Starting today, train tickets for the first day of the 2024 Spring Festival are officially on sale

The 2024 Spring Festival travel period starts on January 26 and ends on March 5, a total of 40 days, including 15 days before the festival and 25 days after the festival. According to the current railway ticket pre-sale rules (train tickets are pre-sold within 15 days), train tickets for the first day of the Spring Festival in 2024 (January 26) will be officially on sale today.

On sale time

The legal holidays for the Spring Festival in 2024 are from February 10 to February 17, and train tickets can be pre-sold 15 days in advance.

New Year’s Eve train tickets (February 9): available on January 26

New Year’s Day train tickets (February 10): available on January 27, 2024

Train tickets for the second day of the Lunar New Year (February 11): available on January 28, 2024

Train tickets for the third day of the Lunar New Year (February 12): available on January 29, 2024

Train tickets for the fourth day of the Lunar New Year (February 13): available on January 30, 2024

Train tickets for the fifth day of the Lunar New Year (February 14): available on January 31, 2024

Unlike previous years, this year’s waitlist ticket purchase function has also been adjusted. Starting from 0:00 on January 11, the Railway 12306 website (including mobile client) has optimized and upgraded the waitlist ticket purchasing function, increased the number of waitlisted orders and alternative plans, expanded the range of waitlisted order redemption time options, and prioritized the allocation of temporary new passenger train seats. For passengers who have submitted waitlisted orders, we will further improve the success rate of waitlisted tickets for passengers.

The specific changes are reflected in four aspects:

      The first is to increase the number of waiting orders.The number of waiting orders that can be submitted for redemption per passenger has been increased from 2 to 6, and a maximum of 9 passengers can be added to each order.

      The second is to increase the number of alternatives.It turns out that when passengers submit a waiting order, they can choose two adjacent travel dates, and each date can choose 5 "train + seat" combinations, with a maximum of 10 combinations. After the optimization and upgrade, passengers can choose any 3 travel dates during the pre-sale period, and can choose up to 60 "date + train" combinations in total, and multiple seats can be selected for each train.

      The third is to expand the range of wait-list order fulfillment time options.The original deadline for waiting orders to be redeemed was 2 hours before departure. After optimization and upgrade, it was adjusted to 20 minutes before departure. Passengers can choose to modify the deadline for redemption based on the actual situation within a wider range.

      Fourth, temporarily added passenger train seats will be allocated first to passengers who have submitted waiting orders.When submitting a waiting order, passengers can choose to accept the purchase of new passenger train tickets that meet their travel needs. If the railway department temporarily adds new passenger trains, when the tickets go on sale, Railway 12306 will automatically give priority to passengers who have submitted waiting orders. Passengers do not need to manually check the information of additional trains and then purchase tickets.

Starting today, train tickets for the first day of Spring Festival travel in 2024 are officially on sale

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