GoKawiilGuangzhou South Railway Station handles 1 million riders in a single day
During China's National Day Golden Week, Guangzhou South Railway Station served over one million passengers in 24 hours, a reported world record, according to South China Morning Post. The station ran 1,252 trains that day with headways as low as 40 seconds, while China's national rail network logged 25.2 million passenger trips on October 1 alone.
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The figures highlight the scale of infrastructure China has built to manage mass seasonal migration during its holiday periods, far outpacing comparable systems like Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen in daily train volume. Such numbers, publicized by Communist Party officials, also serve as a point of national pride and may be used to showcase the capacity and efficiency of China's rail network to domestic and international audiences.
- Guangzhou South Railway Station served over 1 million passengers in one day, a reported world record.
- The station ran 1,252 trains with headways as short as 40 seconds, far exceeding Tokyo's Shinkansen peak rates.
- China's rail network overall logged 25.2 million passenger trips on October 1, with 284 million trips projected for the holiday period.
Source: futurism.com — Joe Wilkins, 2026-10-09
Published there as: “Chinese High-Speed Rail Station Breaks World Record, Serving One Million Riders in a Single Day”
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