I know that you are holding the ticket that you just obtained after a long struggle in your hand, and the light from the screen is reflected on your face, which is slightly dazzling.
I also know that among these 11.2 million people, there is you. That number can be said to be extremely huge, so huge that it makes people numb. However, after you have crossed the waiting platform and carried your heavy luggage, you deeply understand what each trip means.
The railway department said there were enough tickets left.
From Shanghai to Nanjing, from Chengdu to Chongqing, from Jinan to Qingdao, Yantai...
These cold station names, in your eyes, are the face of that person, the hot food on the table, and the helplessness of having to leave after three days.
Who is counting the "5 days before driving" for you?
For the newly opened night high-speed trains, the ticket pre-sale period is unified to 5 days before departure.
5 days. What an accurate number.
It’s enough to make you go back and forth between hope and disappointment five times.
12306's big data capabilities are so powerful that it can calculate peak passenger flow and popular areas. However, it cannot calculate the ticket purchase page you open and close late at night, or the sigh behind your mother's words on the phone, "If you can't buy it, just come back a few days later, it'll be fine."
Those "magic stations" have nothing to do with me
The "Magic Station" of Harbin Station has ice and snow check-in points.
The "Cultural Station" at Beijing Railway Station displays characteristic ethnic costumes and handicrafts.
There are also singing, dancing and intangible cultural heritage performances on the international trains of the China-Laos Railway.
very nice.
It's great to see those photos through the screen.
What does the real Spring Festival travel look like? It’s the anxiety that arises when it’s difficult to find a socket for charging in the waiting room. It’s the complex air that is mixed with the smell of instant noodles and foot odor. It’s the awkward situation when you are afraid to go to the toilet because you are afraid of being squeezed out of your luggage while carrying your luggage. Those carefully created "cultural experiences" are like the exquisite cakes placed in the window. They only look good, but they cannot solve the problem of hunger.
But... my heart softened again
I saw that Chengdu Station is equipped with a consultation robot.
People who go to Altay for skiing will see conductors from the Urumqi Bureau, who will provide transportation connection consultation.
I saw that Changbai Shanxi Station has added heated changing rooms and the service desk is stocked with commonly used medicines.
Suddenly I thought, if I am attacked by the cold outside, if my mobile phone is accidentally lost, if I suddenly suffer from hypoglycemia at a strange station...it seems that there is indeed someone who can go to for help.
I always feel that this feeling of being underserved is particularly weird. Obviously the railway is a huge, cold machine, but it always retains a little warmth in these tiny corners that you may not even use.
"Never collaborated with any third-party platform."
This sentence emphasizes that every year, people are deceived.
It's really ironic that we live in an era where even when buying a return ticket, you have to double check "whether this is the official way." And aren’t those so-called expedited packages, those reputable scalpers, and those proxy services just targeting your eagerness to go home?
The railway department reminds you to use official channels.
But the road home is never just the official one, it is the hottest nostalgia that exists in the capillaries.
write to the end
I suddenly didn’t want to write any grand narrative anymore.
A total of 363 million copies were sold, and the number of tourists sent hit a new high.
I just want to ask, the migrant worker uncle who is eating cold steamed buns in the waiting room, has he found his ticket gate?
The person holding the child, the person carrying the backpack, the mother still holding a diaper in her hand, is there anyone who can give her a helping hand?
That lady who is taking a car alone to see her grandson for the first time, does she know how to change trains?
11.2 million is not a number.
There are 11.2 million real people, and there are 11.2 million ongoing stories of either reunion or dispersion.
The train is leaving.
Whether you are on your way home or away from home, have a safe journey.
I hope you are sitting next to the window, I hope there is a quiet traveling companion next to you, I hope the long railway track can lead you to where you want to go.
Even if it's just a short visit, that's fine.
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