The May Day holiday is approaching
Passengers with travel plans
From today, you can
Buy, buy, car, ticket!
Tickets for May 1 can be purchased on April 17
Tickets for May 2 can be purchased on April 18
Tickets for May 3 can be purchased on April 19
Tickets for May 4 can be purchased on April 20
Tickets for May 5 can be purchased on April 21
The railway department reminds that the railway 12306 website (including mobile phone client) is the only official online ticketing channel for train tickets, so please be sure to buy tickets through official channels.
According to the "General Office of the State Council on 2024
Notice of Arrangement of Some Holidays》
Labor Day 2024
From May 1st to 5th, there will be a holiday for the holiday
A total of 5 days
Sunday, April 28
May 11 (Saturday) to work
In order to improve the success rate of passengers purchasing tickets
Railway 12306 mobile client
The waitlist function has been optimized and upgraded
Increase the number of waitlists and alternatives
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How to "place an order" for standby tickets?
Open the ticket purchase interface of the railway 12306 mobile client, click on the word "standby", and you can choose to add different seats and trains according to your needs.
How many orders can I fill in for standby ticket purchase?
Each passenger can submit a waitlist of 6 pending orders, and can choose any 3 travel dates during the pre-sale period, and can select a maximum of 60 combinations of "date + train" in total, and each train can choose multiple seats. A maximum of 9 passengers can be added per order.
Waitlist
When is the cut-off time?
At present, the cut-off time for standby orders is 20 minutes before departure, and passengers can choose to modify the cut-off time according to the actual situation. When the waitlist order is successfully cashed, the redemption fails, or the order is automatically refunded, the notification message will be pushed through the notification channel selected by the user (SMS, WeChat, or Alipay).
Temporary proof of identity
Open the railway 12306 App, find the "temporary identity certificate" in "My" and submit it according to the prompts, wait for the railway public security organ to review it, and the electronic license generated after passing can be used when traveling on the railway. Each person can apply 6 times in a calendar month.
Passengers who have not successfully applied for the electronic temporary boarding identity certificate should go to the public security card window at the station to apply for a paper temporary boarding identity certificate.
Discounted tickets for children
Children over the age of 6 and under 14 who are travelling with an adult should purchase a child discount ticket, and a full-price ticket if they are at least 14 years old. Each adult passenger with a ticket can bring one child under the age of 6 who does not occupy a separate seat for free. The age of the child is calculated based on the date of travel.
Source: Comprehensive CCTV News, China Railway WeChat, etc