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China High-Speed Rail Sets One Million Daily Riders Record
Guangzhou South Railway Station serves one million passengers in a single day, breaking world records for high-speed rail travel.
In brief
Guangzhou South Railway Station serves one million passengers in a single day, breaking world records for high-speed rail travel. Guangzhou South Railway Station handled one million passengers on October 1, setting a new world record for high-speed rail travel. Originally reported by Futurism.
Guangzhou South Railway Station
Guangzhou South Railway Station served one million passengers on October 1, breaking a world record for high-speed rail travel.
“faster than people could scroll through short videos”
Recorded Train Frequency
The station handled 1,252 trains with headways of 40 seconds, exceeding Tokyo's peak rate of 20 trains per hour.
National Day Travel Surge
China's railway network recorded 25.2 million passenger trips on October 1, a record for the National Day holiday period.
The short version
Guangzhou South Railway Station handled one million passengers on October 1, setting a new world record for high-speed rail travel.
