Railways see big surge in summer trips

887 million passengers carried in July and August, up 6.7% year-on-year

China's summer travel season, which concluded on Saturday, saw record-breaking passenger numbers, China State Railway Group, the national railway operator, said on Sunday.

From July 1 to Aug 31, the railway network facilitated 887 million passenger trips, a 6.7 percent increase from last year.

The network saw an average of 14.31 million passenger trips per day, a new high for the summer season. From Aug 10 to 12, the system handled more than 16 million passengers each day.