China expects 83 mln rail trips over Dragon Boat Festival travel rush

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Passengers at a train station in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 18, 2026. /VCG

China's railway network is forecast to handle about 83 million passenger trips during the five-day travel surge around the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the national railway operator said on Thursday.

The travel rush period runs from Thursday to Monday, with Saturday expected to be the peak day at roughly 19 million trips, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.

Passengers at a railway station in Harbin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, June 18, 2026. /VCG

As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, over 40 million train tickets for the holiday period had been sold on China's railway ticketing platform 12306.

To accommodate this travel surge, the railway operator has rolled out a peak-hour schedule, with around 13,000 passenger trains running daily on average.

A staff worker at a railway station wears a five-colored string bracelet, which is believed to protect people from evil spirits and bring good luck, to a girl in Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2026. /VCG

Overnight high-speed trains will operate on major high-speed rail routes such as the Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Harbin lines.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, falls on June 19 this year.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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