Advance tickets add twist to travel

Yang Jingwen, a migrant worker in Beijing, is considering returning to her hometown of Xinyang, in Henan province, for Spring Festival by bus instead of train after she failed to book a rail ticket.

"I'm always busy at the end of the year. I don't know the exact time that I can leave the capital, so it's hard for me to book a train ticket for Spring Festival in advance," said the 28-year-old.

Tickets to Xinyang have sold out because passengers can now book train tickets via the Internet and by telephone 60 days in advance, according to Yang.