Ordinary Train Offers Passengers Alternative Choice to Trave

Passenger Ba Lanru (R) and her grandson take the train No. 7505 in northwest China's Gansu Province on January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

A passenger looks out of the window of train No. 7505 at the Yongdeng Railway Station in Yongdeng County, northwest China's Gansu Province, January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Passengers get off the train No. 7505 at the Yongdeng Railway Station in Yongdeng County, northwest China's Gansu Province, January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

College students chat on the train No. 7505 as they are on their way home for winter vacation in northwest China's Gansu Province, January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

The head of the train crew Chen Xi arranges luggage on the train No. 7505 in northwest China's Gansu Province on January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Passengers prepare to get off the train No. 7505 before it arrives at Yongdeng Railway Station in northwest China's Gansu Province, January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Passenger Zhang Xueping (1st, R) and his wife feed their child on the train No. 7505 in northwest China's Gansu Province on January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Passengers get off the train No. 7505 at the Yongdeng Railway Station in Yongdeng County, northwest China's Gansu Province, January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Train conductor Qiu Shuping helps passengers get off the train No. 7505 at the Yongdeng Railway Station in northwest China's Gansu Province, January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Train conductor Zhang Guoxing puts coal into the boiler for heating on the train No. 7505 in northwest China's Gansu Province on January 10, 2020. The train No. 7505, which travels from Lanzhou to Wuwei, is a four-carriage ordinary train. The train, which links more than a dozen small stations between Lanzhou and Wuwei, runs 290 kilometers in 5 hours and 27 minutes. The full fare is 18.5 yuan (about 2.7 U.S. dollars), with the lowest fare being 1 yuan. It has been running for nearly 40 years since the 1980s, carrying nearly 10 million passengers. During the Spring Festival travel season, the ordinary train offers passengers an alternative choice to go home at a cheap fare. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

(Source: Xinhua)