5 mln train trips on first day of travel rush  

春运首日中国铁路发送旅客525.6万人次

中国铁道部27日披露，1月26日春运首日全国铁路发送旅客525.6万人次；共开行客车4516列，其中开行临时旅客列车358列，旅客列车运输秩序良好。

Beijing (CNS) -- China's railway network handled 5.26 million trips on the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush Saturday, according to the Ministry of Railways.

The ministry said it arranged 4,516 passenger trains on the day, with 358 trains added temporarily.

The Beijing Railway Bureau, which also supervises the network in Tianjin and Hebei province, handled 612,000 trips, a year-on-year increase of 6.6 percent.

The bureau said 1,027 volunteers worked at 15 stations, including Beijing Railway Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Shijiazhuang Railway Station and Tianjin Railway Station.