Why do motorcycles replace cars as a tool for people to return home?

Near noon, it rained cats and dogs in Wuzhou, Guangxi. On the third day in Spring Festival travel rush, due to the rainy day, there were not many cars on the National Highway 32 1 from Wuzhou East Exit to Guangdong Province, and the speed slowed down.

During the peak of Spring Festival travel rush, few "motorcyclists" returned to Guangxi from Guangdong. Located at the east exit of Wuzhou City, Spring Festival travel rush, Dulian Gas Station of Sinopec Wuzhou Branch, seems a little deserted in the rain. Many years ago, there was a bustling "motorcycle army" in the boom of Spring Festival travel rush, but now this spectacular sight is hard to find.

National Highway 32 1 Wuzhou Dongkou is located at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, which is the only way for migrant workers from Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Guangxi to drive motorcycles from the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong to return home for the holidays and return to work during the peak period in Spring Festival travel rush. Nowadays, sporadic motorcycles are seen returning from Guangdong to Wuzhou, Guigang, Yulin and other places in Guangxi via 32 1 National Road.

Will the Spring Festival travel rush rush service station in Wuzhou Dongkou reappear the "motorcycle army" of the past?

The "motorcycle army" has dropped sharply

It's raining harder and harder, anxious to return. Mr. Li, a villager from Shatou Town, Cangwu County, Wuzhou City, is one of the few returning motorcyclists.

65438+ 10 At 6 o'clock in the morning on October 9, he set off from Shunde, Guangdong, and arrived at Spring Festival travel rush, Wuzhou, Guangxi, which was close to noon 12. Mr. Li's return to China this time is a personal trip. In the past, the "motorcycle army" was driving on the national highway 32 1, and even if Mr. Li was "alone", he never felt lonely. Now riding alone in the rain, Mr. Li and his motorcycle are a little lonely.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, Qin Jitan, a migrant worker who left Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province and returned to Guigang City, Guangxi Province, drove his motorcycle all the way west. "Although there is no huge scene, I am riding a bicycle in parallel with a fellow villager, and nothing can stop us from going home for the New Year." Yan Jitan said.

Lu Zhiyong, an employee of Sinopec Wuzhou Branch in Dulian Gas Station where Spring Festival travel rush Service Station is located, has witnessed the change of "motorcycle army" for many years. He is from Dawang Village, Limu Town, Cenxi City, Wuzhou City. Many villagers who work in Guangdong province will not go home for the New Year this year, probably because they are worried that it will bring health troubles to the elderly and children in the village.

According to the statistics of relevant departments, since 20 13, the number of "motorcycle troops" passing through Wuzhou has been decreasing year by year. By 20 19, there were only 42,000 "motorcyclists" returning home via National Highway 32 1 Wuzhou Dongkou section. In recent years, affected by the epidemic, the "motorcycle army" crossing Wuzhou has dropped sharply.

An increasingly perfect transportation network

Behind the sharp decline of the "motorcycle army", it is inseparable from the increasingly perfect transportation network in Guangxi. At the end of 20 14, Nanguang and Guiguang high-speed railways connecting Guangxi, Guizhou and Guangdong were put into operation, which set up a "fast track" for southwest people to "gold rush" in the Pearl River Delta. By the end of 2022, Guangxi had achieved the goal of "Expressway through County".

"After the opening of the high-speed rail, the passenger flow on weekends and holidays increased significantly, mainly due to the flow of work and business trips between Guangdong and Guangxi." Liu Chunhua, chief of the business section of Wuzhou Depot of Nanning Bureau of China Railway, said that since the opening of Nanguang and Guiguang high-speed railways, the number of sports cars in Spring Festival travel rush has been increasing every year, from 4 1 pair in 2065 to 438+05 pairs this year. The increasing high-speed rail capacity is in sharp contrast with the declining "motorcycle army".

Wuzhou, Guigang, Guiping, Pingnan and tengxian are important labor importing counties and cities in eastern Guangxi. Nanning Bureau of National Railway constantly adjusts and optimizes the structure of motor trains according to the travel needs of passengers. This year, Nanguang and Guiguang high-speed railways opened 38 pairs of "red-eye high-speed trains", covering morning, noon and evening hours every day, which greatly facilitated migrant workers to return home for the New Year.

Wuzhou South Station is the easternmost passenger station of Guangxi section of Nanguang high-speed railway, adjacent to Guangdong. Since entering Spring Festival travel rush, the number of passengers entering and leaving Wuzhou South Station has gradually increased, especially those from Guangdong. "Now, there are fewer passengers going to Guangdong and more returning passengers. Many of the passengers who got off with us were young people, and most of them worked in Guangdong. " Chen Jian, stationmaster of Wuzhou South Station, said.

Set out in the direction of home

Lin Bin, a native of Dawan Town, Guiping City, went to work in Foshan, Guangdong Province in 2004. At first, he was a technician in the electronics industry. He told reporters that in the past, every time I went to Spring Festival travel rush, I rode a motorcycle to go home for the New Year, and the whole journey was 10 hours, especially when it was windy and rainy. After 10 years of hard work, he has now set up a weak current engineering company, bought a car and built a new house. "Now I go home by train. The whole journey takes only two hours, which is safe and comfortable. " Lin Bin said.

"This year, Spring Festival travel rush Peak expects that the number of motorcyclists crossing Wuzhou will increase compared with last year, but the overall number will not be much. In addition, unlike the big bags in the past, the' motorcycle army' in recent years has gradually changed from a family trip to a few friends and relatives, and it is younger. " Li Xiangming, deputy section chief of the traffic police detachment of Wuzhou Public Security Bureau, said.

"No matter how the number of' motorcyclists' changes, the quality of our volunteer service for returning migrant workers will not change." Lu Zhiyong said. Looking around the gas stations, banners and slogans such as "Love Service at Love Station is not closed" and "Twenty Years of Love Relay Love Station will escort you" are particularly eye-catching. As in previous years, gas station employees turned into volunteers and sent food such as eight-treasure porridge and instant noodles to returning motorcyclists. Some emergency medicines are also prepared in case of emergency.