A new railway operating schedule introduced on Monday will help increase passenger and freight capacity for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush.

2022年1月10日起，全国铁路将实施新的列车运行图。

这将有助于提高即将到来的春运期间的客货运输能力。

The travel rush is projected to last 40 days from Jan 17 to Feb 25, with about 280 million train trips expected to be made.

2022年春运将从1月17日开始，到2月25日结束，共40天。

全国铁路旅客发送量预计达到2.

8亿人次。

China State Railway Group, the national rail operator, said the network will operate 10,462 passenger train routes and more than twice that number of freight train services under the new schedule.

国铁集团称，调图后，全国铁路旅客列车开行总量达到10462列，货物列车开行总量也将超过之前的两倍。

The rail operator said that it has also improved policies on freight and changing train tickets during the Spring Festival rush.

国铁集团还改进了火车票购票和退换政策，以更好地方便春运期间的出行。

Ticket services on 12306, a mobile application and website that it runs, will be extended to 1 am, except on Tuesdays.

The services open to the public at 5 am each day.

铁路12306网站(含手机客户端)售票服务时间将延长至每日5时至次日凌晨1时(每周二除外)。

Ticket refund services will be available up to the time the train departs from the station.

Previously, travelers were only allowed to get ticket refunds up to 25 minutes before the train departed.

退票截止时间由原来的开车前25分钟，延长至开车前。

【1月10日起全国铁路调图查看网站：[db:时间]】