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The Spring Festival is coming, and the rush to buy train tickets has become the focus of attention. In order to better meet the ticket purchase needs of passengers, since 0:00 on January 3, the railway 12306 mobile client has launched two new functions: pre-filling of ticket purchase needs and reminder subscription of train ticket sales. These new features will greatly enhance the ticketing experience and make it easier for travelers to purchase train tickets.
The pre-filling function allows passengers to fill in the information of the passenger, train number, seat and other information in advance on the day of ticket sales, and then submit the order and complete the payment with one click when the ticket goes on sale, making ticket purchase more convenient and fast. At the same time, the purchase reminder subscription function can set multiple reminders in advance according to the ticket start time, so that passengers can submit ticket purchase orders in time to avoid missing the ticket purchase time.
It is worth mentioning that Railway 12306 introduces a combination of public and private hybrid cloud technology during the peak period of holidays such as the National Day and the Spring Festival to improve service capabilities and ensure the smoothness and stability of online ticketing. This will provide better technical support for the purchase of train tickets during the Spring Festival.
According to the data released by CCTV Finance and Economics, the national railway sold a total of 235 million tickets from September 13 to 24, of which 26.952 million tickets were sold in a single day on September 22, a record high. The 12306 system also received an average of 51.44 billion visits per day, which exceeded the average daily visits of Google, the world's largest search engine.
——The number of railway locomotives in China from 2016 to 2022
From the perspective of the number of railway locomotives, it has basically remained stable from 2016 to 2022, and since 2019, the number of railway locomotives in the country has stabilized at about 22,000. In 2022, the number of railway locomotives in the country will be 22,100.
——Top 10 empty cities for the Spring Festival
According to the "2019 Spring Festival Travel Report" released by AutoNavi Map, during the 2019 Spring Festival, ten cities, including Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Dongguan, became "empty cities during the Spring Festival", with the largest outflow of people. At the same time, Guangzhou has become the most popular city for the reverse Chinese New Year, attracting the largest inflow of population.
-- New technologies have been widely used in the Spring Festival
Lian Weiliang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in recent years, new technologies such as paperless travel, face-brushing, ETC, and intelligent traffic guidance have been widely used during the Spring Festival. He said that all localities should encourage and support relevant enterprises to innovate intelligent transportation services and use new technologies to improve the efficiency of Spring Festival transportation.
Tickets for the first day of the Spring Festival will go on sale on January 12, and the new features launched by Railway 12306 will further enhance the ticketing experience and better maintain a fair and just ticketing environment. With these new features, travelers can more easily purchase long-awaited train tickets and enjoy a pleasant Spring Festival journey.
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