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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) — The number of passenger trips made by rail in China during the recently concluded Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year) holiday reached 121 million, up 11.5 percent from the same period last year, according to official data released Tuesday.
On Monday, the last day of the holiday, 18.73 million passenger trips were made on the country's railways, setting a new record for daily passenger travel during the Spring Festival, according to the state-owned China Railway Corporation (CRC).
To meet the sharply increased demand, an average of 12,380 passenger trains operated daily, with up to 2,314 additional passenger trains added on certain days on popular routes and sections. During peak travel times before and after the holidays, over 1,000 high-speed overnight trains operated daily on major routes.
During the holiday season, 85.38 million tonnes of freight were transported on the national rail network, according to published data.
This year, Spring Festival fell on February 17th. The official Spring Festival holiday lasted nine days, from February 15th to 23rd inclusive. -0-
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