China sees travel surge as Spring Festival holiday concludes(1/3)

Passengers line up to board a high-speed train at Taizhou Railway Station, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo provided to China News Service)

China's railways transported 16.454 million passengers on Feb. 3, a record high for the Spring Festival travel rush. On Feb. 4, the last day of the holiday, an estimate of 16.9 million passengers trips are expected, and an additional 2,196 passenger trains are planned to meet this demand.

Passengers arrive at Harbin Railway Station in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Passengers walk on the platform at Taizhou Railway Station in east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo provided to China News Service)