South rail is expected to send 620000 passengers on New Year's Day
The reporter learned from China Railway Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. that on New Year's Day 2020, the passenger flow in the Southern Railway Administration will present a normalized travel trend, and it is estimated that 620000 passengers will be sent on that day, including 280000 and 340000 passengers in Jiangxi and Fujian provinces respectively.
in order to facilitate passengers to travel on New Year's Day holiday, 24 pairs of trains are added to the South Railway, including 9.5 pairs from Fuzhou to Xiamen, Ganzhou, Yong'an and Zhao'an, 8 pairs from Nanchang to Fuzhou, Fuzhou, Pingxiang, Changsha, Xinyu, Zhangshu and Yingtan, and 6.5 pairs from Xiamen to Nanping, Sanming, Taining and Changsha.
on January 1, 2020, the ticket sales of Spring Festival railway entered the 21st day, and the railway department began to sell tickets for the return peak after the festival - January 30 (the sixth day of the first month). From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., new tickets are available for sale at all hours and half a.m. for passengers who need to buy tickets, they need to pay attention to the specific release time of departure station to facilitate the purchase of tickets at the first time.
it is understood that on December 31, 2019, a total of 971000 tickets were sold by Southern Railway, including 870000 tickets sold by railway 12306 network, 92000 tickets sold by windows (including agency sales points), and 78.8% of the total tickets sold by railway 12306 network. Among the tickets sold on Railway 12306, 105000 were sold on the website, accounting for 12.1% of the tickets sold on the Internet; 765000 were sold on mobile clients, accounting for 87.9% of the tickets sold on the Internet.
railway department reminds that if the ticket is not purchased in time, the "standby ticket purchase service" function in 12306 website and app of China railway can also be used. Each person can reserve four tickets for two periods. As long as there are refunds or surplus tickets, the system will purchase them in line order. The Railway Department reminded that at present, the application of e-ticket has been extended to most high-speed railway stations. If the ticket purchased by the passenger is an e-ticket and does not need to be exchanged for a paper ticket, please hold the ID card of ticket purchase to check the ticket. If reimbursement voucher is required, it can be printed at the ticket vending machine or ticket window at the station with the original valid ID card used during ticket purchase within 30 days before or after the train starts.