A woman taking her children walks to board on a train bounding for southwest China's Chengdu, at the railway station in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 18, 2011. China's Spring Festival falls on Feb. 3 this year. This year's holiday travel peak will be from Jan. 19 to Feb. 27. Some 230 million trips will be made on China's railway system during the period, up 12.5 percent year on year, according to estimates. [Xinhua]

Staff members check the light at the waiting room of a railway station in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 18, 2011. The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush will start on Jan. 19, 2011 as many passengers will go back home for the family reunion. [Xinhua]