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Sigh… China’s train ticket site just threw up yet another obstacle for passengers

Sigh… China’s train ticket site just threw up yet another obstacle for passengers

China only has one online train ticket purchase site, so it’s pretty important. Yet it seems like every day, buying a ticket gets a little bit harder.
C. Custer · · 3 min read
Ctrip buys train ticket app Suanya for US$16M

Ctrip buys train ticket app Suanya for US$16M

Chinese travel giant Ctrip has acquired train ticket app Suanya for US$16M.
C. Custer · · 2 min read
Hallelujah! China’s train ticket site accepts help from Alibaba

Hallelujah! China’s train ticket site accepts help from Alibaba

Riders of trains in China, rejoice! China’s state-run 12306 train ticket sales site, which has a total monopoly on online ticket sales despite being buggy and inefficient, has finally consented
C. Custer · · 2 min read
China should give Alibaba or JD control of online train ticket sales

China should give Alibaba or JD control of online train ticket sales

China’s government-run online train ticket sales site 12306 has been causing problems since pretty much the moment it was launched. It broke during its first Spring Festival rush back in
C. Custer · · 3 min read

Automated train ticketing system arriving at the Philippines

The Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications is starting a project that will speed up ticketing in the three train lines in Metro Manila, Philippines by introducing a common system across the
Phoebe Magdirila · · 2 min read

Indonesia’s Train Ticket Scalpers Exploit Online Booking System

Credit: Banten Today With the Lebaran holiday starting today in Indonesia, people looking to take a train home are facing a common problem at this time of year: ticket scalpers.
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read

Ctrip’s China Train Ticket Sales Could Be Illegal (But Not for the Reason You’re Thinking)

When I wrote earlier this week that Chinese travel site Ctrip had begun selling train tickets online again, I pointed out that it had done this once before but was
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Japanese Train Movement Visualized on a Single Map

Here’s a fun website that was making the rounds on Twitter yesterday. Testudonow is a site that visually maps all of the trains running in Japan. As I understand it,
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

Train Ticket Buying Software is Mostly a Scam (Yeah, Big Surprise)

We’ve done a fair bit of reporting on China’s online train ticket sales system this year, which has been buggy as hell when it’s not busy hating the poor. Since
C. Custer · · 2 min read

Over a Billion People Have Visited China’s Train Ticket Site

More than a million people have visited China's online ticket sales portal, and plenty of them got error messages like this! We’re nearing the two week mark and China’s new
C. Custer · · 2 min read