Zhang Chenyong sits on the empty train on Wednesday. [Photo/ zjol.com.cn]

On the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush, we expect all the trains would be packed, but strangely, this was not the case.

Zhang Chengyong, a migrant worker, was the only passenger on a train with 19 carriages when it passed through between Huaihua, Central China's Hunan province and Shangrao, Jiangxi province on Wednesday, people.com.cn reported.

With no one to talk with, Zhang was bored, saying,"It was too cold (which also means lonely) to be by myself".

A train attendant said that he never seen only one passenger on a train during his 35 years working on the train.

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