On the first day of the holiday, Beijing's railways sent a total of over 910,000 passengers.

According to the China Railway Beijing Bureau, on the first day of the Qingming holiday, the Beijing area sent a total of 911,000 railway passengers, with around 508,000 passengers arriving in Beijing by train. The China Railway Beijing Bureau added 78.5 extra passenger trains to major destinations such as Shenyang, Dalian, Taiyuan, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Tianjin, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and Handan.