The 2026 Spring Festival travel period, noted as the "longest holiday break in history," continues to see a surge in return-trip passenger flow. The travel rush reached a peak in passenger volume just halfway through its schedule. According to the latest data from the comprehensive transport Spring Festival work team, cross-regional passenger movement in the first 20 days of the travel period, from February 2 to February 21, totaled 5.08 billion person-trips, averaging 250 million daily, setting a new record high for the same period. Railways, serving as the core transportation capacity, transported a cumulative total of 258 million passengers. On February 22 alone, passenger volume reached 18.277 million, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year. This high-density passenger flow presents an extreme challenge to the safety and maintenance of railway infrastructure. NUOBIKAN, leveraging its advanced AI-powered inspection solutions for rail transit, is helping to build an "intelligent safety barrier" for the national railway network, contributing to the efficiency and smooth operation of the travel season.
As a leading enterprise in the field of intelligent operations and maintenance for rail transit, NUOBIKAN focuses on AI technology, digital twins, and big data analytics. The company specializes in three core application scenarios: inspection of railway power supply systems, monitoring of the railway external environment, and detection of freight train operational status, deeply empowering the industry's digital transformation. Against the backdrop of sustained high passenger volumes during the Spring Festival travel rush, the company's core product—the AI-powered inspection solution for catenary suspension status—has become a critical force in ensuring the safety of the railway power supply. Its self-developed NBK-INTARI artificial intelligence platform achieves a defect recognition accuracy rate exceeding 90%, significantly surpassing the efficiency of traditional manual inspections.
According to NUOBIKAN's prospectus disclosure, as of June 30, 2025, the company's solutions have been deployed by over 80% of railway bureaus and cover over 60% of power supply sections in China. Since its initial deployment in 2019, the cumulative application mileage has reached 460,000 kilometers, successfully detecting approximately 235,000 defects. Certified by CIC, NUOBIKAN ranks among the top domestic industry players in terms of the number of railway bureaus and power supply sections covered in the field of AI-powered catenary suspension status inspection. In 2024, the company was recognized as the second-largest provider of "AI + Power Supply Detection and Monitoring Systems" and the third-largest provider of "AI + Inspection and Monitoring Solutions" for rail transit in China, demonstrating leading technical strength and market competitiveness.
Facing the projected target of 540 million total railway passenger trips and a peak daily operation scale exceeding 14,000 trains during the 2026 Spring Festival travel period, NUOBIAN's intelligent solutions enable a leapfrog upgrade for railway operations and maintenance, shifting from a "post-failure repair" model to "preventive maintenance." Through real-time data collection and intelligent analysis for early warning, the company can accurately identify potential safety hazards such as broken catenary wires, loose components, and external object intrusions, effectively reducing failure rates and providing round-the-clock safety assurance for high-density train operations. From catenary inspection on busy lines to external environment monitoring on remote sections, NUOBIKAN's technological achievements are deeply integrated into the national railway maintenance system. The cumulative application mileage of 460,000 kilometers is equivalent to completing multiple rounds of "comprehensive health checks" for the Chinese railway network.
Currently, return-trip passenger flow remains high during the Spring Festival travel period, with major hub cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chengdu experiencing dense passenger volumes. NUOBIKAN will continue to leverage its technical advantages, relying on its nationwide service network and mature AI inspection system to assist railway departments in efficiently addressing various potential hazards and ensuring the safe return journey of hundreds of millions of passengers.