More than 300 million tickets have been sold since Spring Festival
On January 2, 2020, the ticket sales of Spring Festival railway entered the 22nd day. The railway department began to sell tickets on January 31, 2020 (the seventh day of the first month). On that day, a total of 16.331 million tickets were sold by the national railway, including 14.43 million tickets sold by railway 12306 network, 14000 tickets sold by telephone, and 88.4% of the total tickets sold by railway 12306 network. On that day, the total number of railway ticket sales and internet ticket sales reached a new record. Since December 12, the Spring Festival railway has sold 309 million tickets.
Among the tickets sold on Railway 12306, 1.952 million were sold on the website, accounting for 13.5% of the tickets sold on the Internet; 12.478 million were sold on mobile clients, accounting for 86.5% of the tickets sold on the Internet. There were 292000 waiting orders and 367000 tickets. The waiting rate of tickets issued yesterday reached 80.1%.
According to the railway department, the popular directions for passengers to buy tickets on January 31, 2020 are: Harbin, Shenyang, Wuhan to Beijing; Xi'an, Changsha, Chengdu to Shanghai; Nanning, Chengdu, Guiyang to Guangzhou. Some popular directions still have a small amount of excess tickets, while others have enough, which can be purchased in time.
The Railway Department reminded that please purchase tickets through www.12306.cn and "railway 12306" app, the only official website of the railway, to avoid the risk of ticket purchase through abnormal channels.
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.