BBC纪录片《中国新年》听写007
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That’s over 200,000 people a day.
For some, the days they take off now, are the only holidays they get all year.
So, they are prepared to travel a long way for a long time to get home.
With so many people on the move things can get complicated, especially when the weather intertwines.
This year Chinese television reported the queues about a of up to hundred thousand people at Guangdong Train Station when heavy snow caused delays.
To keep everything running smoothly requires a precision organization.
Compared to the bus bustle outside, the railway bureau of control center is an oasis of calm.
bustle
This room is incredible. It is huge, I feel like I’m in the control room of Apollo 13.
And you can see that everyone is so focused and the concentration you I can feel above the buzz in the room.
Because I guess they have to. They are ultimately responsible for every train that passes through.
In charge of keeping this system’s the system moving is Ye Kuankuan.
The station also takes on at an extra thousand workers on the ground to help ease the load.
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There’s one group, which is easy to spot by the way they are always shifting suitcases.
One familiar sight anyone who used to be in the Beijing rail is the Red Caps.
Their job is to help you to load the luggage for train onto the trains.
And at this time of the year, with everyone bearing gifts, they've truly got their work cut out for them.