Railway stations across China brace millions of passengers

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-12-2009 13:31

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For most Chinese, a train ticket home during the annual holiday rush is one of the hardest-won commodities. The peak season during the Lunar New Year holiday sees huge crowds of people queuing in front of railway stations for tickets, despite freezing temperatures.

Passengers rush into the Zhengzhou Railway Station in  Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on  Jan. 11, 2009. The 40-day Spring Festival transportation,  or Chunyun in Chinese, began on Sunday, with the estimation  of 2.32 billion people to travel over the Chinese lunar New  Year starting from Jan. 26 this year. (Xinhua/Zhao Peng)

On Sunday, transport departments launched a 40-day Spring Festival plan to ensure an estimated 2.3 billion journeys are made safely. The Ministry of Railways is vowing to ease the travel peak in the coming years.