City mobilizes as 80,000 expected to be stranded 2008.01.29

City mobilizes as 80,000 expected to be stranded

Han Ximin

SHENZHEN is endeavoring to open more schools to accommodate passengers stranded at railway stations with the number expected to reach 80,000 today.

Shenzhen Railway Station in Luohu and Shenzhen West Railway Station in Nanshan had opened 13 schools to accommodate around 15,000 passengers.

Buses at the railway stations were ordered to operate around the clock for the convenience of stranded passengers.

There were 56,000 passengers stranded at Shenzhen Railway Station and Shenzhen West Railway Station by yesterday afternoon.
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