With millions of Chinese heading home for the Lunar New Yera's Eve, the country’s transport network is being stretched to the limit.
Roads, railway stations and airports saw over 100 million trips on Thursday when the travel rush peaked. That’s a new record. The railway authority reported close to 6.5 million passengers and added more than 640 temporary trains. The travel peak is expected to run through Friday for passengers departing from major cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi’an and Wuhan. Roads and waterways have also reported a passenger peak with nearly 93 million trips.
The transport ministry says heavy fog is no longer a problem in China’s central and eastern regions. So traffic has been steady on main highways like Beijing to Hong Kong and Macao, Daqing to Guangzhou and Shanghai to Kunming.