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Several government departments have intensified efforts to ensure safe, efficient return journeys for hundreds of millions of travelers across the nation as China's weeklong National Day holiday wrapped up on Monday. The national railway operator China State Railway Group said early on Monday that it expected to facilitate approximately 19.86 million passenger trips on the last day of the holiday. In anticipation, authorities added 1,705 trains to meet demand on Monday, putting a total of 13,103 trains into operation — a record high for a single day. In the lead-up to Monday's rush, railways saw robust travel, with 18.52 million passenger trips recorded on Sunday, an 8.6 percent year-on-year increase. ▲ Passengers wait in a queue for taxis at Beijing South Railway Station on Monday as the National Day holiday comes to an end. Deng Wei/For China Daily As of 9 am on Monday, the 12306 railway ticketing system reported a staggering 164 million tickets sold during t
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