Train ticket sales for Spring Festival travel begin

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-05-2009 08:53

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Spring Festival travel in China officially starts next Sunday, but the scramble for train tickets has already begun.

The Ministry of Railways says train stations across China  expect to handle a record 188 million passengers, up 8  percent year on year.

Passengers can book tickets 10 days in advance, and 470,000 tickets have already been reserved in the past 2 days in Guangdong province. On Saturday, Chengdu Station in Sichuan province sold 70,000 tickets, including 27,000 student tickets.

In Wuhan city in Hubei province, 60,000 tickets were sold, more than half of them to students.

The Ministry of Railways says train stations across China expect to handle a record 188 million passengers, up 8 percent year on year.