Special
Report: Spring Festival Special
2008
Special Report:
China's war on snow
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Passengers queue to enter the platform
in the Lanzhou railway station in northwest China's Gansu Province on Feb.
12, 2008. China's post-Lunar New Year holiday travel peak began to hit
China's roads on Monday, with 44.6 million people traveling by bus, an
increase of 16.5 million from the previous day, the Ministry of
Communications said Monday. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The start of China's
post-Spring Festival travel peak proved a relatively smooth affair as no major
traffic problems were reported on Tuesday at a time when millions were returning
to their place of work.
The situation was in stark contrast prior to the
start of the Chinese Lunar New Year starting on Feb. 7 when millions of people
trying to get home were stranded at railway stations, airports and on the roads
after heavy snow and icy rain hit the country's south.
The Ministry of Railways said snow and ice storms in
south China had prolonged this year's post-Spring Festival travel peak, which
may last to Saturday. Another travel peak is expected on Feb. 21 as most migrant
workers will return to work after the Lantern Festival.
Post-Spring Festival railway traffic peak saw more
than 5 million passengers on the last day of last year's holiday and more were
expected this year, a Ministry of Railways spokesperson said on Monday.
More than 700 additional trains were thrown into
operation by the Ministry of Railways to cope with the peak of railway traffic
on Tuesday.
The travel rush is also seen on the roads, with 53.28
million journeys expected to be made on Tuesday. All the roads linking different
provinces have resumed traffic and there is no vehicles stranded on the national
artery linking Beijing and Zhuhai City of Guangdong, which was paralyzed by the
snow before the holiday.
Meanwhile, air traffic is busy too. China Central
Television said 660,000 people are expected to fly on the day.
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