Wei Liping owns this small barber shop in Shang Rao county, Southern China's Jiangxi Province. For Wei's daughter, spending quality time with her mother should be a luxury.
But her mom works more than five hundred kilometers away, in east China's Hangzhou city. The commute between the two places took longer than a day in the past.
But with the opening of the new high-speed railway station in the county, that's luxurious moment has been brought forward quite a bit.
"The parents help the girl buy the ticket, we help her on board the bullet train, and her mom will be waiting for her at the destination. This could save a lot of time for transferring between train and bus, which brings convenience and safety," said Liao Xingying, head, Wu Fushan High Speed Railway Station.
During this nationwide travel rush, Wei's family are the not the only ones who benefit.
Every year, from Guangzhou to Guangxi, around 300,000 migrant workers hit the road for home by motorcycle.
With the opening of a high-speed rail, that nine-hour trip can now be achieved in just four.
The workers can consign their motorcycles at their departure city, retrieve them at their home train station, and ride home.
"The high-speed rail opened at the end of 2014, and the number of the "motorcycle troop" was reduced from 400,000 to around 300,000. Last year, the station added many departures, we predict, that number could go down even more," said Li Feiyi, Guangxi Traffic Police, Guigang Branch.
This year, over 300 million trips are expected to be made during the 40-day travel rush.
And rail authorities have added nearly 300 departures for the two-week frenzy ahead.
For all those on their way home, that distance, once so far and unpredicable, can now be safer and more convenient.
