Railway tickets for 1st day of spring travel peak go on sale (2/4)

A staff member helps a man get his ticket from a ticket machine at a railway station in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Dec. 30, 2013. Railway tickets for the first day of the 40-day spring travel peak, which will begin on Jan. 16, have been sold Monday. More than 257 million trips will be made on the railways during the period, an increase of 19 million from last year. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)