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The 1st Day of the Spring Festival Travel Rush

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People wait in the west square of Beijing West Railway Station to buy train tickets home on January 11, 2009, the first day of China's Spring Festival travel rush. It is estimated that 2.32 billion people will make trips within the country during the 40-day Spring Festival travel period from January 11 to February 19, about 3.5 percent more than the same time last year. [cnsphoto]

People wait in the west square of Beijing West Railway Station to buy train tickets home on January 11, 2009, the first day of China's Spring Festival travel rush. It is estimated that 2.32 billion people will make trips within the country during the 40-day Spring Festival travel period from January 11 to February 19, about 3.5 percent more than the same time last year.  [cnsphoto]

People crowd in the ticket hall at Fuzhou Railway Station in southeast China's Fujian Province to buy train tickets home on January 11, 2009, the first day of China's Spring Festival travel rush. [cnsphoto]

People crowd in the ticket hall at Fuzhou Railway Station in southeast China's Fujian Province to buy train tickets home on January 11, 2009, the first day of China's Spring Festival travel rush.  [cnsphoto]

(CNS January 12, 2009)

People wait in the west square of Beijing West Railway Station to buy train tickets home on January 11, 2009, the first day of China's Spring Festival travel rush. It is estimated that 2.32 billion people will make trips within the country during the 40-day Spring Festival travel period from January 11 to February 19, about 3.5 percent more than the same time last year. [cnsphoto]