According to the Hunan Railway Department on February 3, the ninth day of Spring Festival travel rush, short-distance passengers returning to visit their relatives increased sharply recently, with the approach of the Preliminary Eve or “Xiaonian” (every 23rd or 24th day of the 12th lunar month).

Hunan railway carried 179,000 passengers on February 2, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%, including 38,000 ones handled by the Changsha Railway Station, 21,000 ones by the Changsha South Railway Station and 16,000 ones by the Zhuzhou Railway Station and Huaihua Railway Station respectively. On February 3, Hunan railway saw another 17,000 passengers. It is estimated that short-distance passenger flow will continue to increase.