People queue for tickets at a railway station in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Dec. 30, 2013. Railway tickets for the first day of the 40-day spring travel peak, which will begin on Jan. 16, have been sold Monday. More than 257 million trips will be made on the railways during the period, an increase of 19 million from last year. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

A staff member helps a man get his ticket from a ticket machine at a railway station in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Dec. 30, 2013. Railway tickets for the first day of the 40-day spring travel peak, which will begin on Jan. 16, have been sold Monday. More than 257 million trips will be made on the railways during the period, an increase of 19 million from last year. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Travellers get their tickets from ticket machines at a railway station in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on Dec. 30, 2013. Railway tickets for the first day of the 40-day spring travel peak, which will begin on Jan. 16, have been sold Monday. More than 257 million trips will be made on the railways during the period, an increase of 19 million from last year. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Two college students look at their tickets at the Tianjin Railway Station, north China's Tianjin, on Dec. 30, 2013. Railway tickets for the first day of the 40-day spring travel peak, which will begin on Jan. 16, have been sold Monday. More than 257 million trips will be made on the railways during the period, an increase of 19 million from last year. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)