China to See Passenger Flow of 1.74 Billion in Peak Season

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 ◆ China to See Passenger Flow of 1.74 Billion in Peak Season

China's transportation department is expected to serve 1.74 billion passengers during this year's 40-day spring peak season.

The figure represents a rise of 3.3 percent from a year earlier and a daily average of 43.5 million, an official of the State Economic and Trade Commission said recently.

It is expected the railway system will carry 130 million passengers during the peak season, up two percent year on year; the highway system will handle 1.58 billion passengers, up four percent; airlines will have 7.25 million passengers, up 1.5 percent.

Only 23.4 million passengers are expected to travel by water, eight percent less than a year earlier