Train tickets snapped up by holiday travellers  

This year's Spring Festival travel season, which began last weekend, has already seen its peak ticket sales.

The Putuo Stadium, which has been converted into a temporary train ticket office for the travel period, yesterday accommodated more than 10,000 ticket buyers by 2 pm, according to Wu Guoping, an official with the Shanghai Railway Station who is in charge of the outlet.

Wu said a visible surge of ticket buyers appeared Sunday, when they received about 17,000 people, mostly migrant workers and students.
Yesterday about 17,000 train tickets were sold from the outlet. The number was nearly 20,000 Sunday.

The Spring Festival transportation season lasts 40 days, from January 14 to February 22. The city's railway administration expects days around January 25 to be the peak period for transportation before the Spring Festival. Train tickets with departure times within the busiest period sell out quickly.