China's State Railway Expects 20% Increase in Labor Day Travel, Adding 1,800 Extra Trains.

The State Railway of China expects passengers to take a total of 120 million trips during the Labor Day holiday, a 20 percent increase from 2019.

As of 8:00 a.m. Thursday (April 27), China sold a total of 69.08 million train tickets. Routes from Beijing – Shanghai, Chengdu, Sichuan – Xi’an, Shaanxi, Wuhan, Hubei – Shanghai

The report states that The China Railways Department has added 1,800 more trains to accommodate transportation during the Labor Day holiday. 21% increase from 2019

Average daily traffic on expressways across the country is expected to reach 54.3 million vehicles, up 77 percent.

Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) said on Wednesday it expected 831,900 passenger trips, equivalent to more than 160,000 passenger trips each day. Beijing Daxing International Airport is expected to handle more than 615,000 passenger trips.

(Xinhua file photo: Passengers at a train station in Changchun Jilin province in northeast China (Labour Day long holiday, April 29, 2023)

(Xinhua file photo: Passengers at a train station in Xuzhou Jiangsu, east of China (Labour Day long holiday, April 29, 2023)

(Xinhua file photo: Passengers at a train station in Changchun Jilin province in northeast China (Labour Day long holiday, April 29, 2023)

(Xinhua file photo: Passengers at a train station in Shenyang Liaoning Province, Northeast China (Labour Day long holiday, April 28, 2023)

(Xinhua file photo: Passengers at the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in China's Shanghai. During the Labor Day holiday on April 28, 2023, a total of six train stations in Shanghai are expected to accommodate about 558,000 passengers on that day.)