When you get off a train these days, you can expect a wait, while people faff around looking for their (expired) health code. But on this, the last day of the Chinese New Year holiday, considerable efforts have been made to alleviate the hassle.
如今，当你下火车时，你可能会等待，而人们则四处寻找他们（过期的）健康码。但在农历新年假期的最后一天，为缓解这一麻烦做出了相当大的努力。
The Yangtze River Delta railway network is expected to have seen 1.42 million passengers on its trains today, 6 February. For many, it’s back to work tomorrow.
2 月 6 日，长三角铁路网预计发送旅客 142 万人次。对于许多人来说，明天就要恢复工作了。
As every year, hundreds of additional train services have been laid on in order to cope with the surge in passenger numbers, especially this evening.
与往年一样，为了应对旅客人数的激增，特别是今晚，增加了数百趟列车服务。
But 2022 is a little different. With the threat of Omicron top of mind, railway authorities have been striving to improve passengers’ experience and offer a safe, orderly and warm travel environment.
但 2022 年有点不同。面对“Omicron”威胁，铁路部门一直致力于改善乘客体验，营造安全、有序、温馨的出行环境。
To this end, Shanghai Railway Station has installed 35 “smart” epidemic prevention inspection gates at its exits, reports The Paper. The gates can facilitate passengers to quickly have their health and travel codes checked as they leave the station.
为此，上海火车站在出站口安装了35个“智能”防疫检查闸机。登机口可以方便乘客在出站时快速检查其健康状况和旅行代码。
In the west of that great city, Shanghai Hongqiao Station has worked together with local public transport to prolong the operation of the Shanghai Metro and public bus network.
在这座大城市的西部，上海虹桥站与当地公共交通合作，延长了上海地铁和公共巴士网络的运营。
Elsewhere in the Yangtze River Delta, the three principal railway stations in Hangzhou have rolled out nucleic acid test (NAT) services. Hangzhou Railway station, Hangzhou East Railway Station and Hangzhou South Railway Station are making NAT sampling available to travellers around the clock.
在长三角其他地区，杭州三个主要火车站已推出核酸检测服务。杭州火车站、杭州东站、杭州南站全天候为旅客提供NAT采样服务。
Over in Hefei, capital of Anhui Province, Hefei South Railway Station has braced itself for the rush by ensuring that all station staff are on duty and all entry and exit gates are open.
在安徽省省会合肥市，合肥南站已做好应对高峰的准备，确保所有车站工作人员值班，所有进出站闸门畅通。
And here in our very own Nanjing, authorities responsible for maintaining services between here and Hefei are countering the Omicron threat by ensuring that trains’ toilets, wash basins and handrails are disinfected every 2 hours. Or so they say.
在我们自己的南京，负责维持这里和合肥之间服务的当局正在通过确保火车厕所、洗手盆和扶手每两个小时消毒一次来应对 Omicron 威胁。或者他们是这么说的。
But will it all be enough? From an epidemic standpoint, that we won’t know for a while. In terms of simply getting home, a raised eyebrow or two from anyone sitting on a train reading this about now shall be forgiven.
但这一切就足够了吗？从流行病的角度来看，我们暂时不会知道。就回家而言，坐在火车上读到这篇文章的任何人扬起一两根眉毛都是可以原谅的。
