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China to make 3 billion trips for lunar new year

12/07/2016| 1:19:02 PM|

China's transport ministry expects travelers to make nearly three billion trips during the upcoming Spring Festival.

China's transport ministry expects travellers to make nearly three billion trips during the upcoming Spring Festival, putting road, rail and air links through their hardest test during the country's most important holiday.

The ministry predicted that 2.98 billion trips would be made during the 40-day period, which includes the Lunar New Year, up 2.2% compared with last year. The holiday is set to begin on January 13.

The railway network is likely to see a 9.7% jump in trips against 2015, while airlines will accommodate about 58.3 million trips, up 10%, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

The majority of travelers will take to the roads to make an expected 2.52 billion trips, it said.

During the Spring Festival travelers brave long queues, delays and gridlock to travel home.

Last year, more than 50,000 passengers were stranded at a railway station in the city of Guangzhou because of bad weather.

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