Passengers walk to board a train at Liuzhi Railway Station in Liuzhi, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 1, 2019. China’s 40-day Spring Festival travel rush concluded on Friday. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
24/02/2019
Electricians dispatched to repair high voltage wire to ensure post-holiday travel peak in China’s Wuhan
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 12, 2019 shows emergency worker Dong Jinbing (L) inspecting the high voltage wire with his workmate Wang Wensheng on the power transmission tower in the mountain area of Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province.
A team of electricians was dispatched to repair a high voltage wire that was broken due to thick layer of ice accumulation. After one day’s work on the over 40-meter-high power transmission tower in bad weather condition, the team succeeded in fixing the failed power system that lowered the trains’ speed causing delay during the post-holiday travel peak. This year’s Spring Festival travel rush started on Jan. 21 and will last till March 1, with railway trips expected to hit 413 million in total, up 8.3 percent. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Technicians face more maintenance tasks during Spring Festival travel rush in Lanzhou Zhongchuan Int’l Airport
Robots employed in China’s railway system during Spring Festival travel rush
Pic story: train attendant works during Spring Festival travel rush
Police stick to posts during Spring Festival travel rush in railway station in China’s Guizhou
Staff members at Nanning East Railway Station busy working during Spring Festival travel rush
06/02/2019
China’s railway trips up 8.6 pct in first 15 days of travel rush
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Railway passenger trips in China rose 8.6 percent year on year to 143 million during the first 15 days of the annual travel rush around the Spring Festival.
On Jan. 26, more than 10.49 million passenger trips were made by rail, a daily record for the travel rush, data from the China Railway Corporation (CRC) showed.
Hundreds of millions of Chinese are going back to their hometowns to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year with their families.
The annual travel rush (chunyun) around the festival often puts the transport system to the test.
As more trains have been put into operation, railway transport capacity improved by 5.3 percent this year during the travel rush, according to the CRC.
The Spring Festival travel rush started from Jan. 21 and will last till March 1, with railway trips expected to hit 413 million in total, up 8.3 percent.
Source: Xinhua
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