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Beijing sees 1st peak of passenger flow after Spring Festival
The Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station, the city's two major railway stations, reported 120,000 and 130,000 passengers respectively on Friday, according to railway authorities on Saturday. The flow of returning passengers started to increase from Thursday.
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¡¤ Beijing sees 1st peak of passenger flow after Spring Festival
Beijing railway stations saw the first peak of passenger flow after the Spring Festival as people began to return to their work places. The Beijing Railway
¡¤ Migrant farmers put huge strain on trains
The increasing number of farmers from the populous Sichuan and Hunan provinces who rush south to Guangdong Province to find jobs are exerting heavy pressure on trains, a railway
¡¤ Post-festival rush jams railway stations
Fear of the worst cold front of this winter and the intention of avoiding crowds have driven more holiday makers to return to Beijing than railway officials planned. The
¡¤ Railways to see post-festival travel peak
China is expected to face another two waves of railway travel rush in the coming three weeks with tens of millions of people going back to work after their family
¡¤ Holiday makers begin to return after family reunion
Chinese holiday makers Monday began to return to their workplaces by train after days of family re-union, railway officials said. The Ministry of Railways
¡¤ Number of Spring Festival railway travelers up by 5 mln
About 5 million more Chinese people than last year traveled by train before this year's Spring Festival, according to the Ministry of Railways. After the
¡¤ Bad weather puts extra pressure on transport
After being stranded for about 10 hours as a heavy snow paralyzed a trunk Chinese railway, Fang Li finally boarded a train Friday, rushing home for the long-
¡¤ Peak passenger flow challenges China's transport capacity
After being stranded for about 10 hours as a heavy snow paralyzed a trunk Chinese railway, Fang Li finally boarded a train Friday, rushing home for the long-awaited
¡¤ Snow paralyzes railways, 160,000 passengers held up
About 160,000 train passengers were held up Thursday in China after heavy snow paralyzed one of its major north-to-south railways. The Beijing West Railway
¡¤ Central China's snow holds up 100,000 train passengers in Beijing
The Beijing West Railway Station launched a red-level emergency warning scheme Thursday after more than 100,000 passengers were held up there after a heavy snow delayed
¡¤ Beijing railways prepared for passenger flow peak
Railway stations in the Chinese capital have been ordered to make full preparation for an expected soar of passengers flow which may begin on Thursday, the municipal
¡¤ Beijing subway prepares for passenger rush
Beijing's subway is ready to cater for hundreds of millions of people rushing for family reunion and festival activities during the coming Spring Festival, or China's
¡¤ Vice-premier calls for safe transportation during holiday
Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju Sunday called on transportation departments across the country to strengthen coordination of the Spring Festival transportation work to
¡¤ 1st peak travel day witnesses orderly transportation
On the first day of peak travel period identified from Jan. 14 to Feb. 22, transportation across China is slightly strained but in good order. Beijing's two
¡¤ Railways add about 300 trains for Spring Festival travel peak
Chinese Vice Minister of Railways Hu Yadong said here Wednesday that an additional 301 trains will be used in the upcoming traditional Spring Festival travel season,
¡¤ Spring Festival transport peak looming in Guangzhou
The railway station in this bustling metropolis in south China has already seen a transport peak ahead of the Spring Festival, China's lunar New Year which falls on Jan.
¡¤ Transport sector ready for annual peak travel season
China's transport sector including highways, railways and airlines are busy preparing the upcoming annual peak travel season that will begin this weekend. The
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¡¤ Migrant workers leave home
A Chinese boy eats rice with his immigrant worker parents as they ride the train from Wuhan, China's Hubei Province, to Shanghai during the Chinese Lunar New Year festival, February 2, 2006.
¡¤ Travelers stranded
Travelers crowd Beijing's west railway station as they try to buy tickets Friday, Jan. 20, 2006. About 100,000 people, many of which tried to get home for the Lunar New Year
¡¤ Springs Festival travel season begins
China on Saturday announced the start of the annual peak travel season around the traditional Spring Festival, or Chinese lunar new year, which falls on
¡¤ Going home
A Chinese migrant worker carries baggage at a railway station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, December 28, 2005. China's passenger flow will hit 2 billion trips
¡¤ Passenger rush begins
A migrant worker carries a bag at a railway station's square during sunset in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, December 25, 2005. China's passenger flow will hit two

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