Economy&Life | Bullet trains prepared for China's Spring Festival travel rush-Xinhua
Economy&Life | Bullet trains prepared for China's Spring Festival travel rush
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-01-26 15:56:19
A stitched panoramic aerial photo shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected.
An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry.
Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said.
China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the travel rush.
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Photo by Zhang Zhengju/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)This photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)A mechanic checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)A robot checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)This photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)Mechanics work at a bullet train maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)A mechanic checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 26, 2024 shows bullet trains at a maintenance base in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Zhou Yi)■
