Guangzhou South station sets record with 1 million daily passengers

Guangzhou South railway station in southern China set a new record on October 1, 2026, handling over one million passengers in a single day. This surge occurred during the first day of the National Day holidays, a period known as Golden Week.

During peak periods, the high-speed rail frequency at the station reached intervals as short as 40 seconds between trains. A total of 1,252 trains were managed by the station in one day. On a national scale, China's entire railway network recorded a daily record of 25.2 million passenger trips during the same period.