Train tickets to rise for Spring Festival season
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-01-13 09:26

The Ministry of Railways said prices of train tickets will be adjusted in keeping with the transport peak brought about by the Spring Festival, which falls on February 9 this year.

Tickets will be raised by 15 to 20 percent from February 1 to 7, decreased by 10 percent during the festival and rising again from the 11th.

Altogether 137 million people are estimated to be taking trains during the coming festival, which is seen as an occasion for family reunion in China.

Close

Zhang Mi Pitt and Aniston separate Britney heads for university

Today's Top News     Top Life News
Beijing reject call for official talks on charter flights         UK sees China arms embargo lifted in July         Minister: Sino-US trade ties 'pretty good'         China, Portugal sign seven pacts         US ends fruitless Iraq weapons hunt         NASA launches comet-smashing spacecraft	Train tickets to rise for Spring Festival season       Education PC games picked in Shanghai       Jay Chow tops Chinese music chart awards       Current poverty line gives false picture       Graduates turn to plastic surgery       No sex, please, we're Conservative