DURING the seven-day National Day holiday that concluded on Monday, the number of passenger trips exceeded two billion, the Ministry of Transport announced on Tuesday.

From 1 to 7 October, a daily average of over 286 million passenger trips were made, up 3.9 per cent from the National Day holiday last year. Of the total, 131 million trips were made by rail, with the number of daily average trips rising 6.3 per cent year on year to top 18.75 million.

Daily air trips averaged 2.3 million during the holiday period, surging 11.1 per cent from a year earlier.

Road trips made during the period hit 1.85 billion, while the number of waterway trips amounted to 9.8 million, according to the ministry. — Xinhua