2.5 billion people! The number of railway passengers in the first seven months of 2024 broke the record!

【ITBEAR】According to news on August 12, the latest official data released by China Railway shows that from January to July this year, the number of railway passengers across the country reached an astonishing 2.522 billion, and the passenger turnover also climbed to 945.453 billion person-kilometers. Compared with the same period last year, the two indicators achieved growth of 15.7% and 10.6% respectively, both setting new historical records for the same period.

According to ITBEAR, in order to meet the growing demand for passenger travel:

1. The average daily number of passenger trains arranged by national railways has reached 10,434, an increase of 998 trains compared with the same period last year, an increase of 10.6%.
2. The railway department has effectively improved the transportation capacity in popular directions and sections through various measures such as adding temporary passenger trains, reconnecting EMU units, and adding additional carriages to regular-speed passenger trains, ensuring that Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, May Day, and Dragon Boat Festival The short vacation and summer transportation are going smoothly.

   

   1. In terms of international routes, the railway department is also actively expanding. For example, high-speed trains running in the evening and arriving between Beijing and Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hong Kong, arranged two international passenger trains from Xishuangbanna in China to Luang Prabang in Laos for the China-Laos Railway, and resumed the operation from Hohhot in China to Ulan in Mongolia. International passenger train service in Bartow. These measures not only promote the prosperity of the domestic tourism market, but also strengthen connectivity with neighboring countries.
3. Data show that from January to July, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway sent a total of 15.377 million cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 54.7%, while the China-Laos Railway also sent a total of 139,000 cross-border passengers, highlighting cross-border tourism and strong recovery momentum in business transactions. -->

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