Spring Festival travel rush kicks off 2022年春运正式开启

陈小将

The number of railway passenger trips during China's upcoming Spring Festival travel rush is expected to jump 28.5 percent from the holiday season last year. A total of 280 million railway passenger trips are expected during China's largest annual travel rush, which will last from Jan 17 to Feb 25 this year, according to the China State Railway Group.
2022年春运自1月17日开始，至2月25日结束。国铁集团表示，2022年春运全国铁路预计发送旅客2.8亿人次，同比增长28.5%。

During the 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 1 this year.
春运是我国每年最大的客流高峰，今年的春运将持续40天，许多人会长途旅行去和家人团聚共度春节。今年春节是2月1日。

Zhu Wenzhong, deputy director of the passenger transport department at China State Railway Group, said the company will strictly prevent overloading by increasing the number of available daily seats to about 10.5 million, an increase of 10 percent compared with 2019.
国铁集团客运部副主任朱文忠表示，将充分安排运力，严控列车载客率。今年春运每日席位可供给能力最高可以达到1050万左右，较2019年提高10%。

Zhu said it will also extend the service time for online bookings and refunds to 24 hours a day to avoid crowds waiting in lines in stations, which would increase the risk of the virus spreading.
将延长互联网售票改签业务办理时间，提供24小时退票服务，避免大量人员在车站内聚集等待，降低疫情传播风险。