The Chinese transportation system is expected to carry a total of around three billion passengers during the Spring Festival travel period starting Friday, the country's development and transport authorities said on Thursday.
Aerial photo shows high-speed trains parked after maintenance in Nanchang, capital of eastern China's Jiangxi Province, January 7, 2020.
The 2020 Spring Festival travel rush, known as "chunyun" in Chinese, will last from January 10 to February 18.
The Chinese transportation system is expected to carry a total of around three billion passengers during the Spring Festival travel period starting Friday.
Cabin crew members welcome passengers in Hohhot, capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China, January 9, 2020.
As of 2019, a total of 139,000 kilometers of railway lines have been put into use nationwide in China, of which high-speed ones total 35,000 kilometers.