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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
SHANGHAI, July 2 (Xinhua) — The Yangtze River Delta region’s rail passenger traffic hit a record 455 million times in the first half of 2025, with an average daily passenger traffic of 2.51 million, up 4.6 percent year on year.
According to the Shanghai branch of the state corporation China Railways (CR), the second quarter significantly surpassed the first quarter in terms of indicators, in particular, on May 1, a new record was set for daily passenger traffic – almost 4.27 million person-times.
A sharp increase in the number of passengers was also observed during the Qingming (All Souls’ Day) and Duanwu (Dragon Boat Festival) holidays.
During the eight days from April 29 to May 6, when the country’s railways were operating at an intensive rate due to the May Day holiday, the railway passenger flow in the Yangtze Delta region exceeded 30 million person-times, or nearly 3.8 million person-times per day, which was the maximum for this period. To meet demand in the first half of the year, 18,253 additional passenger trains were added to the train schedule.
The branch expects that in July and August, when the summer holiday season begins in China and another surge in tourism and family travel will be observed, passenger traffic will amount to at least 190 million person-times. -0-