Recently, 12306 railway passenger ticket system monitoring center released statistical data, which made statistics on the railway passenger flow last year. Data show that the system sells an average of 3 billion train tickets a year, which is the largest ticketing system in the world.
In addition, the center also released the ticket sales during the Spring Festival transportation. So far, the highest sales volume has appeared on January 3, with 16.39 million sold through all channels, of which online sales account for 88% and 14.43 million. The tickets sold on January 3 are those on the eighth day of the first month of February 1, which is the return peak of most people traveling.
As China's railway system is more and more developed and the layout is more and more extensive, traveling by railway has become the preferred mode of transportation for many people. The convenient, fast and considerate price of taking the railway has become the reason why the people choose this way of travel. In the past, the railway system was prone to the difficulty of grabbing tickets because of the large number of trips during the Chinese New Year Festival. Sometimes, the 12306 ticket buying network even collapsed.
After looking at the above data of 3 billion copies sold every year in 12306, you should be able to think of the reasons for the website collapse. First of all, although the railway network is developed, China has a large population and has the habit of choosing holidays. This phenomenon leads to the shortage of ticket sources. If too many people go to the website to grab tickets at the same time, the server will be paralyzed.