On February 18^th, it was reported by the Department of Transport of Guangdong Provincial that during the 2024 Chinese New Year, the cumulative traffic volume on Guangdong's expressways reached 45.673 million vehicles, an 8.78% year-on-year increase, accounting for approximately one-fifth of the national total. Guangdong recorded a total of 19.1362 million passenger trips during the holiday, showing a 20.83% year-on-year growth and constituting around 7.27% of the national total.

The expressway network in Guangdong operated smoothly during the Chinese New Year this year. On February 17^th, the peak travel day, the expressways in the province witnessed approximately 8.5789 million vehicles, a 23.58% year-on-year increase.

Throughout the Chinese New Year, Guangdong recorded 19.1362 million passenger trips in total. Among them, the road passenger volume was 8.0257 million, a 15.43% year-on-year increase. Railway passenger volume reached 7.6029 million, a remarkable growth of 49.16% year-on-year. Waterway passenger volume amounted to 1.6411 million, up by 36.91% year-on-year, while air passenger volume soared by 55.76% to 1.8665 million.

During the Chinese New Year, Qiongzhou Strait (north bank) witnessed 485,900 island-bound passenger trips, a 22.24% year-on-year increase, and 113,000 vehicles, a 13.3% year-on-year growth. Currently, all ports in Qiongzhou Strait are operating normally.

For the second half of the Chinese New Year travel period (February 17th to March 5th, a total of 18 days), it is expected that Guangdong will handle approximately 60.7325 million passenger trips, averaging around 3.37 million passengers per day, representing a 21.75% year-on-year increase. The estimated expressway traffic volume is about 131 million vehicles, with a 3.63% year-on-year increase. A minor traffic peak is expected after the Lantern Festival, around March 1st, with an estimated traffic volume of 7.71 million vehicles.

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

春节假期，广东高速车流占全国总量1/5

2月18日，记者从广东省交通运输厅获悉，2024年春节期间，广东高速公路车流量累计4567.3万车次，同比增长8.78%，约占全国总量五分之一。广东累计发送旅客1913.62万人次，同比增长20.83%，约占全国总量7.27%。

今年春节期间，广东高速公路网总体平稳运行。2月17日，广东高速公路迎来出行高峰，全省高速公路车流量约857.89万车次，同比增长23.58%。

春节假期，广东累计发送旅客1913.62万人次。其中，公路营业性客运量802.57万人次，同比增长15.43%。铁路客运量760.29万人次，同比增长49.16%。水路客运量164.11万人次，同比增长36.91%。民航客运量186.65万人次，同比增长55.76%。

春节期间，琼州海峡（北岸）发送进岛旅客48.59万人次，同比增长22.24%；进岛车辆11.3万台，同比增长13.3%。目前，琼州海峡所有港口正常通航。

预计春运后半程（2月17日—3月5日共18天），广东旅客发送量约6073.25万人次，日均约337万人次，同比增长21.75%；高速公路车流量预计约1.31亿车次，同比增长3.63%。预计元宵节后迎来车流小高峰，出现在3月1日，车流量预计达771万车次。

文｜记者 王丹阳 通讯员 粤交综
图｜受访者供图
译｜赵凡