(ECNS) -- China's urban rail transit systems handled 2.94 billion passenger trips in October, up 4.2% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Transport said Tuesday.
In all, 54 cities operated 350 urban rail transit lines, with a combined operating mileage of 11,992.5 kilometers (about 7,450 miles), the ministry's monthly report showed.
The systems ran 3.94 million train services during the month, while passenger entries at stations reached 1.75 billion. Average daily passenger volume rose by 753,000 trips from September, up 0.8%.
Of the total, subway and light rail systems in 43 cities handled 2.82 billion passenger trips across 288 lines, covering 10,402.9 kilometers. Monorail, maglev and suburban rail services in 18 cities recorded 95.18 million trips, while tram and automated guideway transit systems in 19 cities handled 11.78 million trips.
The country's urban rail network added 27.5 kilometers of operating mileage in October, with two new sections put into service in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province, both related to Line 12.
(By Tang Yuxian)
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