Passengers have their tickets checked at the Shijiazhuang railway station in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 2, 2017. China's transport system saw rising traffic Thursday as millions of people started to return to work on the last day of the week-long Lunar New Year Holiday. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
According to official data, the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush witnessed 357 million train trips in 2017.
