Nearly 3b trips will be made during 40-day travel rush
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CHINA is to take multiple measures to ensure a smooth Spring Festival travel rush.
About 2.98 billion trips are expected to be made during the holiday travel rush, known as chunyun, from today until March 12, Lian Weiliang, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission — China’s top economic planner — told a press conference yesterday.
The figure is basically the same as that of last year, he said.
The number of road trips is projected to reach 2.48 billion, a 1.6 percent decrease from last year, while train trips are likely to top 390 million, up 8.8 percent year on year, the commission said.
Air travel will likely top 65 million trips, up 10 percent from last year, while boat trips are predicted to reach 46 million during the period.
Transport authorities are prepared for the travel rush, when hundreds of millions of Chinese return to their hometowns or travel around the country, putting huge pressure on the transportation system, according to Lian.
“Around 3 billion trips during the 40 days will be a big test for the country’s transportation departments,” said Liu Xiaoming, an official with the transport ministry.
Liu also encouraged using other means of transport, including ride-sharing, to meet surging travel demand.
To enhance the railway network’s capability, an additional 1,152 and 1,330 train services will be scheduled before and after the festival respectively, on the basis of 3,819 operating trains every day, according to Li Wenxin with China Railway Corp.
An additional 177 high-speed train services will be scheduled to operate each night, which will be able to carry 100,000 more passengers each day, he said.
China’s railway network hit 127,000 kilometers in length at the end of 2017, including 25,000km of high-speed railway. Last year, 3,038km of new rail tracks were put into production, which Li said would further reduce pressure on transportation.
At the same time, the aviation authority plans to schedule an extra 30,000 flights during the travel rush on the basis of about 14,500 flights every day, said Wang Zhiqing, deputy head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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