'Chunyun' train passengers hit daily record
Passengers queue at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Liu Xianguo)
Passengers queue at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Liu Xianguo)
Passengers prepare to get on a train at the railway station of Yudu County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Wang Wei)
Passengers prepare to get on a train at the railway station of Yudu County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Wang Wei)
People walk into the railway station in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/He Jinghua)
People walk into the railway station in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/He Jinghua)
Passengers wait for train at the Qingdao Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Wang Haibin)
People walk at the Qingdao Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Wang Haibin)
People walk into the railway station in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/He Jinghua)
Passengers prepare to get on a train at the Jiujiang Railway Station in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Hu Guolin)
People walk at the railway station in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Song Chenglin)
People walk into the railway station in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/He Jinghua)
People walk into the railway station in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/He Jinghua)
People walk into the railway station in Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/He Jinghua)
Passengers prepare to get on a train at the Jiujiang Railway Station in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Hu Guolin)
Passengers prepare to get on a train at the Jiujiang Railway Station in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 12, 2016. Railway stations around the nation witnessed surging passenger flows on Friday as the Spring Festival came to the end and people started to return to school and work. (Xinhua/Hu Guolin)
More than 10 million trips are expected to be made by train on Saturday, a record daily level during the Spring Festival travel rush, or "Chunyun", according to official data.
The China Railway Corporation (CRC), the country's rail carrier, added 800 passenger trains on Saturday to deal with the traffic.
As the week-long Spring Festival holiday ends on Saturday, railway passenger numbers started to rise on Friday, after 8.9 million trips were made by train, up 5.6 percent year on year.
About 332 million trips are expected to be made by train during the 40-day "Chunyun" starting Jan. 24, the world's largest annual human migration for family reunions.
The National weather observatory said a cold front is sweeping across China, bringing low temperatures and rain or snow to most parts of the country.
The CRC said it has taken measures to prepare for the bad weather. It also advised passengers to arrive early at train stations.
Earlier report: Spring Festival railway travel peaks in China
Railway passenger numbers are expected to peak on Friday as the Spring Festival holiday ends on Saturday, the China Railway Corporation (CRC) said.
About 9 million trips will be made by train on Friday, up from Thursday's 7.9 million, as the Chinese return to work .
The CRC added 658 passenger trains on Friday.
A rail line in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region struck by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake Thursday night resumed operations early Friday morning, said the CRC.
China's weather observatory forecasted that a cold front will bring low temperature and rain or snow to most parts of the country in the next three days.
The CRC said it has taken measures to prepare for the bad weather.