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How to “save” time? In less than an hour, more than 20,000 people in Hangzhou left the venue smoothly

Last Saturday, Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center hosted two concerts at the same time. For Hangzhou in the post-Asian Games era, it is no longer strange to see “one game, one venue” one after another, and tens of thousands of people entering and exiting together.

Public data shows that as of early August this year, the Olympic Sports Center Stadium had held more than 30 concerts with over 10,000 people. Calculated equally, it’s almost one concert a week. The larger “Big Lotus” has a relatively small number of performances, one every half month.

This means that every weekend, as few as 10,000 people and as many as 30,000 to 40,000 people will flock to the Olympic Sports Center Station and Expo Center Station of the subway after the concert, returning to every corner of Hangzhou.

Behind the excitement and excitement, many citizens and tourists gave thumbs up after the event. Some netizens posted: “Hangzhou never disappoints anyone after a concert.” In Hangzhou, arriving home after a concert has become another kind of happiness.

In less than an hour, more than 20,000 people took the subway home.

On the evening of October 26, there will be concerts at the “Big Lotus” and the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. Among them, the “Big Lotus” concert had an audience of 57,000, which was the largest audience in recent times. It rained all day, which also made management more difficult.

Li Binbin, deputy director of the Chaoyang Station Police Station of the Metro Public Security Bureau, rushed to the command room very early to take up his post. “We suffered a lot during the heavy rain days before,” he said, staring at the big screen.

At night, two concerts began one after another. The inside and outside of the Olympic Sports Center station entered a “high-speed operation” state simultaneously, and personnel arrived one after another. What’s interesting is that around 21 o’clock, the passenger flow into the station will become very small, like the quiet before the “storm”.

At 22:42, the performance of “Big Lotus” ended, later than expected. Police officers from the police station and subway operation personnel have all been stationed at various points, preparing for the upcoming large passenger flow.

The reporter followed Li Binbin to Exit C of the Olympic Sports Center Station. Here and Exit E are the two subway entrances closest to Gate 1, and they are also the most stressful points. At this time, the upgoing elevators at the four subway entrances A, C, E, and G are closed. In principle, they can only enter but not exit.

At 22:50, the first group of customers arrived. Under the direction of the staff, spectators entered Exit C and Exit E in an orderly manner along the non-motorized lanes on both sides of the road. Li Binbin told reporters: “The traffic is more than expected. In a few minutes, the iron horse will be adjusted.”

Just as more spectators flocked to the non-motorized lanes, the access to the scene changed. Soon, the duty personnel closed the non-motorized lane and used loudspeakers to guide passengers to the Feihong Road motorway. At this moment, the end of the show began to reach its peak. Although the road was crowded with people, it was in good order.

After 23:00, the reporter and Li Binbin returned to the station. The security checkpoint at the Olympic Sports Center Station implements “express security check” to speed up the passage time. The extra subway trains that were opened for the end of the performance would arrive at the station every three minutes and transport passengers away one after another.

It was already 23:10 when the reporter and Li Binbin returned to the command room. The big screen showed that the large passenger flow was coming to an end, and the live entrance that was originally closed had been reopened a few minutes ago.

“There are indeed a lot of spectators in this show. Port A at the far end used to be sparse at the end of the show, but today it is no less crowded than port C.” The staff in the control room lamented. At 23:26, the large passenger flow at the venue was basically over, and the Binjiang police officers on duty on the ground began to move away from the iron horses on Feihong Road.

Data provided by the subway department is that from 22:40 to 23:40, a total of 24,421 spectators were transported during the peak period. Although the number of people leaving the show that day was much higher than before, and the show time was also lengthened, the audience’s entry and riding process was still smooth and the experience was quite smooth.

Close cooperation saves another ten minutes

The audience leaving after the concert is a transportation operation that requires the perfect connection of multiple units. From the layout of the ground iron horses, to the guidance at the station entrance, to the arrangement of extended subway flights… every link is inseparable from the close cooperation between each unit.

Li Binbin and Dong Biying, director of Hangzhou Metro Olympic Sports Center Station, both came to work at the Olympic Sports Center Station before the Asian Games. They concluded that in the past two years, the most proud thing was that they had compressed the “forty or fifty minutes” after the performance to “thirty or forty minutes”, and the process was fast and stable.

How to “save” ten minutes?

Dong Biying said that when passengers enter the station after the show is over, they are most afraid of slowing down the “flow speed”. Especially the two major points: gates and pit stops. “Every time a blocking point is solved, the time to leave the venue can be shortened.”

At the end of the night of October 26, 75 subway staff were dispersed to provide services in “congested” locations such as subway escalators, corners, forks, and turnstiles. Behind this are the results calculated by the subway operator after extensive testing to ensure that the inbound traffic remains as stable as possible.

Tie Ma Huokou is a key step for passenger flow to enter the station. The so-called “live entrance” divides the entrance route into two. The short route is narrower, but the entrance distance is shorter; the wide Feihong Road motorway, although the walking distance is longer, can effectively alleviate the larger passenger flow. It takes experience to master the timing of opening and closing the iron horse’s mouth. If the speed is fast, all passengers will be squeezed into the station; if the speed is slow, trains will arrive one after another, but passengers will still queue outside, which is undoubtedly a waste.

During the end of the Olympic Sports Center Station, passengers will not experience the traditional “snake”-like iron horse detour. Even if they walk for a few more minutes, they will stay in a straight line without turning around. This is also part of the “silky experience”.

Several police officers in the command room laughed and said that Tiema Live is a contemporary tribute version of “Dujiangyan”. “The layout of the Iron Horse is never static, but is flexibly adjusted for each performance.”

(Original title: How to “save” time? In less than an hour, more than 20,000 people in Hangzhou left the venue smoothly)

Source: Hangzhou Daily Author: Correspondent Mi Xiao Reporter Li Weihe Editor: Chen Dong