(CFP)

Passengers wait in long queues to buy train tickets at the Changsha Railway Station, Hunan Province, on December 28.

That day was the first day of the train ticket presale for the coming Spring Festival, which falls on January 23. The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese festival and the most important time for family reunions. The weeks before and after the holiday see the largest influx in train passengers. This year, new approaches for ticket sales were employed, such as booking tickets by phone and online, in an effort to ease difficulty over buying tickets.