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Back|Guangzhou railway station sets national record with over 1 million trips in a single day
Guangzhou railway station sets national record with over 1 million trips in a single day
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Guangzhou railway station sets national record with over 1 million trips in a single day

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A railway station in Guangzhou, southern China, recorded over 1 million trips in a single day for the first time nationally, with trains departing every 40 seconds during peak periods of this month's holiday period, according to the provincial government.

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A railway station in southern China’s hub city Guangzhou has set a national record for trips in a single day and drawn attention for the frequency of train departures – one every 40 seconds – during this month’s holiday period, according to the provincial government.

Crossing the 1 million-trip milestone was a first for China, it added.

At peak periods that day, trains departed every 40 seconds, an interval the publicity department said was “faster than people could scroll through short videos”.

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