A total of 311 million tickets had been sold via China's train ticket booking platform 12306 for the Spring Festival travel rush as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, according to the country's railway operator.
The Spring Festival travel rush, known as chunyun , is underway across China. This year's travel rush began on January 14 and will last until February 22, spanning 40 days. Authorities are expecting an unprecedented nine billion cross-regional passenger trips during this period.
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