China's Spring Festival travel rush witnesses over 61.08 million train tickets sold

The pre-Spring Festival ticket sales peak has arrived for China's railway system, with over 61 million tickets sold since January 12, a year-on-year increase of 159 percent, China State Railway Group Co (China Railway) announced on Wednesday.　

On Tuesday, China Railway sold 18.937 million tickets nationwide, and the sales rush is expected to continue until Friday.　

Notably, single-day ticket sales reached a record high on China's 12306 online ticketing platform, hitting 18.937 million, with a record-high number of single-day visits of 62.92 billion.　

Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is a time of high transportation demand in China as people return home for family reunions.　

(Reported by Liu Chao；Edited by Wang Xiaoting)