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China News Service, Beijing, August 12 (Xinhua) According to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group") on the 12th, from January to July this year, the national railway carried 2.522 billion passengers and the passenger turnover was 945.453 billion person-kilometers, an increase of 15.7% and 10.6% year-on-year respectively, both of which set a historical record for the same period.

The head of the Passenger Transport Department of the China Railway Corporation said that the railway department coordinates the resources of high-speed and conventional railways, and the country arranges an average of 10,434 passenger trains per day, an increase of 998 trains, or 10.6%, year-on-year.

In addition, the organization of cross-border passenger transportation has been strengthened. High-speed sleeper trains departing in the evening and arriving in the morning have been launched between Beijing and Hong Kong, and between Shanghai and Hong Kong. Two international passenger trains from Xishuangbanna, China to Luang Prabang, Laos have been arranged on the China-Laos Railway, and international passenger trains from Hohhot, China to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia have been resumed. From January to July, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed ​​Railway has transported a total of 15.377 million cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 54.7%, and the China-Laos Railway has transported a total of 139,000 cross-border passengers.

The person in charge said that in the next step, the railway department will pay close attention to changes in passenger demand, scientifically allocate transportation resources, strengthen passenger transportation organization, optimize train operation plans, and enrich the supply of passenger transportation products. (End)