Chinese railway passenger trips grew 5% year over year to more than 2.3 billion in the first half, Xinhua News Agency reported Monday, citing the China State Railway Group.
Foreign passenger trips jumped 34% to more than 12.3 million during the half, with the China-Laos railways carrying 188,000 trips and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway carrying about 17 million trips, Xinhua said.
The average number of passenger trains increased 5.8% year over year to 11,468, according to the state-owned news agency.