China railway trips up 6.8% to 1.56 billion in first four months, foreign passenger surge 33.9%.
China's railway passenger trips grew 6.8 percent to 1.56 billion in the first four months of 2026, with foreign passenger trips surging 33.9 percent to 7.83 million. Cross-border rail travel also increased, with the China-Laos Railway carrying 143,000 passengers and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway handling 11.78 million trips.
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