Workers clear ice from the train tracks in a tunnel in Central China’s Hubei province early Friday during the peak holiday travel period for the Spring Festival. Photo: Zhai Yujia/China News Service, VCG

Travelers wheel their luggage past a billboard that says “Go home to celebrate the Spring Festival” in Chinese on Thursday at a train station in Fuyang, East China’s Anhui province. Photo: VCG

Crowds of passengers wait to board their trains at a railway station in Hangzhou. Photo: VCG

Long lines of people wait for their trains at Zhengzhou East railway station in Henan province on Wednesday. Several trains bound for parts of Central China were delayed or cancelled that day due to severe weather. Photo: IC Photo

A heavy snowfall on Wednesday limits the visibility of drivers in Xuchang, Henan province. Photo: IC Photo

A worker directs a snowplow on the taxiway of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport on Wednesday. Photo: IC Photo

A bus drives on a snow-covered road in Xuchang on Wednesday. Photo: IC Photo

Road crews clear the snow from the entrance of a highway toll station on Thursday in Zhengzhou. Photo: Han Zhangyun/China News Service, VCG