Chinanews client, Beijing, May 29th. In another half a month, the last long holiday in the first half of 2021-the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is approaching.

  Starting today, train tickets for the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday will be officially launched. Similar to the "May Day" holiday, the train ticket sales during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday will remain hot.

Data map: Passengers traveling at Nanjing Railway Station in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo

Train tickets for the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday are open!

  According to the 2021 holiday schedule announced by the General Office of the State Council, this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday will be from June 12th to 14th, a total of 3 days.

  According to the current regulation that the maximum pre-sale period of railway tickets is 15 days, on May 29th, passengers can purchase the first day of this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday through the 12306 website, 12306 APP, station ticket window, agent sales point and ticket hotline (95105105). (June 12) For train tickets, you can purchase return tickets on the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday (June 14) on May 31.

  According to the experience of previous years, it is expected that the first day of the holiday (June 12) will be the peak travel period, and the peak travel time will be from 9 am to 12 pm on the same day; due to the impact of concentrated return trips, the last day of the holiday (June 14) will be at 15:00- 21 o'clock is the peak time for the return journey, and the peak will appear at 16 o'clock to 17 o'clock.

  Passengers can make travel plans in advance according to the Dragon Boat Festival holiday arrangements and the Dragon Boat Festival train ticket pre-sale period to avoid delays.

On June 11, sales of high-speed train tickets from Beijing to Zhengzhou (screenshot from official website of 12306)

Ticket sales on popular routes are comparable to "May 1st"

  During the May 1st holiday in 2021, the public experienced a veritable compensation trip.

  According to estimates from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 230 million domestic tourists traveled during the May 1st holiday, a year-on-year increase of 119.7%, and on a comparable basis, it recovered to 103.2% of the same period before the epidemic.

  This year’s Dragon Boat Festival is also expected to become the second peak passenger flow period after the “May 1st” holiday. Short- and medium-distance trains are still the first choice for passenger travel, and high-speed rail will continue to lead the growth of passenger flow.

  Take the Yangtze River Delta region as an example. According to the railway department’s estimate, during the Dragon Boat Festival (June 11-15), the Yangtze River Delta Railway will send more than 12.8 million passengers, and the average daily passenger volume will exceed 2.5 million. The level of the same period in 2019.

During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, passenger volume and the number of additional trains are expected to hit a record high in the same period.

  In addition, the railway department predicts that the overall passenger flow trend of the Yangtze River Delta Railway will show a "M"-shaped double peak before and after, and the travel passenger flow will mainly be the short- and medium-distance travel demand of tourist flow and family visits.

  In addition, the reporter also noticed that the sales of train tickets on traditional popular routes in the past are still hot this year.

  On the evening of the 28th, the reporter logged on the official website of 12306 to check the pre-sale of train tickets and found that the day before the Dragon Boat Festival holiday (June 11), many high-speed trains from Beijing to Zhengzhou, Jinan, Wuhan and other directions had already been sold out. .

Data photo by Tu Linbo

Tickets are too hard to grab?

And these "

leakage

" opportunities

  The people's willingness to travel is high, and the train tickets are too hard to grab, what should I do?

  Based on past experience, even if you did not grab a ticket at the first time, you can still pay attention to the following "missing" time points:

  1. 30 minutes after the ticket is sold, if a passenger locks the ticket but fails to pay in time, the ticket will be returned to the system for re-sale;

  2. 1 to 2 days before driving, some passengers will change their destinations or apply for refunds due to changes in the itinerary;

  3. The ticket sales system will release part of the remaining tickets 1 to 2 days before driving, which is also the "leakage" time point;

  4. You can always pay attention to the information on the 12306 website. During holidays, many trains will be added to provide convenience for travel.

  In addition, it needs to be reminded that although the domestic epidemic situation is stable, the epidemic situation has not ended. The local confirmed cases in Anhui, Liaoning, Guangdong and other places this month have sounded the alarm for the public to prevent and control.

Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the public must still take protective measures to wear masks, wash hands frequently, and cover coughs and sneezes.

In addition, you must wash your hands before eating or touching your mouth and nose.

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