Heartwarming! This year, Beijing subways distributed over 2 million raincoats for free
2024-08-27
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A heavy rain brought considerable challenges to the Monday morning rush hour. During the rainy period, Beijing subway stations provided free raincoats to passengers to facilitate their travel in the rain. According to statistics, since the beginning of the flood season on June 1, the three subway operating companies in Beijing have distributed more than 2 million free raincoats in total.
At 10 a.m. on August 26, at Exit C of Anzhenmen Station on Line 10, passengers leaving the station took the escalator to the exit one after another. Seeing that it was raining outside the station, two passengers carrying suitcases walked towards the staff holding raincoats at the station entrance. "I didn't expect it to rain. How much do you sell raincoats?" a passenger asked. "It's free! It's provided by the subway." The staff handed the raincoat to the passenger. It turned out that the two passengers got off the train at Beijing West Railway Station in the morning and took the subway all the way to Anzhenmen Station. "The service of Beijing Subway is still good!" After receiving the raincoat, a passenger praised it repeatedly.
"Hello, do you need a disposable raincoat?" At around 7:00 this morning, at Exit C of Renmin University Station on Beijing-Hong Kong Metro Line 4, station attendant Zhang Sheng held a raincoat in his hand and asked two adults and one child who were lingering at the exit. They were all carrying suitcases. "Put it on, don't catch a cold." Zhang Sheng first handed the raincoats to the two adults, and then kindly helped the child put on the raincoat.
"Thank you so much! It's really a timely help." Passengers who received the raincoats from Zhang Sheng expressed their gratitude and praised the subway for its heartwarming move. "Exit C is the exit with the largest number of passengers during the morning rush hour. We have been here since the rain to provide assistance to commuters." During the morning rush hour, Zhang Sheng gave out 400 to 500 raincoats to passengers.
At Chengshousi Station on Line 10, a "self-service raincoat pick-up point" was set up at the ground hall of the station entrance based on the characteristics of the surrounding residential areas. Raincoat storage boxes, pick-up reminder signs and garbage recycling boxes were also set up. When it rains, the station will start a pick-up reminder broadcast to remind passengers in need that they can pick up raincoats by themselves, and please put the discarded packaging bags into the trash can after using the raincoats.
Whenever it rains, the Beijing subway provides disposable raincoats to passengers in need, which has become a heartwarming scene in the rainy season. In fact, this measure has been going on for more than ten years.
According to statistics, since the beginning of the flood season on June 1, Beijing's urban rail transit network has distributed more than 2 million free raincoats to passengers. Among them, 1.565 million pieces were distributed to stations on the lines under the jurisdiction of Beijing Subway Company, nearly 500,000 pieces were distributed to stations on the lines under the jurisdiction of Beijing-Hong Kong Metro, and 62,000 pieces were distributed to stations on the lines under the jurisdiction of Beijing Rail Operation Company.
