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Society: Platform love for high-speed train

As the G402 high-speed train pulls into Xinxiang East Station in Henan province, Li Xiang, who's been waiting on the platform, runs down to coach No 13 with a lunchbox for his wife. Li works at the railway station. His wife, Zou Xiaojuan, is on the train. She is not a passenger but, ironically, in charge of catering services on board. She is too busy to prepare her own meal. The high-speed train from Guiyang to Beijing stops at Xinxiang every five days, for no more than two minutes. It is the longest time the young couple spend together at work during the Spring Festival rush. About 413 million train trips are expected to make as people head home for the most important family gathering of the year.

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