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Spring Festival is just around the corner, and millions of people are on their way back home before the Lunar New Year. China's transportation authorities said railway transportation is to reach its peak on Tuesday, with 7 million journeys expected.

40% of these trips will be made in and out of South China. And in East China, over 200 extra train services are provided in populous¹ cities.

On Monday, over 1 million journeys were made via water transportation. And over 97 million journeys were made via railways, an increase of 9.4% compared with the same period last year.

Beijing railway authorities said there was a huge increase in the cancellation² of journeys in recent days. An average of 130,000 tickets were refunded³ per day, and they remind travellers to keep trying their luck if they have not had luck yet purchasing their ticket home.

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1 populous
adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的
参考例句：
London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。 China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

2 cancellation
n.删除，取消
参考例句：
Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大，可能须要取消渡轮服务。 Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。

3 refunded
v.归还，退还( refund的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Postage costs will be refunded (to you). 邮费将退还（给你）。来自辞典例句 Yes, it will be refunded to you at the expiration of the lease. 是的，租约期满时，押金退回。来自无师自通校园英语会话

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CCTV9英语新闻：数以百万计的人回家过春节