Spring Festival travel rush - 2025!!!

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A drone photo taken on Feb. 4, 2025 shows passengers at the waiting hall of Hengyang East Railway Station in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)



Passengers arrive at Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)



Passengers arrive at Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Yuan Yong/Xinhua)



Passengers check in at Shijiazhuang Railway Station in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua)



Passengers are seen at the waiting hall of Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)



Passengers prepare to board the train at Tengzhou East Railway Station in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Li Zongxian/Xinhua)

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A drone photo taken on Feb. 4, 2025 shows vehicles on an expressway in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Ruan Xuefeng/Xinhua)



Passengers wait for the train at Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)



A drone photo taken on Feb. 4, 2025 shows vehicles on an expressway in Chaohu City, east China's Anhui Province. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Ma Fengcheng/Xinhua)



Passengers check in at Daozhou Railway Station in Yongzhou, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)



Passengers prepare to board the train at Handan Railway Station in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Hao Qunying/Xinhua)



A drone photo taken on Feb. 4, 2025 shows vehicles at a toll gate of Hefei-Nanjing expressway in Quanjiao County, Chuzhou City of east China's Anhui Province. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Shen Guo/Xinhua)



Passengers are seen at the waiting hall of Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Chen Haoming/Xinhua)



A police officer offers help at Fuyang West Railway Station in Fuyang City, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed an increase of passenger trips on Tuesday as this year's Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end. (Photo by Lu Qijian/Xinhua)

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Passengers wait to board a train at Tengzhou East Railway Station in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed. The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Li Zongxian/Xinhua)

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.

Driven by family reunions and leisure travel for the Chinese New Year, the country saw railways, highways, waterways and airlines operating at full capacity during the period, which concluded on Saturday.

About 8.39 billion trips were made by road, the busiest mode of transportation. Passenger volume reached 513.63 million for railways, 90.19 million for air travel, and 31.15 million for waterways.

The travel rush, often referred to as the world's largest annual human migration, highlights China's vast mobility and economic activity. With a steadily recovering economy and rising demand for travel, this year's chunyun saw a robust transportation network handling unprecedented passenger volumes.

The Spring Festival, an occasion for family reunions, fell on Jan. 29 this year.



Passengers check in to take a train in Zaozhuang Railway Station in Zaozhuang, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed. The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)



Passengers arrive at Nanjing Railway Station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)



An aerial drone photo shows a bullet train running on China-Laos Railway in Jinghong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Li Yunsheng/Xinhua)



A bullet train runs on the Lijiang-Shangri-la railway with the Yulong Snow Mountain in the background, in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Zhao Qingzu/Xinhua)



Passengers wait to board a train at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Zhang Yixi/Xinhua)



A passenger takes a bus at a bus station in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed. The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Wu Yaorong/Xinhua)



A drone photo shows a bullet train running at Changzhou North Railway Station in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)