Train tickets for the first day of the New Year's Day holiday are officially open today!
On December 16, according to the 15-day pre-sale period of railway tickets, passengers can buy train tickets for the first day of the New Year's Day holiday (December 30). This year's New Year's Day holiday runs from December 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024, and return train tickets for the last day of the holiday will go on sale on December 18.
Source: Railway 12306 WeChat public account
A few days ago, many passengers have started to make reservations and purchase tickets. According to the data of users booking tickets on the online travel platform "Ctrip", as of December 15, the number of travel orders for train tickets for New Year's Day in 2024 increased by 194% year-on-year.
According to the train ticket reservation situation on the online travel platform "Qunar", the top 10 popular destinations are Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanjing, Harbin and Shenzhen, and the top 10 popular departure places are Harbin, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Changchun, Wuhan and Changsha.
Recently, the "Railway 12306" APP ticket purchase page has been updated, and the new version of the ticket purchase page can display discount information, making it more convenient for passengers to understand real-time fare changes. Train tickets are divided into published fares and execution fares, and those with discounts are executed fares. Due to the different discount levels, the ticket price will fluctuate to a certain extent, and the overall discount is based on the published fare.
How to check the start time of train tickets? Railway 12306 prompts that you can open the Railway 12306 App, click "My" on the home page, find the "Start Time" in the "Travel Guide", and enter the station and date to check the ticket sales time of the station and the station in the same city. It should be noted that the starting time of sales varies from station to station. For example, Beijing West Railway Station and Nanjing South Railway Station are at 8:00, Guangzhou South Railway Station is at 10:00, and Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station is at 13:30.
According to Railway 12306, passengers can increase the success rate of waitlist ticket purchase by submitting multiple waitlist orders for "date, train number, and seat" combinations. Previously, Railway 12306 had introduced during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday that the standby ticket purchase function was running stably, and the success rate of waitlist cashing reached more than 75%.
According to reports, the waitlist ticket purchase is placed at the same time, and the advance payment is calculated according to the highest amount of ticket payment among the standby needs in this order. This means that only the waitlist with the highest ticket amount will be deducted once.
Railway 12306 tips on "waitlist order cashing".
Railway 12306 tips on "waitlist order cashing".
Railway 12306 tips on "waitlist order cashing".
In terms of changes, Railway 12306 has reminded that tickets purchased through the 12306 website can be changed through the 12306 website with the ticket purchase certificate and electronic payment methods. However, if the ticket has been printed and the reimbursement voucher has been printed and the ticket purchased by the cash payment method can only be changed at the ticket window of the station, and the ticket can only be changed once.
Recently, the cold wave has hit, and the heavy snowfall in many areas in the north has kicked off, and many railway trunk lines are located in the heavy snowfall area. Shanghai Railway Station reminds passengers to pay attention to safety in rainy and snowy weather, make reasonable travel arrangements, and call 12306 for consultation if you have any questions. If the train turns back or is suspended due to snowfall, etc., the refund procedure can be processed within 30 days from the date of travel.
In addition, since 28 November, the railway authorities have launched an online identity verification service for foreign passports. Previously, foreign passengers who purchased tickets on the 12306 website needed to go to the railway station window with their original passports to verify their identity information. After the launch of the online identity verification service for foreign passports, passengers can log in to the 12306 website and fill in their name, nationality, ID number and other information according to the system prompts, and the system will automatically complete the identity verification. Passengers can also choose to submit a photo of their passport information page online, which will be manually verified by the backend. In addition to online verification, passengers can still go to the window of the railway station for verification.
Passengers with foreign passports are requested to check the status of identity verification in time and complete the identity verification as soon as possible, so as not to affect the purchase of tickets and travel, and more service information can be queried through the 12306 website.
The railway department also reminded that the railway 12306 website (including the client) is the only official online ticketing channel for China Railway, and has never authorized any third-party platform to sell train tickets. Third-party platforms retain user information during the ticket purchase process, which not only has "traps" such as surcharges and bundled sales of services, but also may have the risk of personal information leakage. Passengers must purchase tickets through the official channels of the railway, and look for the official website of 12306 and the official APP of "Railway 12306".
(Source: The Paper)