On April 22nd, it's just around the corner that the May Day holiday starts next Tuesday. Recently, many netizens have been trying to buy tickets for their journeys home or travels, but many tickets are gone in seconds, leaving a large number of netizens unable to snatch them up.
The head of the Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Group stated that during the "May Day" holiday period, there is a highly concentrated demand for passenger travel, and the contradiction between capacity and demand is particularly prominent, leading to ticket shortages in certain regions and time periods.
Especially on routes to some popular destinations, trains with more suitable departure and arrival times and shorter overall travel times have become the preferred travel option for many passengers, resulting in the phenomenon of tickets being snapped up in seconds.
Many people choose to purchase "speed-up packages" from third-party platforms in hopes of increasing their success rate in ticket booking.
In response to this, the official stated, "The 12306 Railway website (including the mobile app) is the only official online ticketing platform for Chinese railways, and has never authorized any third-party platforms to sell train tickets."
Passengers who buy tickets through third-party platforms not only encounter additional fees and bundled sales services, but also face the risk of personal privacy information leakage.
It is suggested that passengers should purchase tickets through official railway channels to avoid unnecessary losses, especially considering that the official standby ticket function is already very comprehensive.
In addition to being on the waiting list, some netizens suggest that those who fail to secure tickets can consider buying tickets for one or two extra stops and get off early. Typically, longer-distance journeys have a higher proportion of released tickets. So, it's better to spend a little extra money than to have no seat at all.
