Why is there no ticket once 12306 releases tickets? When does 12306 release remaining tickets every day?

During the Spring Festival travel rush, 12306 showed no tickets as soon as they were released. Many people wanted to buy tickets but couldn't. Why were train tickets sold out so quickly? In fact, think about it, when you buy concert tickets or buy something, aren't they sold out in an instant? It's obvious that supply exceeds demand, and scalpers have also joined in. So, at what time does 12306 release remaining tickets every day? Let's take a look.

Why is there no ticket for 12306 once the ticket is released?

It doesn't necessarily mean there are no tickets, but they may be on sale.

1. Because there is a restriction on ticket sales within a certain interval, it is basically impossible to buy tickets for an intermediate station (unless the train departs from an intermediate station).

2. There may be a network delay. There must be a lot of people scrambling for tickets at that time. It will be fine after a minute or two, but there will probably be no tickets left by then.

3. The tickets are swiped with a tool, so those who don’t use the tool cannot see the tickets, and it feels like the tickets are sold out.

4. When buying tickets from the website, many people use ticket-grabbing plug-ins, and the 12306 website itself cannot withstand the toss and turn and will crash, so the response time of your computer connecting to the server will also be affected. So by the time you react, there are basically no tickets or standing tickets.

When will 12306 release remaining tickets every day?

Generally speaking, there are about five peak hours for ticket sales in a day, namely 9:00-9:30, 11:30, 13:00-13:30, 14:00-14:30, and 16:30. Among them, 16:30 is the time with the most trains selling tickets and the most intensive, which is also the peak time for ticket grabbing.

Peak refund time: Generally speaking, the first peak refund time is 45 minutes after the tickets are released. This is because after the train tickets go on sale, if some netizens who rush to buy tickets fail to pay in time, these tickets will be returned to the ticket warehouse after 45 minutes.

If you don't get a ticket right away, don't be discouraged, because there may be more tickets available later. During the Spring Festival travel rush, there may be more tickets available at the hour and half-hour every day, with the highest chances of being available at 12:00/13:00/18:00.

In addition, the probability of having remaining tickets is also high between 19:00-20:00 3 days before departure and between 12:00-13:00 1 day before departure.

12306 daily ticket release time rules

The ticket release time of 12306 website is from 8:00 to 18:00 every day. New tickets are released at every hour and half hour during this time period. The ticket release time of 12306 website is consistent with the ticket release time of the railway station. At the ticket release time, 12306 website usually releases all the tickets at one time, and updates the number of remaining tickets at every hour and half hour during the period from 8:00 to 18:00, and puts the tickets that passengers have refunded or changed back into the ticket pool as spare tickets.