From January 21 to March 1, 2019, the railway spring festival will last for 40 days, 15 days before and 25 days after the festival. Therefore, for different groups working, working and going to school, it must be early to buy train tickets.
China's railways are expected to send 413.3 million passengers, an increase of 31.76 million on a year-on-year basis, an increase of 8.3%, with an average of 10.33 million passengers per day, setting a new record for the Spring Festival.
The Internet and telephone tickets for Spring Festival railway tickets will be sold 30 days in advance. On December 23, 2018, the tickets for the first day of Spring Festival (January 21, 2019) can be purchased, and the ticket window and booking office at the station will still be sold 28 days in advance.
For the unified pre-sale period proposed by some passengers, the railway department is actively carrying out scheme research and technical preparation, and it is expected to realize the unified pre-sale period of all channels before the summer sports in 2019.