A man carries his luggage before boarding the train 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]