With the K4085 train slowly leaving Shanghai South Railway Station at 0:50am on February 1, the 40-day yearly Spring Festival travel rush—or chunyun—had begun.
The city’s three major railway stations sent away 342,000 passengers on the first day of the travel rush, 30,000 more than at the same time last year. The average number of passengers leaving Shanghai from the three stations on a regular working day is about 200,000.
Over the 40 days, the city’s railway system will send away over 13 million passengers, about 10 percent more than last year. The peak passenger flow will be on February 13, when around 498,000 passengers are expected to leave the city for their hometowns.
Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, all in southwest China, are the major destinations for passengers leaving Shanghai. All three stations have arranged extra trains going in that direction. On the first day of the travel rush, 32 extra trains set off from the city carrying people home.
Though there were only about 50,000 people taking trains in Shanghai South Railway Station, the train station had three times manpower to ensure the best service. More than half the passengers leaving from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Zhao Jiangwei, an officer who usually works at Shanghai West Railway Station, was sent to Hongqiao to lead a 40-strong volunteer crew to provide extra help. Most of the volunteers are from the city’s universities.
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