Record travel for Spring Festival

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Since the travel peak period officially began on January 11th, over 28 million journeys have been made by rail. To meet the needs of so many passengers, railway departments are making the best use of resources, improving even minor aspects of services, like selling tickets.

Wang Yong, Deputy Chief of Beijing Railway Station, said, "Beijing Railway Bureau has adopted new measures for the convenience of passengers. Students are able to buy tickets from student windows at any time."

Other new measures adopted include safeguards to ensure the transparency of ticket selling.

Wang also said, "Our ticketing staff is required to lift the window curtain as soon as they get to the ticket counter. Their name tags must be shown clearly for the supervision of the public."

In Guangzhou, another major transportation hub in south China, joint control with other stations in Guangdong Province has kept the huge number of waiting passengers safe and orderly. All tickets for trains leaving the province before Spring Festival have been sold out.

Air and road transport sectors are also facing the same challenges. More flights and long distance buses have been added to schedules in order to meet surging demand.

Editor:Liu Anqi