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China Railway announces start of rail transport during Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, tickets for October 7 go on sale

According to IT Home, China Railway announced that the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday rail transport will run from September 23 to October 8, a 16-day period. The system expects about 284 million passengers and around 13,000 trains per day, with tickets for October 7 going on sale today; as of 08:00, 12306 had sold 96.21 million tickets.

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Key facts

  1. 01Holiday rail transport runs Sept 23–Oct 8, covering 16 days.
  2. 02Total expected passengers are 284 million across the period.
  3. 03About 13,000 passenger trains will operate daily.
  4. 04Tickets for Oct 7 go on sale today, with 96.21 million tickets sold as of 08:00.
  5. 05Popular departure cities include Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Suzhou; popular arrival cities include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Xi'an, and Changsha.

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