China's Mid-Autumn and National Day rail holiday started Sept. 23 and runs
through Oct. 8 (16 days). China State Railway Group expects to carry about 284
mln passenger trips during the period, plans roughly 13,000 passenger trains per
day on average and anticipates a peak on Oct. 1. The group's ticketing platform
12306 had sold 96.21 mln holiday tickets as of 0800 Beijing time.