Snow hampers travel in north China

The heavy snow is wreaking havoc on road and air travel and disrupting people's daily lives.

A train running from Baotou in Inner Mongolia to Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province was stranded near Hohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

15 carriages were covered in snow, leaving more than a thousand passengers stranded. Emergency authorities have so far been able to relocate 800 passengers.

Soldiers clear snow that strands a train in Shangdu, north China's Inner  Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 4, 2010. Due to heavy snowfall on Sunday,  several trains were delayed and some were stranded in remote areas in  Inner Mongolia. Local government dispatched about 10,000 people including  soldiers to the snow-affected areas to evacuate stranded passengers and  clear snow on roads and railways. More than 1,400 stranded passengers  were settled in the safe neighborhood in Shangdu by 14:00 Monday.  (Xinhua/Tian Yu)