As the Spring Festival holiday in China comes to a close, millions of travelers are hitting the roads and rails, with return travel volumes surging and traffic remaining stable.
China's railway system is expected to carry over 14.5 million passengers on Sunday, the 20th day of the 2025 Spring Festival travel rush, with an additional 1,501 trains added to the schedule to meet the demand, according to the China State Railway Group Co.
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China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
The Spring Festival travel rush, known as "Chunyun," started on Jan 14 this year and will last for 40 days.
The national railway system carried a total of 13.38 million passenger trips on Saturday, and is expecting its first major surge in return passenger traffic around Feb 4, the final day of the Spring Festival holiday.
The inter-regional passenger trips were expected to exceed 300 million, among which the highway traffic accounted for 290 million, with the traffic volume on major highways slightly increasing compared to the figure the day before, according to the traffic management bureau of China's Ministry of Public Security.
Though the holiday comes to an end, the bureau predicts that the traffic volume on roads around cities and scenic spots will remain high.
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
China's return travel volume surges as Spring Festival holiday winds down
