City gets ready for May Day holiday rush

By Tan Maolin, Yichang International Communication Studio

As the May Day holiday approaches, transportation hubs in Yichang are preparing for the expected increase in traffic.

Yichang East Railway Station is projected to send approximately 673,000 passengers from April 29 to May 6. On May 1, the station is expected to dispatch 180,000 passengers, with arrivals as the primary traffic flow. On May 5, about 200,000 passengers are expected to return. The Yichang Railway Department of China Railway Wuhan Group provided these estimates.

To handle the surge in passenger flow, the department, which oversees railway operations in Yichang, Jingmeng, Jingzhou, and Enshi cities, has added 23.5 pairs of temporary passenger trains, including round-trip trains heading towards Wuhan, Xiangyang, and Enshi.
 

During the May Day holiday break, Yichang Sanxia International Airport is expected to complete 406 flights and serve 47,500 passengers. Of these, approximately 1,500 are cross-border travelers. The airport offers direct access to 40 domestic and foreign destinations, including popular cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Haikou, Sanya, Chengdu, and Kunming.
 

Additionally, Yichang will implement a free parking policy for the holiday. From 12 am on May 1 until midnight on May 5, 448 parking garages with a total of 32,294 parking spaces will offer free parking.