Passengers queue to buy tickets at the railway station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2012. China's railways will carry 235 million passengers during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, up 6.1 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Railways said Friday. A daily average of 5.88 million people will make trains trips from Jan. 8 to Feb. 16, according to the website of the ministry. [Xinhua/Wang Peng]