Travellers queue up to buy train tickets back home at Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on January 4, 2009. An early travel rush with travellers mainly migrant workers and college students returning home arrives for Spring Festival holiday. [Xinhua]

A man looks up at a train information board at Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on January 4, 2009. Guangzhou Railway Station has seen a sharp rise in the number of travellers since the New Year holiday started on January 1. [Xinhua]