South China Morning Post

Gone in 40 seconds: how a Chinese rail station handled 1 million trips in a day

A railway station in Guangzhou has set a national record for trips in a single day and drawn attention for the frequency of bullet train departures – one every 40 seconds – during this month’s holiday period, according to the Guangdong provincial government. Guangzhou South Railway Station handled 1,252 train services and just over 1 million trips on October 1, the start of the seven-day National Day holiday across mainland China, the publicity department of the province’s Communist Party...

By South China Morning Post

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Gone in 40 seconds: how a Chinese rail station handled 1 million trips in a day
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