Passenger trips surge as National Day holiday concludes
Updated: October 7, 2024 19:42Xinhua
A policewoman helps passengers on the platform at Taizhou Railway Station in Taizhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 6, 2024. China sees a surge in return trips on Sunday as the week-long National Day holiday draws to a close. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING, Oct. 7 -- China's railway sector experienced a surge in passenger traffic on Monday as travelers returned from the week-long National Day holiday.
The railway network is expected to handle 19.86 million passenger trips on Monday, the last day of the holiday, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
A total of 13,103 trains are in operation, including 1,705 additional trains scheduled to meet the rising demand. This marks a historic high for a single day's operational capacity, the company said.
Over the course of the 10-day holiday travel period, from Sept. 29 to Oct. 8, China's railway network is projected to handle 175 million passenger trips.
To manage the travel boom, China has taken measures to add extra trains on popular routes and enhance services to ensure safe and orderly travel for passengers.
Passengers wait to board a train at the platform at Hengyang East Railway Station in Hengyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 6, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 6, 2024 shows the traffic on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
Passengers walk on the platform at Yantai Railway Station in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 6, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Passengers go through ticket barriers at Qinhuangdao Railway Station in north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 6, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Passengers are pictured at Shenzhen North Railway Station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 7, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Passengers are pictured on the platform of Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 7, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 6, 2024 shows the traffic on a bridge in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
