More than 14 million tickets were sold on the 27th day of ticket sales for Railway Spring Festival

On January 7, 2020, the ticket sales of Spring Festival railway entered the 27th day. The railway department began to sell tickets on February 5, 2020 (the 12th day of the first month). On that day, a total of 14.341 million tickets were sold by railway across the country, including 12.381 million tickets sold by Railway 12306 network, 7 thousand tickets sold by telephone, and 86.3% of the total tickets sold by railway 12306 network.

Among the tickets sold by railway 12306 network, 1.579 million tickets were sold by the website, accounting for 12.7% of the tickets sold by the network; 10.802 million tickets were sold by the mobile client, accounting for 87.3% of the tickets sold by the network. There were 246000 waiting orders and 300000 tickets. The waiting rate of tickets issued yesterday reached 76.2%.

According to the railway department, the popular directions for passengers to buy tickets on February 5, 2020 are: Harbin, Xi'an, Chengdu to Beijing; Wuhan, Xi'an to Shanghai; Zhengzhou, Nanning, Guiyang to Guangzhou. There are still more tickets in popular directions, and there are enough tickets in other directions, which can be purchased by passengers in time.

The railway department reminds that please purchase tickets through the railway's only official website www.12306.cn and "railway 12306" APP 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.