The number of passengers arriving at Guangzhou South Railway Station exceeded 1 million on the first day of National Day, setting a record in Chinese railway history

China News Service, Guangzhou, October 2 (Guo Jun, Peng Guoxi) According to a report from China Railway Guangzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (State Railway Guangzhou Bureau) on October 1, on the first day of the National Day holiday, Guangzhou South Railway Station is expected to have more than 1 million passengers arriving and departing, becoming the first Chinese railway station to have more than one million passengers arriving and departing in a single day, setting a single-day historical record for Chinese railway stations.

It is reported that on October 1, the National Railway Guangzhou Bureau ushered in the peak passenger flow during the National Day holiday. It is expected to send 3.837 million passengers, an increase of 330,000 passengers or 9.4% compared with the same period in 2025, setting a record high in single-day passenger flow.

On the first day of the National Day holiday, more than one million passengers arrived and departed from Guangzhou South Railway Station, setting a record. The picture shows the waiting hall of Guangzhou South Railway Station. Photo by China News Service reporter Guo Jun

It is understood that on the first day of the National Day holiday, short- and medium-distance passenger flows on railways are centered on central cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Changsha and radiate to surrounding cities. Long-distance passenger flows are mainly concentrated in popular directions such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Zhengzhou. The outbound passenger flow of major stations such as Guangzhou South, Shenzhen North and Changsha South is highly concentrated. Guangzhou South Railway Station, Shenzhen North Railway Station and Changsha South Railway Station are expected to send 605,000 passengers, 448,000 passengers and 297,000 passengers. Among them, Guangzhou South Railway Station and Shenzhen North Railway Station have refreshed their single-day passenger history records.

In order to fully meet the travel needs of passengers, the State Railway Guangzhou Bureau scientifically allocates transportation capacity and adopts methods such as adding additional trains, reconnecting EMUs, and adding night high-speed trains to increase transportation capacity, and dynamically adjusts transportation capacity based on ticket pre-sale conditions. It is planned to operate 3,988 passenger trains on that day, including 3,597 EMU trains and 391 general-speed trains; 798 additional passenger trains will be operated, and 451 night high-speed trains will be arranged on the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway, Guizhou-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, and Gansu-Shenzhen High-speed Railway.

The State Railway Guangzhou Bureau has launched a series of service measures to facilitate and benefit the people at major stations. Guangzhou South Railway Station has taken multiple measures to optimize service guarantees and maximized the use of 81 real-name verification channels and 48 security check channels during peak passenger flow periods. (over)