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Pressemitteilung: China's railway passenger trips hit record single-day high / BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's railway network handled 25.204 million passenger trips on Oct. 1, the first day of the week-long National Day holiday, setting a new single-day record, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) said Friday. On Oct. 2, the railway network is expected to handle 20.39 million passenger trips, with 1,462 additional trains scheduled to accommodate the high demand, the company said. Passenger ticket pre-sales show that Friday's popular departure cities include Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou and Nanjing, while popular arrival cities include Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Nanjing and Changsha. Routes such as Xi'an-Chengdu round trips, and Beijing to Shenyang, Zhengzhou and Qingdao are among the busiest. (....)