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Dec 28, 2024 · Operations
What Makes China’s 12306 Railway Ticketing System So Resilient?
The article examines China’s 12306 railway ticketing platform, tracing its evolution from early Unix‑based reservation software to a massive, real‑time, three‑tier distributed system that handles billions of requests during peak travel periods, highlighting its architectural challenges, high‑concurrency solutions, and unique national centralization.
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