It is known, rightfully so, as the largest annual migration on Earth — and the ticket lines, even on the Web, are accordingly long. But there’s an app for that — a few of them, actually. The Lunar New Year, also called the “Spring Festival,” has inspired apps that allow people to cut in line, so to speak, on China’s rail ministry website. The “ticket-grabber” apps allow people to bypass the clutter — more than 200 million people are believed to travel by rail during the Spring Festival — and snatch tickets without mind-numbing waits.
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Chinese New Year Inspires Line-Cutting Apps
Posted by: David Vranicar January 24, 2013 05:54 PMIt is known, rightfully so, as the largest annual migration on Earth — and the ticket lines, even on the Web, are accordingly long. But there’s an app for that — a few of them, actually. The Lunar New Year, also called the “Spring Festival,” has inspired apps that allow people to cut in line, so to speak, on China’s rail ministry website. The “ticket-grabber” apps allow people to bypass the clutter — more than 200 million people are believed to travel by rail during the Spring Festival — and snatch tickets without mind-numbing waits.