Train tickets go on sale for holidays

People wait in line to buy train tickets at a temporary ticket office in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 9, 2011. Ningbo Railway Station started to sell tickets for the 2011 Spring Festival travel season on Sunday. The travel peak will start on Jan 19. During the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, from Jan 19 to Feb 27, about 230 million trips are expected on Chinese railways. Spring Festival, which starts on Feb 3 this year, is China's biggest holiday, during which people return home to be with family. [Photo/Xinhua]

Passengers wait in line to buy train tickets at Fuzhou Railway Station in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, Jan 9, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]