Railway Ministry: No train ticket price hikes

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Source: CCTV.com | 01-04-2008 15:00

China's Spring Festival holiday is quickly approaching, and the Ministry of Railways is assuring travellers that train ticket prices will not go up while tickets that are now discounted will stay the same price.

Ministry of Railways is assuring travellers that train ticket prices will not go up while tickets that are now discounted will stay the same price.

Meanwhile, stations in Beijing, Guangzhou and several other cities will offer round trip tickets especially for migrant workers.Some 170 million Chinese are expected to take train trips over the Chinese New Year.

The railway ministry says the peak travel period will last from January the twenty third until March the second. To cope with the crowds, the ministry has scheduled more than 300 additional trains on each of these days.

The ministry has also drawn up plans to deal with problems that occur during the country's busiest travel period.

Editor:Zhang Ning