Construction worker Liu, seated inside train K4069, felt a rush of excitement as the platform clock at Beijing West Railway Station struck 12:40 am and the whistle blew on cue. He was on board the first passenger train to depart from the Chinese capital as part of the Spring Festival travel rush, or chunyun, which started on Monday. 今天（2月2日）淩晨0點40分，北京西站站臺上的時鐘指針定格，汽笛準時鳴響。坐在K4069次列車上的建築工人劉師傅，心潮隨之澎湃。他乘坐的這趟列車，是今年春運首日從首都北京開出的首班旅客列車。2026年春運自本週一正式啟動。 "I've been busy all year, and now I can finally visit home," Liu said."Knowing that this is the first train to depart from Beijing during chunyun makes my journey more thrilling." "忙了一整年，終於能回家看看了，"劉師傅說，"知道這是北京春運發出的第一趟車，感覺這趟旅程更激動了。" The packed K4069, a temporary train service added for the holiday season to link Beijing with Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, mirrored the sheer scale of passeng...