The Chinese Lunar New Year is almost two months away, with the Spring Festival approaching, the train ticket rush is already heating up, with the public frantically purchasing tickets in the lead-up to the hectic travel period.
 

 

On Friday, China sold more than 9.56 million train tickets, a new high for daily sales, as tickets became available for Feb 16, 2015, and three days ahead of the Spring Festival.

 

A total of 5.64 million tickets, or 59 percent of the total, were sold online on the same day, also hitting a historic high. The official ticket-selling website, 12306.cn, saw a record high of 29.7 billion page views on Friday, the Institute of Computing Technology under the China Academy of Railway Sciences said Sunday.

 

In an effort to facilitate a smooth travel peak, railway authorities made train tickets available 60 days in advance this year instead of 30 days as in previous years. Tickets can also be refunded 15 days before the train departs without any service charges.

 

Chinese rail police have launched a campaign targeting train ticket scalping by pledging to crack down on online scalping with a special squad of investigators.

 

 

Police have also increased patrols around railway stations. Meanwhile, they encourage the public to report scalpers to them. 

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