The key facts
- Guangzhou South station served 1,252 trains in a single day — an average of more than 52 per hour
- During peak hours, the interval between train departures shortened to 40 seconds
- Across China's entire railway network, 25.2 million passenger trips were recorded in one day
Record passenger flow in Guangzhou
Guangzhou South railway station, one of China's largest railway hubs, served about one million passengers in a single day. This was reported by Kun.uz citing Naked Science, which in turn relies on data from South China Morning Post. In one day, the station handled 1,252 trains — an average of more than 52 departures per hour. During the busiest periods, the interval between train departures across the station shortened to 40 seconds.
The reason — holiday travel
The sharp rise in passenger flow is linked to increased demand for travel marking the founding day of the People's Republic of China, the sources note.
A record across the entire network and the corporation's forecasts
On the same day, a record was also set across China's entire railway network: 25.2 million passenger trips were made in one day. The state railway corporation China State Railway Group expects a total of 284 million passenger trips between late September and early October. It is emphasized that this figure reflects the number of trips made, not the number of individual people.
