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Railways strained beyond limit
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Trains swollen with people clutching their goods and chattels swayed creakily out of railway stations as tens of millions headed home for the Lunar New Year holiday.
For some, the journey home from the coastal cities where they work can run to thousands of kilometers.
But whether journeys were short or long, national railway officials conceded system capacity would be over-stretched by as much as 60%.
In Shenzhen, China's migrant capital where everyone living there comes from somewhere else, the city's main stadium was converted into what surely was the world's largest ticket booth, the railway deciding that selling ...
But whether journeys were short or long, national railway officials conceded system capacity would be over-stretched by as much as 60%.
In Shenzhen, China's migrant capital where everyone living there comes from somewhere else, the city's main stadium was converted into what surely was the world's largest ticket booth, the railway deciding that selling ...
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