Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) – According to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway"), the railway transportation during the New Year's Day holiday will begin on December 31, 2025, and end on January 4, 2026, lasting for five days. The national railway is expected to transport 77.8 million passengers, with January 1 being the peak travel day.
According to a relevant person in charge of the Passenger Transport Center of China Railway, the railway department will make full use of the capacity of new lines and stations, including the Xi'an-Yan'an High-speed Railway (opened at the end of 2025), the Baotou-Yinchuan High-speed Railway (Baotou-Huinong section), the Wuhan-Yichang section of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu Yangtze River High-speed Railway, and Hefei West Station. The railway will coordinate the allocation of high-speed and conventional rail transport capacity, implementing a peak-hour operating schedule nationwide, with an average of over 12,000 passenger trains planned to operate daily, and 270 additional through passenger trains arranged.
Meanwhile, the railway department meticulously organized cross-border passenger transport, ensuring the smooth operation of cross-border passenger trains on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway and international passenger trains between China and Laos, China and Mongolia, China and Russia, and China and Vietnam, facilitating cross-border tourism and shopping during holidays. It also maintained the scale of regular-speed train operations and continued to operate public-service "slow trains" and "rural revitalization" passenger trains, facilitating travel for people along the routes.
To ensure the transport of key materials, the railway department leveraged its centralized and unified dispatching and command advantages, making full use of the capacity of major freight corridors such as Daqin, Wari, Haoji, and Lanzhou-Xinjiang, vigorously operating 10,000-ton heavy-haul trains and direct freight trains across railway bureau groups, fully guaranteeing the transport of key national economic and livelihood materials such as grain, coal for power generation, and holiday supplies. In addition, the railway department continued to operate China-Europe (Asia) freight trains and Western Land-Sea New Corridor freight trains, ensuring the stability and smooth flow of international industrial and supply chains. (End)
