Mechanic Dang Zichun maintains a bullet train at an electric multiple unit (EMU) maintenance center in Jinzhong, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025. Spring Festival, marking the beginning of a new year in the Chinese lunar calendar, is characterized by mass family reunions and a surge in travel.
To ensure safe, smooth and convenient travel for passengers during the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush, a large number of railway staff work with their utmost efforts to prepare for this busy period of the year. This year's Spring Festival travel rush will start on Jan. 14. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
Maintenance workers Ma Xingshuo (R) and Cheng Xin check the railway in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Liu Liangliang/Xinhua)
Railway staff memers prepare for de-icing operation in a tunnel of Lyuliang Mountain in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Liu Liangliang/Xinhua)
Vehicle fitter Zhang Mingmin inputs serial numbers, model types, manufacture dates and other information for bearings at the wheel and axle workshop under China Railway Taiyuan Group Co., Ltd. in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
Railway staff member Wu Yunlong conducts sewage suction at Taiyuan South Railway Station in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
Security staff members check passengers' belongings at Yanggao South Railway Station in Yanggao County of Datong City, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 8, 2025. (Xinhua)
Vehicle fitter Li Weiping checks the axle at the wheel and axle workshop under China Railway Taiyuan Group Co., Ltd. in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
A laundry worker arranges washed bedding at a washing and catering center under China Railway Taiyuan Group Co., Ltd. in Jinzhong, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)