Summary：　On August 31, the 62-day summer transport of railway in China came to a close National railways transported a total of 590m passengers during the period, registering a historic high in safe and stable operation

       On August 31, the 62-day summer transport of railway in China came to a close. National railways transported a total of 590m passengers during the period, registering a historic high in safe and stable operation.

　　During this year’s summer transport season, students, migrant workers, family visitors, tourists and businesspersons constitute overlapped traffic flows that keep train ridership high. National railways transported a total of 592. 094 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 51.641m, or 9.6%. The daily ridership during the season amounted to 9.55m, and 16 days witnessed a daily ridership of over 10m. On August 26, 11.016m passengers traveled by train, 573,000 more than the number of the peak day of last summer transport season, registering a new record.

　　During the same period, trains nationwide transported 495m tons of goods, an increase of 14.1% over the same period last year. 130,080 carloads of freight transport were completed daily, up 13,700 carloads on last year, or 11.7%.