What does the railway 12306 standby ticket mean?

Railway 12306 standby ticket means that there is no ticket for the train to be purchased and a standby order is submitted. Once someone cancels the ticket, or there are empty seats in the parking space, or the number of trains at the station is increased, it will be given priority to those who buy spare tickets, so that passengers don't have to stare at the software all the time when grabbing tickets.

It should be noted that if users want to buy spare tickets on 12306, they also need to select specific trains, dates, seats and other related contents when submitting the spare order. After the standby order is submitted, it needs to be paid within 30 minutes, and the standby ticket will take effect after payment. If the standby demand changes after taking effect, the user can't directly change the order, just terminate the order and re-operate.

Once the spare ticket is successfully grabbed, the system will inform the passengers directly by SMS or software message, that is, tell them that they have purchased the ticket. If the alternate ticket purchase is unsuccessful, that is to say, the ticket is not grabbed, the system will also notify the user by SMS and other means. The probability of successful exchange of alternate tickets is close to 80%, so the success rate is still relatively high.

12306 why wait as soon as tickets are released?

Because there are too many people grabbing tickets, I don't want to think about how many people in China are in short supply, and there is the problem of internet speed. Even if you have clicked on the ticket, you may be slower than others when jumping to the page, resulting in unsuccessful ticket purchase.

Another reason is that pre-sold tickets for holidays are only purchased at passing stations, not all tickets, that is, sales are restricted within the interval, and there may be situations where tickets are waiting as soon as they are released. After getting on the bus, there are only a dozen people in a car, and there are still empty seats in front or behind the station.