The reporter learned from the China Railway Group that on January 23, Railway 12306 began to sell tickets for February 6 (the 27th of the twelfth lunar month). A total of 18.937 million tickets were sold by railways across the country. The ticket sales peak before the Spring Festival. This round of ticket sales peak is expected to last until January 26th.
Since the launch of railway Spring Festival travel ticket sales on January 12, a total of 190 million train tickets have been sold, including 61.08 million tickets during the Spring Festival travel period, a year-on-year increase of 159%.
Railway 12306’s highest single-day ticket sales reached 18.937 million, and its highest single-day visits reached 62.92 billion.
According to reports, judging from the current pre-sale situation, from February 3 to 6, Shenzhen to Guiyang, Shenzhen to Nanning, Shenzhen to Wuhan, Shenzhen to Chongqing, Guangzhou to Chongqing, Guangzhou to Guiyang, Guangzhou to Wuhan, Beijing to Harbin, etc. Tickets in this direction are more expensive.
In order to improve the success rate of ticket purchase, the railway department recommends that passengers can choose to travel during off-peak hours, or use the railway 12306 waitlist ticket purchase function to submit multiple waitlist orders with a combination of "date + train number + seat" to extend the waitlist redemption time.
At the same time, Railway 12306 provides a transfer ticket purchase function. Passengers who have not purchased direct tickets can choose this function to purchase segmented tickets for transfer travel.
It is reported that in order to cope with the Spring Festival ticket sales peak and improve the passenger ticket purchasing experience, relevant departments have strengthened system resources, expanded and upgraded network bandwidth for Railway 12306 in advance, strengthened daily inspections and security monitoring, accurately intercepted malicious "ticket grabbing" software, and effectively responded The maximum number of visits in a single day is 62.92 billion, ensuring the safe and stable operation of the ticketing system.
(Reporter Liu Chao)
Editor in charge: [Chen Wentao]