Train No. 3603, the first passenger train during this year's 40-day-longSpring Festival Travel rush, is ready to depart from the Beijing Railway Station to Chongqing North Station at midnight of Jan. 24, the first day of the travel rush. [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]

1月24日零时，2016年春运拉开帷幕。零时11分，第一趟加开旅客列车——北京站至重庆北的3603次由北京站开出。3603次列车定员1494人，全列编组19辆，其中硬座6节、软卧代软座2节、硬卧代硬座9节、餐车1节。截至23日20时，该车车票已全部售罄。[陈博渊 摄]