CHINA-QINGMING FESTIVAL-HOLIDAY-PASSENGER TRIPS (CN)

(260406) -- BEIJING, April 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Passengers walk after getting off a train at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, on April 6, 2026. An estimated 845.38 million passenger trips were made across China during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, up 6 percent year on year, transportation authorities said on Monday.

The daily average number of trips reached 281.79 million, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Road trips accounted for 778.45 million, rising 5.8 percent from the same period last year, while railway trips hit 57.68 million, up 8.2 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

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