Passengers wait for trains at the Beijing West Railway Station in the Chinese capital Thursday January 19, 2006. More than 100,000 passengers were stranded due to heavy snow on the Beijing-Guangzhou line, adding pressure to the already crowded station. Thousands of thousands of Chinese took home-bound trains for family reunions during the Spring Festival holiday.
Passengers crowd in the Beijing West Railway Station Jan. 19, 2006. More than 100,000 passengers are held up in the station as more than 20 trains are delayed due to the heavy snowfall that hit Central China's Zhengzhou section, a pivotal city for China's major north-to-south railways. A red-level emergency warning scheme has been launched to cope with the situation.
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