From April 2, citizens can purchase tickets for the first day of the holiday (May 1) through Internet and telephone. When can I buy train tickets during the May Day holiday? Let's get to know.
This year's May Day holiday lasts from May 1 to 4, a total of 4 days. Many people are going to take a five-day long holiday by asking for leave on Sunday, May 5. The purchase of train tickets has also become the standard for the general public to start long holidays.
According to the 30 day pre-sale period of the national railway ticket network, from April 2, passengers can purchase tickets on the first day of the May Day holiday (May 1) through 12306 website, 12306app and 95105105 telephone; from April 5, they can purchase return tickets on the last day of the May Day holiday (may 4).
The railway department said that according to the rules of passenger travel, May 1 will be the peak of passenger travel, and May 4 will be the peak of return passenger flow. On the afternoon of April 1, the reporter searched 12306 website and found that on the afternoon and evening of April 30, there were not many train tickets left from Hefei to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Hangzhou and other domestic popular cities; tickets from Hefei to Fuyang, Huaibei, Bozhou, Wuhu, Anqing, Huangshan and other provincial cities were also very tight.
Adjustment of multiple railway operation lines
From 0:00 on April 10, 2019, the national railway will implement the new train diagram, and the running time of Beijing Qingdao, Beijing Lanzhou, Lanzhou Chengdu EMUs will be further shortened.
Qingdao will enter the 3-hour traffic circle of Beijing, and from the south of Beijing to the north of Qingdao, it will arrive within 3 hours, 49 minutes less than before the map adjustment; The running time of the high-speed railway between Beijing and Lanzhou is reduced. After the map adjustment, the running time of the train from Beijing West to Lanzhou West is reduced from 8 hours and 04 minutes to 7 hours and 23 minutes, and the running time of the train from Lanzhou West to Beijing West is reduced from 8 hours and 32 minutes to 7 hours and 22 minutes; For the first time, the running time of Lanzhou Chengdu EMU is 6 hours, 50 minutes and 6 hours, 52 minutes respectively, which is about 5 hours shorter than the running time of existing trains.
China Railway Corporation has also optimized some train operation plans. Shenyang to Jiamusi and Dalian to Qiqihar EMUs were added, one pair each. To serve the construction of xiong'an New District, 10 new Baiyangdian station trains will be added on the basis of 39 Baiyangdian station trains.
These ticketing skills should be kept in mind
If you don't get the ticket at the first time, don't worry. 30 minutes later, if any passenger doesn't pay in time, the ticket will return to the system for sale. 15 days before driving is the peak period of ticket refund. 48 hours and 24 hours before driving, the system will release some of the remaining tickets. Generally, 22:00 to 23:00 is the peak period of ticket refund. Each stop has a certain proportion of allocated tickets. If there are unsold tickets, the remaining tickets will be sold again one day before driving.
In addition, 'continuous transfer' is also a good choice. When there is no ticket for the direct train between the departure and destination, you can try to use the method of continuous transfer to buy a ticket to go home.
The railway department reminds the passengers not to purchase tickets through the third-party purchasing website, so as to avoid the failure of online ticket refund and change due to the buyer's false use of other people's information, which will affect your travel. Please do not provide personal information to third-party websites and websites, in order to avoid the risk of personal information leakage.