China Railways Handle 90m Holiday Trips

More than 90 million passenger trips were made on China’s railways from January 17 to February 2, the first 17 days of the Spring Festival travel rush, according to data from the China State Railway Group, Shanghai Daily reported.

In the 40-day travel season, also known as Chunyun, many Chinese people travel to reunite with their families for the lunar new year, which fell on February 1 this year.

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