China's railway network saw a record number of passengers during this year's recently concluded summer season, evidence that the nation's economy is recovering.
According to the China State Railway Group, the national railway operator, 830 million passenger trips were transported during the summer season, which began on July 1 and ended on Aug 31.
The previous summer season record was in 2019 when 735 million passenger trips were made on the national railway network.
According to the CSRG, this year's summer season witnessed a surge in both passenger and freight demand.
To meet the strong travel demand, more services were offered based on the analysis of online ticket sales and the waiting list, including adding more carriages on regular-speed trains and operating bullet trains at night.
The moves aimed to maximize passenger capacity. The measures effectively increased transportation between popular regions such as Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei province,the Yangtze River Delta region,Sichuan province's Chengdu,Chongqing and major tourist cities such as Xi'an in Shaanxi province and Hangzhou in Zhejiang province.
During the summer, an average of 10,269 passenger train services were operated on national railways every day. On the peak day, 15.69 million trips were made.
Tourism trains were operated to popular destinations, and cross-border train services were arranged orderly. During the period, 26,000 trips were made on the China-Laos Railway, and 4.72 million trips were made between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
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