Nearly 3 bln trips recorded during Spring Festival travel rush

A passenger holds up a child to board a train at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 1, 2018. China's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which concluded on March 12, witnessed 2.97 billion passenger trips, according to official data. The traffic is basically the same as that of last year, according to the Ministry of Transport. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)