China's rail passenger and freight volumes set to hit record high in 2024: Chinese report

On December 31, 2024, the Taiyuan High-Speed Railway, connecting Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shanxi Province, will open, making it possible to travel from Hohhot East Station to Taiyuan South Station in as little as 3 hours and 12 minutes.
By 2024, new railway lines will be opened one after another, bringing the total railway mileage nationwide to 162,000 km, of which the total mileage of high-speed railways will be 48,000 km.
According to the China State Railway Administration, in 2024, nationwide railway passenger and freight volumes increased steadily, both reaching record highs.
Nationwide railway passenger traffic in 2024 will be 4.312 billion people, up 11.9% from the previous year, surpassing the 4.3 billion mark for the first time. Passenger-kilometers are expected to increase 7.3% to 1 trillion people.
In the same year, the volume of rail freight transported nationwide increased by 2.8% to 5.175 billion tons, and the volume of freight transported in ton-kilometers was 3.58619 trillion tons.
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