Human waves: past scenes from China’s Spring Festival rush

By Globaltimes.cn – VCG, Published: 2018-01-03 19:07:22

People crowd around 40 ticket windows to purchase tickets for Spring Festival travel at a train station in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province on December 28, 2011. Photo: VCG

Editor's Note:

Train tickets for China’s Spring Festival travel rush this year officially went on sale on January 3, 2018. In previous years, especially before online booking, train stations nationwide would see massive crowds as people seeking to travel home for the holiday lined up for days to buy tickets.

People crowd to buy Spring Festival train tickets at Beijing West Railway Station on February 10, 2007. Photo: VCG

An LED sign at a Wuhan train station shows tickets to Guangzhou, Shanghai and Chongqing have been sold out on January 7, 2004. Photo: VCG

Weary people wait in line to buy tickets at a temporary ticket office in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on January 9, 2011. Photo: VCG