Today, the final day of the Mid-Autumn holiday, return travel remains
short-distance and peaked across many regions. Transport authorities expect
inbound flows to large and medium cities to concentrate from 16:00. Railways
forecast sending 16.86 mln passengers today; stations maximized real-name
verification and security lanes and opened priority fast-entry lanes for
passengers within 15 minutes of departure. Civil aviation expects to carry about
2.10 mln passengers nationwide, with flows concentrated on
Shanghai/Hangzhou–Guangzhou, Shanghai/Hangzhou–Beijing; Beijing–Chengdu and
Beijing–Guangzhou; and Shenzhen–Hangzhou and Shenzhen–Chongqing routes. On
roads, popular tourist cities and scenic areas saw short-term concentrated
traffic; authorities increased capacity and coordinated road coach, urban
transit, rail and aviation links. Water transport is expected to carry about
813k passengers; maritime authorities used predictive analytics to flag
large-flow or weather-affected areas, issued immediate alerts, and dispatched
enforcement personnel and patrol vessels.
