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Spring Festival train ticket sales start

2018-01-03 02:05:43 GMT2018-01-03 10:05:43(Beijing Time) Shanghai Daily
Staff members hold a poster reminding the sale of tickets for the Spring Fesitival tavel rush at Kaili railway station in Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 2, 2018. Train tickets for the Spring Festival travel rush go on sale on Jan. 3, 2018. China's transport system is often put to the test during the annual travel rush around the Spring Festival. The period is called "chunyun," which literally means "Spring Festival transport." During Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 15 this year, hundreds of millions of Chinese will go back to their hometowns to celebrate the most important holiday of the year with their families. (Xinhua/Wu Jibin) Staff members hold a poster reminding the sale of tickets for the Spring Fesitival tavel rush at Kaili railway station in Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 2, 2018. Train tickets for the Spring Festival travel rush go on sale on Jan. 3, 2018. China's transport system is often put to the test during the annual travel rush around the Spring Festival. The period is called "chunyun," which literally means "Spring Festival transport." During Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 15 this year, hundreds of millions of Chinese will go back to their hometowns to celebrate the most important holiday of the year with their families. (Xinhua/Wu Jibin)
A staff member debugs a ticket vending machine at Kaili railway station in Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 2, 2018. Train tickets for the Spring Festival travel rush go on sale on Jan. 3, 2018. China's transport system is often put to the test during the annual travel rush around the Spring Festival. The period is called "chunyun," which literally means "Spring Festival transport." During Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 15 this year, hundreds of millions of Chinese will go back to their hometowns to celebrate the most important holiday of the year with their families. (Xinhua/Wu Jibin) A staff member debugs a ticket vending machine at Kaili railway station in Kaili City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 2, 2018. Train tickets for the Spring Festival travel rush go on sale on Jan. 3, 2018. China's transport system is often put to the test during the annual travel rush around the Spring Festival. The period is called "chunyun," which literally means "Spring Festival transport." During Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 15 this year, hundreds of millions of Chinese will go back to their hometowns to celebrate the most important holiday of the year with their families. (Xinhua/Wu Jibin)

Travelers are able to buy train tickets from Wednesday for the upcoming Spring Festival exodus, said China Railway Corporation on Tuesday.

This annual travel rush, or Chunyun in Chinese, which is called “world’s largest migration” will last from February 1 to March 12. In 2017, 357 million rail trips were made during the period.

Ticket sales on official website www.12306.cn and 12306 app have started on Wednesday while ticket windows at railway stations and ticket agencies in the city will begin selling on Friday.

Passengers are able to buy train tickets 30 days in advance of their travel.

“It is better to use the online method than lining up at the windows as the online sales start 2 days earlier,” said Hu Yihua, an officer with the railway station.

Tickets of trains departing from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station will be available from 1:30pm Wednesday. Tickets for trains departing from Shanghai Railway Station will be available from 2:30pm and those from Shanghai South Railway Station from 3:30pm.

Passengers can now use WeChat to pay for the tickets. They can also check the train status after linking 12306.cn account to their WeChat.

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