Over 300 million train tickets sold for Spring Festival travel rush

Passengers prepare to board the train K4051 to Nantong city in East China's Jiangsu province, at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING: Over 300 million train tickets for the Spring Festival travel rush have been sold after the pre-sale kicked off on Dec 12,2019, according to the latest statistics from China's railway operator on Sunday (Jan 5).

Thursday saw a single-day record of 16.33 million tickets sold for train journeys on Jan 31, the first working day after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, the China State Railway Group Co Ltd (CSRC) said.