China's railways have transported over 200 million passengers since the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush kicked off on Jan.

On Monday, 16.45 million passenger trips were recorded, a new high for daily rail traffic during the Spring Festival period.

As train K4159 left the Beijing West Railway Station to Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, at 12:02 am on Tuesday, China's annual Spring Festival travel rush, or chunyun, officially started.

A woman directs passengers at the departure hall at the Beijing West Railway Station ahead of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A woman directs ...

Train stations and airports across China saw the biggest peak ... attend traditional performances or set off firecrackers and fireworks. At Beijing West Station, an AFP journalist saw thousands of ...

Feng patrols the train carriages more often during the Spring Festival travel rush than before and raises safety awareness among passengers. Constant attention to details, understanding passenger ...

Passengers take selfies before boarding the trains at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, on Jan 14, 2025. The Spring Festival travel rush this year started on Jan 14 and will last until Feb 22.

with regular-speed passenger train K4159 leaving Beijing West Railway Station to Hefei, East China's Anhui Province. The Global Times noticed that the train was adorned with traditional ...

at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, Jan. 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] With an estimated record 9 billion passenger trips in 40 days, the 2025 Spring Festival travel rush is set to serve as a ...

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration — the world's ...

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Lunar New Year travel ... mostly by car — are expected over the 40-day travel rush. Trips by train will surpass surpass 510 million, with another 90 million travelling ...