Chengdu, Chongqing add train services to Xinjiang

( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2015-08-20

Chengdu railway bureau will launch two additional train services to Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region from Chengdu and Chongqing on Sept 1-12, in a move to manage heavy demand during that period.

The two additional services are the train K4978/5 from Chengdu to Xinjiang’s Urumqi and K4968/5 from Chongqing North to Urumqi.

September is the cotton harvest season. Every year in September, a mass of farmers in Sichuan and Chongqing travel to Xinjiang, a large cotton producing region, to work as seasonal workers, leading to a travel peak.

This year, it is estimated that about 30,000 farmers will travel to Xinjiang to seek work opportunities, according to an official of the Chengdu railway bureau.

By Shi Zihan and edited by Mevlut Katik