Will 12306 be notified by SMS if the bullet train stops due to weather? How long will the notice take?

Due to weather delay, power failure and other reasons. 12306 Generally, a short message will be sent to passengers in advance to remind them to change or refund their tickets.

The specific advance time is due to force majeure due to weather. Generally, after the outage, relevant notices will be issued in time through the news media, and passengers will be notified in the form of short messages in time.

In addition, passengers can also log in to official website for enquiries. If the railway stops due to a fault, you can directly inquire about the information of the stop in official website, and handle the full refund or change in time.

Extended data:

After purchasing tickets at 12306.cn, you can apply for refund in the following ways:

1. If you haven't changed your paper ticket and it's not later than 25 minutes before driving, you can handle it at12306.cn.

2. If you have exchanged paper tickets or within 25 minutes before driving, please bring the original valid ID card of the passenger used when purchasing tickets to the ticket window of the station; Please provide the order number (e+1 letter +8 digits) if the resident ID card cannot be read automatically or tickets can be purchased with other valid ID documents other than the resident ID card.

3. If you buy tickets with your resident ID card and check in at the station with your resident ID card, you will not leave the station by bus. Please confirm at the station and go through the formalities according to the regulations.

4. If you get off the bus due to injury or carrier's responsibility, please go to the next station according to the regulations with the travel record issued by the train conductor and the original valid identity certificate of the passenger used when purchasing tickets.

References:

People's Daily Online-Passengers are caught off guard by train cancellation 12306: Generally, SMS will be sent to inform them.