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ItemfromJa­n20,1997,in ChinaDaily:HuangLiyun,a workerfrom­Jiangsupro­vince,waitsatBei­jing’sYongdingm­enLong-DistanceBu­s Stationyes­terdayfort­hebus thatwillta­keherhomef­or SpringFest­ival.…

Thebulkoft­heestimate­d 1.7billionho­lidaytrips­will bemadebybu­s,whichis convenient,fastandche­aper thantravel­ingbytrain­or plane.

The 2017 Spring Festival travel rush started on Jan 13 and will end on Feb 21. A total of 2.98 billion trips are expected to be made nation- wide during this period, according to an official forecast.

Nearly 85 percent of the trips will be made by road, 12 percent by rail, 2 percent by air and 1.4 percent by water, according to a projection released by the government two weeks ago.

The total volume of passengers taking trains and airplanes will increase by about 10 percent year-onyear, the projection said.

Bullet trains have become a popular choice. ShanghaiHa­ngzhou, ShenzhenGu­angzhou, ChongqingC­hengdu and Beijing- Shijiazhua­ng are among the most popular routes.

Last month, China Railway Corp put into operation one of the world’s longest high-speed railway lines, linking the country’s prosperous eastern coast to the lessdevelo­ped southwest.

The 2,260-kilometer Shanghai-Kunming line traverses the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan and cuts travel time from 34 hours to 12.

The operation is also expected to boost tourism in the regions linked by the line.

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