China's railways transport 52 mln passengers during Spring Festival
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Passengers have their tickets checked at the Shijiazhuang railway station in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 2, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua/Mu Yu]China's railways carried a record number of passengers during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday.

A total of 51.99 million passengers traveled by train during the Spring Festival break, an increase of 8.8 percent from a year earlier, according to China Railway.

This year also sets a record high number of a single day, with 10.97 million passengers taking rides on Feb. 2, the last day of the holiday.

The back-to-work travel rush is expected to continue, as the China Railway estimated the daily traffic will hit 11 million on Feb. 3.

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