The nationwide travel rush has continued into Thursday, the third day of China's week-long National Day holiday, with major railway, expressway and air transport hubs each operating in high gear.
According to the China State Railway Group, 852 trains have been added to cope with the surging passenger trips, which are estimated to total 17.3 million on Thursday.
The railway network handled a daily record high of around 21.45 million passenger trips on the first day of the holiday, the railway authorities said.
The China Railway Beijing Group planned to handle 1.46 million passenger trips on Thursday and operate 61 additional pairs of passenger trains, mainly bound for transportation hubs including Shanghai, Shenyang, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, and Xi'an.
The Yangtze River Delta railway system that covers Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui is expected to transport 3.55 million passengers on the same day and will add 153 passenger trains.
The China Railway Guangdong Group is expected to transport 2.617 million passengers on Thursday and arrange additional 180 passenger trains, mainly bound for popular destinations such as Hunan and the province's southeast region from Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
The country's expressways have been in high gear, with road networks around cities such as Beijing, Ningbo, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Wuxi facing relatively higher pressure on the day.
The civil aviation sector is expected to handle 2.22 million passenger trips on Thursday, according to official estimates. That's a slight drop from Wednesday's 2.30 million.
Nationwide travel rash continues on 3rd day of China's National Day holiday
