Recently, some netizens said that when buying tickets through 12306, they discovered that buying tickets on the 12306 platform is "not necessarily first come, first served." This netizen said that a certain train went on sale at 12:30 a.m. on the day of purchase. The ticket he wa

Recently, some netizens said that when buying tickets through 12306, they discovered that buying tickets on the 12306 platform is "not necessarily first-come, first-served." This netizen said that a certain train went on sale at 12:30 a.m. on the day of purchase. The ticket he wanted to buy was a zone ticket. It was sold out as soon as it went on sale. However, the full ticket for that train still showed that there were tickets one hour after it went on sale. .

In response to this, 12306 customer service said that passenger travel demand may be greater during holidays or weekends, which will cause periodic tensions in railway transportation capacity. In this case, the railway department will give priority to long-distance train ticket quotas for departure stations. Long-distance passengers arrive at the destination by bus, maximizing the utilization of transportation capacity resources. If short-distance tickets are sold openly, it will increase the number of tickets for long-distance passengers, and there will be fewer opportunities for long-distance passengers with rigid demand and limited choices to buy tickets. It will also cause some sections to be idle and the transportation capacity will not be fully utilized. The railway department will also take into account the demand of short-distance passengers and dynamically adjust the ticket allocation according to changes in demand when long-distance tickets are sufficient.

Source: China News Network