100,000 stranded at railway station
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-20 06:25

Passengers wait for trains at the Beijing West Railway Station in the Chinese capital Thursday January 19, 2006. More than 100,000 passengers were stranded due to heavy snow on the Beijing-Guangzhou line, adding pressure to the already crowded station. Thousands of thousands of Chinese took home-bound trains for family reunions during the Spring Festival holiday. [Xinhua]