In 2025, the railway Spring Festival transportation will send a total of 513 million passengers and 415 million tons of goods

China Economic Network Beijing February 23rd (reporter, Tong Mingbiao) China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the State Railway Group) announced that on February 22, the 40-day 2025 railway Spring Festival transportation ended successfully, the transportation is safe and stable and orderly, the national railway has sent a total of 513 million passengers, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year, the national railway has sent a total of 415 million tons of goods, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year, and the passenger and freight volume has reached a record high during the Spring Festival transportation period.

According to the person in charge of the transportation department of the State Railway Group, the State Railway Group has given full play to the advantages of the road network and reached a new high in capacity supply. Make full use of the new line capabilities such as Husu Lake and Jidayuan high-speed rail that were newly opened last year and put into use 185 sets of newly built Fuxing EMUs with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour before the Spring Festival, increase capacity investment, passenger capacity increased by 8.4% year-on-year, and passenger capacity investment hit a record high for the Spring Festival.

Make full use of the capacity of major freight channels such as Daqin, Wari, Haoji, Lanxin, etc., to fully ensure the transportation of key materials such as thermal coal, grain, fertilizer, spring ploughing and festivals, so that priority is given to ensuring and should be fully loaded. The national railway loads 171,600 cars every day. The average number of days that coal can be stored in 371 railway direct supply power plants across the country remains stable at more than 20 days, providing strong support for the smooth operation of the national economy and the warm winter of the people. Take the initiative to connect with the logistics market demand, keep an eye on key areas and key categories, optimize the supply of freight products, improve the ability to ensure smooth transportation, help reduce the logistics cost of the whole society, and effectively promote the development of the real economy. Open the China-Europe train, the new western land-sea channel train and the old railway international freight train, during the Spring Festival travel period, the China-Europe (Asia) train opened a total of 3,230, an increase of 0.7%, the new western land-sea channel train sent goods 103,000 boxes, an increase of 24.1%, the old railway sent cross-border goods 642,000 tons, an increase of 8.1%, effectively maintaining the stability of the international industrial chain supply chain.