BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China recorded an increase in passenger trips in its urban transit networks in September, official data showed.
The country's urban transit lines, running through 48 cities, handled a total of 2 billion passenger trips last month, up 22 percent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Transport.
The September amount also grew 13.6 percent on a monthly basis.
By the end of September, China has put 249 urban rail transit lines into operation, with the total length reaching 8,069 km, the ministry said. Enditem