The Ministry of Railways announced the annual traveling peak before Chinese lunar new year starts Saturday this year.

Tourists wait for trains at the Beijing West Railway station on January 18, 2008.

Passengers wait in line to board trains at the Jinan railway station on January 18, 2008.

Passengers wait in line to board trains at the Jinan railway station on January 18, 2008.

Tourists wait for trains at the Beijing West Railway station on January 18, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency January 21, 2008)