Passengers wait at the Suzhou Railway Station in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 2, 2016. Transportation around the country saw a travel peak on Monday, the last day of the three-day May Day holidays. (Photo: Xinhua/Wang Jiankang)
Some 12.45 million train trips are expected to be made in China on Monday, the last day of the three-day May Day holiday, buoyed by a return flow of holiday travelers.
The figure is smaller than that of Saturday, the first day of the three-day May Day holiday, when a daily record of 12.9 million trips were made in China, but much larger than the 10.35 train trips made on Sunday.
According to the China Railway Corporation, nearly 600 extra trains were put into service on Monday to cope with demand.
Major tourist destinations including Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu saw huge passenger flows.
Railway authorities have temporarily prolonged the operating time for online ticketing systems during the holiday, and travelers can check vacant seat information and book tickets at www.12306.cn half an hour before departure time, the corporation said in a statement Sunday.
