China’s Railway to Handle Trips During Mid-Autumn Festival

China’s national railway is expected to handle 74 million passenger trips during the five-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday transportation period, which starts Saturday.

Monday is expected to be the peak travel day, with an estimated 16.8 million passenger trips. To accommodate the surge, the national railway plans to run an average of over 11,100 passenger trains daily, an increase of more than 590 trains compared to normal operations.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the night when the moon reaches its fullest and brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar. This year, the day falls on September 17. During the festival, families reunite, admire the moon, share mooncakes and light up lanterns.