January 27, 2025
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Record 9 billion trips expected for Lunar New Year travel rush

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Travellers get in line to board their train at a railway station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province on January 24, 2025. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
People head to Beijing Station in the Chinese capital on January 14, 2025, as the travel rush starts ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Kyodo
People wait for their train at the waiting hall during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Lunar New Year, at Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
A child clings on to a suitcase at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
People wait for their train at the waiting hall at Shanghai’s Hongqiao railway station. Photo: Reuters
People load their bags on a train at Shenyang railway station, in China’s northeast Liaoning province on January 24, 2025, as millions make their way to their hometowns ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. Photo: AFP
A policeman stands watch as travellers line up to catch their trains at the departure hall of a railway station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province on January 25, 2025. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
Passengers are seen on a high-speed train at a railway station in Shenzhen, in southern China’s Guangdong province on January 26, 2025, amid peak travel ahead of the Lunar New Year, which starts on January 29 this year. Photo: AFP
Travellers with their suitcases outside a railway station in Beijing, China, January 24, 2025. Officials expect 9 billion trips during the ‘chunyun’, the travel rush between January 14 and February 22. Photo: EPA-EFE
Travellers walk towards the departure hall to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Chinese security personnel march as travellers arrive to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Travellers arrive at a departure hall to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Travellers’ reflections on a train at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
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January 27, 2025
China

Record 9 billion trips expected for Lunar New Year travel rush

As the Lunar New Year draws near, an unprecedented 9 billion interregional trips are expected for this...

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Travellers get in line to board their train at a railway station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province on January 24, 2025. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
People head to Beijing Station in the Chinese capital on January 14, 2025, as the travel rush starts ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Kyodo
People wait for their train at the waiting hall during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Lunar New Year, at Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
A child clings on to a suitcase at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
People wait for their train at the waiting hall at Shanghai’s Hongqiao railway station. Photo: Reuters
People load their bags on a train at Shenyang railway station, in China’s northeast Liaoning province on January 24, 2025, as millions make their way to their hometowns ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. Photo: AFP
A policeman stands watch as travellers line up to catch their trains at the departure hall of a railway station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province on January 25, 2025. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
Passengers are seen on a high-speed train at a railway station in Shenzhen, in southern China’s Guangdong province on January 26, 2025, amid peak travel ahead of the Lunar New Year, which starts on January 29 this year. Photo: AFP
Travellers with their suitcases outside a railway station in Beijing, China, January 24, 2025. Officials expect 9 billion trips during the ‘chunyun’, the travel rush between January 14 and February 22. Photo: EPA-EFE
Travellers walk towards the departure hall to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Chinese security personnel march as travellers arrive to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Travellers arrive at a departure hall to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Travellers’ reflections on a train at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
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Travellers get in line to board their train at a railway station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province on January 24, 2025. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
People head to Beijing Station in the Chinese capital on January 14, 2025, as the travel rush starts ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Photo: Kyodo
People wait for their train at the waiting hall during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Lunar New Year, at Shanghai Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
A child clings on to a suitcase at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
People wait for their train at the waiting hall at Shanghai’s Hongqiao railway station. Photo: Reuters
People load their bags on a train at Shenyang railway station, in China’s northeast Liaoning province on January 24, 2025, as millions make their way to their hometowns ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations. Photo: AFP
A policeman stands watch as travellers line up to catch their trains at the departure hall of a railway station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province on January 25, 2025. Photo: Chinatopix via AP
Passengers are seen on a high-speed train at a railway station in Shenzhen, in southern China’s Guangdong province on January 26, 2025, amid peak travel ahead of the Lunar New Year, which starts on January 29 this year. Photo: AFP
Travellers with their suitcases outside a railway station in Beijing, China, January 24, 2025. Officials expect 9 billion trips during the ‘chunyun’, the travel rush between January 14 and February 22. Photo: EPA-EFE
Travellers walk towards the departure hall to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Chinese security personnel march as travellers arrive to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Travellers arrive at a departure hall to catch their trains at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
Travellers’ reflections on a train at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: AP
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