Beijing railways to carry 8.69 mln holiday passengers 25 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Railway Bureau said on Wednesday that it will carry 8.69 million passengers in the coming ten-day holiday travel period, up 5.5 percent year on year. It means the bureau will handle about one tenth of the country's railway passengers during the National Day Holiday. The China Railway Corporation on Sept. 19 predicted that 81 million people will travel by train during the vacation period. The seven-day holiday, also called the "Golden Week," starts on Oct. 1. The ten-day travel period is from Sept. 28 to Oct. 7 this year. More trains will be in service to cope with demand.