Chinanews.com, February 17th. According to the official WeChat news of the Ministry of Transport, data from the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Spring Festival Transport Special Class data show that on February 16 (the fifth day of the first month and the 20th day of the Spring Festival) national railways, highways and waterways , Civil aviation sent a total of 17.873 million passengers, an increase of 15.3% from the previous month, a decrease of 78.3% from the same period in 2019 (the fifth day of the first month, the same below), and an increase of 32.0% from the same period in 2020.

On February 17, passengers traveled at Nanjing Railway Station.

That day was the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, and the Yangtze River Delta Railway ushered in a return passenger flow.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo

  Among them, railways sent 4.836 million passengers, an increase of 27.5% from the previous month, a decrease of 56.8% from the same period in 2019, and an increase of 64.7% from the same period in 2020.

  The highway sent 11.76 million passengers, an increase of 10.7% from the previous month, a decrease of 82.5% from the same period in 2019, and an increase of 21.4% from the same period in 2020.

  The waterway sent 512,000 passengers, an increase of 1.4% from the previous month, a decrease of 72.7% from the same period in 2019, and an increase of 178.4% from the same period in 2020.

  Civil aviation sent 765,000 passengers, an increase of 29.9% from the previous month, a decrease of 61.7% from the same period in 2019, and an increase of 4.9% from the same period in 2020.

  The national highway traffic volume was 37.643 million vehicles, a month-on-month increase of 6.9% and a year-on-year increase of 243.1% over the same period in 2020 (lunar calendar).