Oct 7, 2013 7:03am

National Day holiday railway travelers hit 70 mln, paper says

The number of railway passengers during the National Day “Golden Week” holiday has exceeded the 70 million mark, a historical high, the Beijing News reported Monday. On Oct. 6 alone, the number of tourists who traveled by railway was 8.5 million, of which 945,000 were in Beijing, 18.7 percent higher than the same date last year. The Golden Week covers Oct. 1 to 7, the report said.

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