The 2024 Spring Festival will start on January 26 and end on March 5, with a total of 40 days.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and many people who are anxious to grab tickets will use third-party ticket-grabbing software. But this year, Railway 12306 intercepted malicious "ticket grabbing" by third-party platforms.
Railway 12306 officially said: In response to the "tricks" of ticket grabbing such as ticket purchase through third-party platforms and various "acceleration packages", Railway 12306 has carried out system resource reinforcement, network bandwidth expansion and upgrade in advance, intercepted malicious "ticket grabbing" software, and ensured the safe and stable operation of the ticketing system.
According to Shan Xinghua, deputy director of the railway 12306 science and technology innovation center, some precautions have been made against third-party ticket grabbing, mainly using big data technology to identify, and it is determined that the robot access will be intercepted and will be placed in the "slow queue".
Therefore, using third-party software to buy tickets may not be as fast as buying tickets at 12306.
China Railway Micro Platform Reminder:
Railway 12306 website (including mobile app) is the only official online ticketing platform for China Railway, and has never authorized any third-party platform to sell train tickets. Passengers who purchase tickets through third-party platforms will not only encounter "traps" such as surcharges and bundled sales of services, but also may have the risk of personal privacy information leakage. Please be sure to purchase tickets through the official channels of the railway, and look for the official website of 12306 and "Railway 12306".
So what should I do if I haven't bought a ticket to go home during the Spring Festival? China Railway 12306 has launched several new features this year, you can give it a try:
(1) Pre-fill information function that is one step ahead.
On the day of ticket sales, fill in the information of the passenger, train number, seat and other information in advance, and submit the order with one click when the ticket goes on sale.
It should be noted that the pre-filled ticket purchase information is valid until 30 minutes after the sale of the train, and the pre-filled information can be modified at any time during the validity period. After completing the pre-filling of the information, the user still needs to manually submit the order when the train starts to sell.
(2) New changes in waitlist ticket purchase.
Recently, the railway 12306 has optimized and upgraded the standby ticket purchase function, which can currently be in the standby alternative, each user can have 6 standby orders, each standby order can choose up to 3 travel dates, add no more than 60 trains in total, and add up to 9 passengers, and the latest standby order cut-off time is no later than 20 minutes before departure. If you choose to accept new trains, you can further increase the success rate.
(3) Medium transfer.
When there is no direct train or there is no ticket for the direct train, passengers can choose the transfer plan with remaining tickets on the 12306 App. At present, there are 120 major stations, and convenient transfer channels have been set up in the station, so that passengers can enter the waiting room without leaving the station to wait for the train. How to buy a transfer ticket, let's learn together.
Go to the Railway 12306 App and select the section and date you are traveling. Take Chengdu to Harbin as an example:
There is only one direct train to inquire about direct tickets, you can click "Transfer" in the upper right corner, and Railway 12306 will intelligently recommend a transfer plan with remaining tickets according to the passengers' travel needs and remaining tickets.
When choosing a transfer plan, a warm reminder will pop up, showing the transfer station and the interval between the two trains, please fully consider the influence of your other transfer factors and choose carefully.
If the plan meets your travel needs, simply click "Agree" to select the seat class, add passengers and seats.
Needs attention
1. Transit passengers must hold a connecting train ticket before they can transfer through the convenient transfer channel.
2. Passengers who need to transfer to another train should arrange the train number reasonably and reserve sufficient time to avoid delaying the trip.
Did you grab a ticket home?