China Holiday Train Travel Plunges Nearly 70% Amid Restrictions
The departure hall of the Hongqiao Railway Station ahead of Lunar New Year in Shanghai, on Jan. 30.
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Beijing (AP) -- Railway journeys in China during the usually frenetic Lunar New Year holiday travel rush are down by almost 70% amid calls for people to stay where they are to avoid a new outbreak of COVID-19.
The China State Railway Group on Saturday reported 52.33 million passenger trips from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11 — a decline of