China railways set a single-day record with 25.2 million trips on National Day
China State Railway Group said the national rail network carried 25.204 million passenger trips on 1 October. The State Council's English portal reported the figure on 2 October.
Event / data period: 2026-10-01
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China's national railway network carried 25.204 million passenger trips on 1 October, the first day of the National Day holiday. The State Council's English portal reported on 2 October, citing China State Railway Group, that this was a single-day record for passenger departures. A trip count does not represent a count of unique passengers.
The company forecast 20.39 million trips for 2 October and said it had scheduled 1,462 additional trains to meet demand. It also forecast about 284 million rail trips over the Mid-Autumn and National Day transport period from 23 September to 8 October; that period total is a forecast, not an observed count.
Data
China National Day railway passenger traffic
Daily trip count and rail-traffic forecasts for the holiday period, reported on 2 October by China State Railway Group.
- Observed rail passenger trips on 1 October
- 25.204 million
- 2026-10-01 · Observed
- Forecast rail passenger trips for 2 October
- 20.39 million
- 2026-10-02 · Forecast
- Approximate rail passenger-trip forecast for 23 September–8 October
- ≈284 million
- 2026-09-23 — 2026-10-08 · Forecast
Methodology
China State Railway Group's figures were reported by the State Council's English portal on 2 October. The report gives 25.204 million passenger trips as the observed count for 1 October, a forecast of 20.39 million for 2 October, and an approximate forecast of 284 million trips for 23 September–8 October. Forecasts are not observed counts, and trip counts are not counts of unique people.
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