On the 19th, the Ministry of Transport announced that on February 18th (the 17th day of the Spring Festival travel season, the second day of the Lunar New Year), the total cross-regional passenger flow was 323 million trips, a 9.7% increase compared to the same period in 2025. This marked the first time that daily transportation volume during the Spring Festival travel season exceeded 300 million trips in 2026. Specifically, road transportation volume reached 308 million trips, a 9.6% increase from 2025. Among these, non-commercial passenger trips on highways and regular national and provincial roads totaled 287 million trips, up 9.7% from 2025; commercial road passenger transport volume was 20.98 million trips, an 8.9% increase. Railway passenger volume was 10.801 million trips, up 11.6%; waterway passenger volume was 1.565 million trips, an 18.9% increase; civil aviation passenger volume was 2.473 million trips, a 9.2% increase. (Xinhua News Agency)
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In Spring Festival travel season 2026, daily transportation and travel人数 exceeded 300 million trips
On the 19th, the Ministry of Transport announced that on February 18th (the 17th day of the Spring Festival travel season, the second day of the Lunar New Year), the total cross-regional passenger flow was 323 million trips, a 9.7% increase compared to the same period in 2025. This marked the first time that daily transportation volume during the Spring Festival travel season exceeded 300 million trips in 2026. Specifically, road transportation volume reached 308 million trips, a 9.6% increase from 2025. Among these, non-commercial passenger trips on highways and regular national and provincial roads totaled 287 million trips, up 9.7% from 2025; commercial road passenger transport volume was 20.98 million trips, an 8.9% increase. Railway passenger volume was 10.801 million trips, up 11.6%; waterway passenger volume was 1.565 million trips, an 18.9% increase; civil aviation passenger volume was 2.473 million trips, a 9.2% increase. (Xinhua News Agency)