Core Insights - The national railway is expected to send 15.1 million passengers on February 13, maintaining a high level of passenger flow [1] - A total of 2,117 additional passenger trains are planned to be added [1] - As of February 12, the national railway had sent 15.019 million passengers, with a cumulative total of 143 million passengers since the start of the Spring Festival travel season on February 2 [1] - By February 13 at 8 AM, over 224 million train tickets had been sold for the Spring Festival period through the railway ticketing platform [1]

Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the article highlights that the Yangtze River Delta Railway expects to send over 100 million passengers during the 2026 Spring Festival travel season, reaching 103 million, with a daily average of 2.575 million passengers, marking a 4% increase from the previous year and setting a new record [1] - The Spring Festival travel period will last for 40 days, from February 2 to March 13, 2026, with a peak of over 1,700 passenger trains operating on the busiest days [1] - Key characteristics of passenger flow in the Yangtze River Delta region include concentrated travel before the Spring Festival and during the Lantern Festival, with early returns for migrant workers and students [1] Group 2 - The railway capacity deployment during the Spring Festival will see an increase in the total number of temporary passenger trains compared to the 2025 Spring Festival, particularly in night trains for medium and short-distance routes [2] - There will be additional temporary passenger trains from the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou area to long-distance destinations such as Yunnan, Sichuan, and Northeast China, as well as to medium-distance destinations like Henan and Hunan [2] - The resumption of direct passenger trains from the Yangtze River Delta to popular destinations such as Qingdao, Fuzhou, and Chongqing will also be implemented [2]