China set to ferry record 10 million rail passengers

China's railways will carry more than 10 million passengers on peak days during the upcoming week-long National Day Holiday, official media said today.
From September 28 to October 7, the daily passenger volume will reach 8.1 million on average, up by 10.9 per cent, or an increment of 5.73 million passengers from a year earlier, China Railway Corporation said in a statement today.
The seven-day National Day Holiday, also called "Golden Week," starts on October 1.
Around 9.14 million people travelled by train on the peak day during last year's National Day Holiday, the highest daily passenger volume so far, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

This year, the peak is expected to fall on October 1, with about 10.1 million passengers carried by trains.
Thirty-one pairs of additional trains will be put into temporary service during the holiday to cope with the surging demand, the statement said.