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Railway traveler flow hits record after holiday

The number of railway travelers in a single day reached an all-time high on Saturday at 5.15 million, up 4.7 percent from last year's Spring Festival travel peak, China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) announced on Sunday. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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