A man waits as a woman passes by at the railway station in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 7, 2012. China's railways will carry 235 million passengers during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, up 6.1 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Railways said Friday. A daily average of 5.88 million people will make trains trips from Jan. 8 to Feb. 16, according to the website of the ministry. [Xinhua/Han Chuanhao]