CRC releases chunyun ticket sale info

Over 413 million trips are expected to be made by rail during the upcoming 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, an 8.3 percent year-on-year increase, according to national railway authorities.

That's about 31.76 million trips more during chunyun, the Spring Festival rush, than last year and will amount to a daily average of 10.33 million trips, China Railway Corp said on Friday.

Train tickets for the first day of chunyun will go on sale on Sunday, it said on its WeChat account.