Xiamen adds trains and flights for Spring Festival
As Chinese Spring Festival approaches on Feb 19, 2015, Xiamen will increase trains and flights to cope with the incoming passenger peak.
Tickets for four temporary trains starting in Xiamen and running to Chongqing, Hankou in Hubei province, and Jingdezhen and Yunshan in Jiangxi province, will begin selling at 3:00 pm on Jan 16.
The four trains will set out from Xiamen Gaoqi Railway Station and operate from Feb 4 to 17.
After Xiamen Railway Station reopens on Feb 4, Xiamen will regain three railway stations for passenger use. Xiamen Gaoqi Station will be used for the above mentioned four routes, Xiamen North Station will be mainly used to carry long-distance bullet trains, and the restarted Xiamen Station will take over the rest of the rail transportation.
Xiamen Airlines plans to add 175 temporary flights from Feb 2 to Mar 16. These will mainly be to Taiawan, Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur and ticket bookings are already being taken.
By Zhai Song and edited by Brian Salter
Why Xiamen
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Xiamen is one of the most economically competitive cities in China and was one of the first Special Economic Zones on the Chinese mainland. As a vice-provincial city independently listed on the State development plan, it has provincial-level authority in economic administration and local legislative power. In 2010, the Xiamen SEZ was expanded to cover the entire municipality. Today, Xiamen is a modern and international port city.