Passengers prepare to travel by train at a railway station in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Feb. 2, 2017. China's railways carried a record number of passengers during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday. A total of 51.99 million passengers traveled by train during the Spring Festival break, an increase of 8.8 percent from a year earlier, according to China Railway. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)
BEIJING, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's railways carried a record number of passengers during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday.
A total of 51.99 million passengers traveled by train during the Spring Festival break, an increase of 8.8 percent from a year earlier, according to China Railway.
This year also sets a record high number of a single day, with 10.97 million passengers taking rides on Feb. 2, the last day of the holiday.
The back-to-work travel rush is expected to continue, as the China Railway estimated the daily traffic will hit 11 million on Feb. 3.
