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Record-breaking 20 million daily railway passenger trips in China during holiday
Updated 15:13, 01-Oct-2023
CGTN
Passengers are seen at the waiting hall of Xi'an Railway Station, Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, September 29, 2023. /CFP
Passengers are seen at the waiting hall of Xi'an Railway Station, Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, September 29, 2023. /CFP

Passengers are seen at the waiting hall of Xi'an Railway Station, Xi'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, September 29, 2023. /CFP

The number of railway trips made by Chinese passengers on Friday, the third day of the 12-day travel rush for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, hit 20.098 million, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said on Saturday.

According to the company, the figure is a record-high number of daily railway passenger trips in China. 

There were a total of 12,180 passenger trains in operation on Saturday, with about 17.6 million railway passenger trips, the company added. 

The Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday period, which lasts from September 29 to October 6 this year, is a peak travel and tourism season in China. 

During the 12-day travel rush lasting from September 27 to October 8, the country is expected to see 190 million railway trips in total, said the company.

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