Not only can you buy train tickets! Experience the function of buying bus tickets on 12306

If you want to experience the 12306 APP to buy bus tickets, you must first upgrade your 12306 APP to the latest version, then click the "More" button in the homepage application pile, and you can find the "Bus Ticket" entrance on the "All Applications" page. 12306 marks it as provided by a third-party service provider.

Figure 1 “Bus Ticket” Entrance

Enter the bus ticket purchase page. Similar to buying train tickets, enter the starting station, arrival station and date, and then click "Query".

Figure 2 Input information query

Once you have found the train number, you can proceed with the purchase. Please pay attention to the following precautions when purchasing tickets.

Note:

To purchase bus tickets, you need to use your ID card and real name to make reservations.

A maximum of 5 train tickets can be purchased in one order.

After purchasing bus tickets online, you need to go to the bus station to pick up the tickets at least half an hour in advance with the ticket collection number.

Online booking changes are not currently supported.

Some bus stations do not support online ticket refunds.

Figure 3 Query the train number

However, the current bus ticket purchasing system is not yet perfect. The problems discovered by the editor are as follows.

Scarce stations: Many bus stations in many places are not online.

Few arrival stations: Even if a station is online, the number of arrival stations to choose from is pitifully small.

Unable to shop online: Some bus stations that are online cannot conduct online shopping operations.

Line failure: I finally found an online ticket purchase site, but it showed "Passenger station dedicated line network failure, online sales suspended."

Figure 4: Unable to shop online Figure 5: Bus station dedicated line network failure

In addition to bus tickets, the 12306APP also provides online car-hailing services. Users can call a car in its "Car-hailing" application, which brings together a variety of online car-hailing services.

Figure 6 12306 car-hailing application

Summarize

The 12306 APP can be used to purchase bus tickets online, but there are still some problems at present. There are few stations supported, and some stations cannot be purchased online but can only be checked, etc. These problems need to be solved urgently.

Many netizens welcomed the news that 12306 can be used to purchase bus tickets, and hope that it can be improved as soon as possible.