News from Ministry of Railways on Feb. 9 said that China's railway have performed even better than expected, making historical records in transportation olume, the cargo transportation as well as cargo turnover. China's railway leads the world in various aspects.

According to statistics, the passenger visits by railroad in 2005 stood at 1.15 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.3 percent; and direct passenger trips 434.52 million, up 6.9 percent. The passenger turnover reached 603 billion passenger/km, up 5.6 percent.

Also in 2005, the volume of cargo dispatched by railway across the country hit 2.7 billion tons, up 8.2 percent, and cargo turnover 2,054 billion ton/km, up 7.5 percent.

By People's Daily Online