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Railways transport 38.57m passengers
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-05-09 15:11
China's railways transported 38.57 million passengers in the ten days around
May Day holidays, up 5.8 percent year-on-year and setting a new record,
according to the Ministry of Railways Sunday.
The ministry said about 12.08 million passengers took long-distance direct
trains during the holidays, a 7.9 percent increase and also a new record.
May 2 witnessed a peak with 4.29 million passengers, 246,000 people more than
the peak of 2004.
The ministry dispatched 637 temporary passenger trains and 108 tourist trains
in the holidays.
The ministry said it had dealt with 48 cases of complaints, 15 less than the
same period of last year.
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