival travel rush, Beijing Chaoyang Station is expected to send 1.5241 million passengers, with an average of 38100 passengers per day, a year-on-year increase of 1.7% Beijing Chaoyang Station Party Branch Secretary Wang Qiang stated that in order to cope with the peak passenger flow, 46 additional temporary trains will be opened, mainly heading towards Dalian, Jilin, Harbin and other directions. At the same time, according to actual conditions, "emergency passenger" channels will be set up, fast entry halls will be activated, and ticket verification gates will be added to improve traffic efficiency and meet passenger needs. Transferring at Beijing Chaoyang Station was very smooth, saving a lot of waiting time. The entrance inspection speed was very fast, and the staff's guidance was also very clear. I just changed my ticket this morning and successfully caught the train through the fast track. Boarding the G3665 train bound for Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, I found that many passengers were satisfied with the station order and waiting service on the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush. According to the person in charge of the Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Group, this year is the first Spring Festival travel rush after the implementation of the 8-day Spring Festival holiday, the comprehensive relaxation of visa free transit policies, and the successful application for World Heritage status during the Spring Festival. The people have a strong desire to travel, and the overall passenger flow will steadily increase. Ensuring sufficient assistance for travel and ticket purchasing services is an important part of Spring Festival travel. At noon, I walked into the monitoring hall of the 12306 Science and Technology Innovation Center of China Academy of Railway Sciences. On the 12306 ticket sales live screen, the number in the "Today's Sold Tickets" column kept scrolling and refreshing. At this time, the top five popular departure cities on the list were Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Wuhan. Since the sale of Spring Festival travel tickets, up to 9:00 am on January 14th, a total of 100 million tickets have been sold during this period Wang Tuo, Deputy Researcher at the 12306 Science and Technology Innovation Center of the Railway, introduced that the 12306 mobile client not only launched functions such as pre filling of ticket purchase information, but also added special services for key groups such as students and migrant workers. The pilot zone for pre filling and optimizing ticket purchase information has redeemed a total of 263000 tickets, and the reservation and ticket purchase service zone for students and migrant workers has redeemed a total of 3.841 million student discount tickets and 1.141 million migrant worker tickets. On the 12306 ticket sales live screen, real-time data such as ticket purchase channels, refunds, changes, and key passengers are also displayed. The author noticed that on the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush, the expected ticket sales reached 19.571 million, with approximately 1.464 million new waiting orders added on that day, of which 450000 were successfully redeemed on that day. Several passengers have expressed that they have successfully purchased tickets for the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush through alternate channels and feel that purchasing tickets this year is more convenient than in previous years. Bai Lihong, a traveler from Baoding, Hebei, is preparing to take his children back to his hometown, Harbin, Heilongjiang, for the Spring Festival. She has been working outside on weekdays. Not long ago, she successfully obtained a high-speed train ticket to Harbin West Station. I embarked on my journey home on the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush mainly to spend more time with my elderly family members, "said Bai Lihong. I work in the education industry in Beijing, and I plan to visit my younger brother who is serving in the military with my family this Spring Festival Zhang Jie, who is preparing to travel to Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang before the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush, said. In order to visit her younger brother, she booked her train ticket a week in advance, feeling that this route had increased the number of trains and made travel more convenient. Thoughtful service guarantees make passengers' journey back home more secure and reassuring. Mr. Fu, who works in Shanghai, said, "With the development of transportation, there are more high-speed rail lines and more frequent trains, making it convenient to go anywhere." Tian Yuan, a sophomore student at Sun Yat sen University, transferred from Beijing to his hometown Chifeng. She introduced that she successfully purchased a home ticket through the student reservation of 12306. On the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush, the on-site order at Beijing Chaoyang Station and West Station was strengthened, and the staff reminded me to take good care of my luggage. I also saw the staff helping the elderly use a direct water dispenser. "She said that these thoughtful services made her no longer lonely when she went home alone. Thousands of rivers and mountains cannot stop the eagerness for reunion, and the surging crowds cannot block the embrace of family affection. Behind the "hot and scorching" Spring Festival travel rush, there is an increasingly clear "mobile China". (New Society)