Teen carries his snoozing sibling in his arms for hours on a crowded train

Trains in China are busy, but a teenage boy recently brought heart-warming feelings into a packed carriage with his love for his baby brother.

The 14-year-old was spotted carrying his sibling in his arms for hours while sitting in the corridor – so his little brother could sleep.

The teen has been hailed as ‘the best big brother ever’ after a film of the touching scene went viral.

The pair were reportedly travelling with their parents on Wednesday from Guangzhou to Xining, but the family of four had failed to buy sitting tickets, reported Shine.cn, an affiliation to Shanghai Daily.

With a standing ticket in hand, the teen had to sit on his bag in the corridor while holding his brother in his arms.

The scene was captured by a witnessing passenger, who was moved by the teen’s behaviour.

In the video, the teenager said he had held his baby brother for more than an hour and would ride the train for another four hours or so. 

He said he would need to carry his brother like this for the rest of the journey, but stressed that he was ‘not tired’.

He did not mention where their parents were at the time.

The 14-year-old let his sibling snoozing in his arms for hours but stressed that he was ‘not tired’

The teenager’s selfless act has been highly praised by people on social media.

On Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter, one user named ‘bei ya bian fu’ said: ‘I would for sure give him my seat if I had been on that train.’

Another user, ‘da dong xia tian’, commented: ‘He is such a generous man.’

A third web user joked that ‘my mother owes me a good brother like this’.

However, some critics have questioned where the boys’ parents were.

One such user, ‘ai jiu ai jiu’, asked: ‘Why weren’t their father or mother helping out?’