Ministry of Transport: It is expected that the total number of inter-regional passenger trips on the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush will exceed 1.8 billion.

Data from the Spring Festival Transport Work Special Team of comprehensive transportation shows that on February 2, 2026 (the first day of the Spring Festival, the fifteenth day of the lunar month), the expected total cross-regional passenger flow will be 187.91 million, an increase of 13% compared to the same period in 2025 (the first day of the Spring Festival). Among them: the railway passenger volume is expected to be 12 million, an increase of 15.5% compared to the same period in 2025. The road passenger flow (including the passenger flow of non-commercial small vehicles on highways and ordinary national and provincial roads, and the commercial passenger volume of roads) is expected to be 173.12 million, an increase of 13% compared to the same period in 2025. Among them, the commercial passenger volume of roads is expected to be 30.04 million, an increase of 10.3% compared to the same period in 2025; the passenger flow of non-commercial small vehicles on highways and ordinary national and provincial roads is expected to be 143.08 million, an increase of 13.5% compared to the same period in 2025. The waterway passenger volume is expected to be 600,000, an increase of 12.7% compared to the same period in 2025. The civil aviation passenger volume is expected to be 2.19 million, an increase of 5.3% compared to the same period in 2025. This article is selected from the "Ministry of Transportation" WeChat official account; GMTEight Editor: Chen Xiaoyi.