Order is gradually resuming in Southern China's Guangzhou railway station, after snow and sleet delayed 27 trains, and stranded over 50,000 passengers.
Local railway authorities added 8 high-speed railway trains heading to popular destinations. The first of those trains departs from Guangzhou early this morning. High-speed trains and normal trains will depart from different stations. Subway authorities have also added eight services to transport stranded passengers.
On Tuesday, an estimated 175,000 passengers were scheduled to travel by train in Guangzhou. However, many of their journeys were disrupted by snowy weather that hit several provinces in central, eastern and southern China since Sunday.
The railway station was fully packed with passengers and, during the most crowded hours, people queued for up to three hours before getting into the building. Our reporter He Weiwei was inside the building on Tuesday and filed this report.
Some passengers say they arrive at the station in the early morning, but find it very difficult to get in.
"I left home at 7 and arrived here at 10 and didn't get into the waiting hall until 3 in the afternoon. I haven't had lunch yet."
The passengers are now in a stable mood. They say that they can understand the situation and will wait patiently until departure.
"There's nothing we can do but wait. If the train is delayed for too long we may have to find somewhere to stay tonight. "
6,200 policemen have been deployed in the areas around the station to keep order and safety. The station says it'll keep posting the latest departure time on their official website and social media account to inform the passengers of the updates.
