A large portion of train tickets for popular traveling routes on the first day of the APEC holiday have sold out in Beijing, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

This phenomenon is largely due to the decision made by the Chinese authority that employees in government departments and public institutions in the city, will have a six-day holiday from Nov 7 to 12.

This APEC holiday boosts many travelling related sales off-season.

As many vehicle owners in Beijing like to drive their cars out of the city during their vacations, rail officials are now offering a new service.

From Nov 4 to 14, drivers who want to head out of Beijing are being encouraged to put their vehicles on a train, which will then take the vehicle to their preferred destination.

The drivers can then choose how they want to meet-up with their vehicles in their preferred destinations, either by train, plane or some other means.

From there, they can then access their vehicle while on holiday, then either drive it back to Beijing when their trip is over, or have the rail service haul it back to the capital for them.

The temporary service is now open to six provinces: namely Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Shaanxi and Hubei.

To date, there has already been over 300 people consulting about this new service.

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