BEIJING - Chinese railway police detained 330 people for scalping train tickets on Wednesday, the first day of China's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, the Ministry of Railways said on Thursday.

The 330 detained were involved in 288 cases of ticket scalping, the ministry said without detailing how many tickets were confiscated.

Railway police also detected more than 15,000 cases of people trying to take dangerous goods on trains. They also confiscated 1,101 knives.