Passengers line up to board a train at Qinhuangdao railway station in North China’s Hebei province on Thursday. Travelers across China crowded transportation hubs as the weeklong National Day holiday came to an end Friday. Photo: IC Photo

Parents hold children as they walk along a platform at Ganyu railway station in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu province, Thursday. Photo: VCG

Passengers queue to board a train Friday at Hangzhou east railway station, in East China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: VCG

Guiyang north railway station in Southwest China’s Guizhou province, is packed with passengers. According to China Railway, 7.45 million passengers will be transported by train on Friday and 8,386 trains are expected to run. Photo: IC Photo

Passengers check in at an automatic ticket gate at Ganyu railway station on Thursday. Photo: IC Photo

Passengers check their tickets at an automatic ticket gate in Jinhua, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Thursday. Photo: IC Photo

Outbound passengers queue up to get their nucleic acid test results checked at an inspection point in Jinhua. Photo: IC Photo

Vehicles are jammed on a highway in Nanning, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Thursday. Photo: IC Photo