Passenger rail transport in China

This article is about passenger rail transportation in mainland China. For rail transportation in Hong Kong, see Rail transport in Hong Kong. For rail transportation in Taiwan, see Rail transport in Taiwan.

Passenger trains in Shanghai

Passenger rail transport is one of the principal means of transport in the People's Republic of China, with rail passenger traffic exceeding 1.86 billion railway trips in 2011.[1] It is operated by the China Railway Corporation (CR). The Spring Festival Travel Season is the peak railway travel season of the year.

  1. ^ Tony Jin (December 27, 2012), China High Speed Train Development and Investment, archived from the original on May 13, 2013, retrieved February 3, 2013