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First day of 2019 Spring Festival travel rush

Updated: Jan 21,2019 10:38 AM     Xinhua

Passengers on the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province wait for departure at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. Hundreds of millions of Chinese return to their hometowns every year for the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, family reunions, thus forming the Spring Festival travel rush. The Spring Festival, or the Year of the Pig in the Chinese lunar calendar, will begin on Feb 5 this year. The 40-day 2019 Spring Festival travel rush started on Jan 21, with 3 billion trips expected to be made. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers prepare to board the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province, at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers prepare to board the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province, at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers on the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province wait for departure at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers on the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province wait for departure at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. [Photo/Xinhua]

Staff members examine the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province, at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. [Photo/Xinhua]

Staff members on the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China’s Jiangsu province wait for departure at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 21, 2019, the first day of the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush. [Photo/Xinhua]