Spring Festival holiday passenger trips hit record high (3)

SUZHOU, Feb. 14, 2016 -- Passengers take an escalator to a waiting room at the railway station of Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 13, 2016. Chinese passengers made a record number of trips during the Spring Festival holiday, according to the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Sunday. Passenger trips reached 400 million from Feb. 7 to 13, up 6.7 percent from last year, MOT data showed. Over 47 million trips were made by rail, more than 333 million on road and about 8.5 million by air. Road trips were up by 7 percent. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)

LIANYUNGANG, Feb. 14, 2016 -- Passengers prepare to have tickets checked at a passenger station in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 13, 2016. Chinese passengers made a record number of trips during the Spring Festival holiday, according to the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Sunday. Passenger trips reached 400 million from Feb. 7 to 13, up 6.7 percent from last year, MOT data showed. Over 47 million trips were made by rail, more than 333 million on road and about 8.5 million by air. Road trips were up by 7 percent. (Xinhua/Si Wei)