In Pics: Onboard Markets on 'Slow Trains'

　January 18, 2022

Passengers buy goods sold by local villagers on train No. 4318 in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. Trains No. 4317 and 4318 are "slow trains" operating between Tonghua of Jilin Province and Dandong of Liaoning Province in northeast China. In the run-up to the Lunar New Year, the local railway authorities have been organizing onboard markets which allow villagers living along the trains' route to sell goods to passengers without leaving the train cars. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Villagers display their goods for sale on train No. 4318 in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2022 shows train No. 4318 arriving at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Villagers carrying their goods board a "slow train" at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

A rooster for sale on a "slow train" is seen at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2022 shows passengers waiting for train No. 4318 at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

A villager weighs a piece of meat on train No. 4318 in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Passengers buy goods on train No. 4318 in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Villagers carrying their goods prepare to board a "slow train" at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

Aerial photo shows train No. 4318 arriving at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

A villager prepares to sell homemade sugar-coated haws on a "slow train" at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. [Xinhua/Yang Qing]

(Source: Xinhua)

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