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12306 Scraper for Train Schedules and Fares

Compare the trains shown for a 12306 route by collecting service numbers, departure and arrival times, journey durations, seat availability, and displayed fares in one table.

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Turn a 12306 search into a train table you can compare

Thunderbit reads the route results, keeps each train's details aligned, and prepares the data for export.

Let AI read the route results

Open the 12306 results for your route and date. One Click Extract can identify train numbers, departure and arrival times, journey durations, available seats, and displayed fares without selector setup.

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Keep schedules, seats, and fares aligned

Thunderbit organizes each train's visible details into consistent columns as it extracts them. The finished table is ready for Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, or CSV without rebuilding the rows by hand.

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Follow meaning instead of fixed positions

A selector-based scraper expects every time, fare, and seat label to stay in one place. Thunderbit identifies those fields by meaning, so the workflow depends less on a single 12306 layout.

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12306 changes should not mean rebuilding your scraper

Traditional rules follow positions. Thunderbit AI reads the train information they represent.

Selectors and copied train rows

Small page changes create more work
Times and fares depend on fixed selectors
Seat types need repeated mapping
Timetables require another scraping rule
Layout changes can interrupt the workflow
One Click Extract

A route table built by Thunderbit

Train details stay organized by service
AI recognizes visible schedule and fare fields
Seats remain attached to the correct train
Plain-English requests can adjust the columns
The result is ready to export

What data can you extract from 12306?

Choose the train, schedule, seat, fare, and stop information that matters to your trip or analysis.

  • Departure Station
  • Arrival Station
  • Outbound Travel Date
  • Return Travel Date
  • One-Way or Round-Trip
  • Student Fare Flag
  • High-Speed Train Only Flag
  • Train Number
  • Train Type
  • Train Origin
  • Train Destination
  • Scheduled Departure Time
  • Scheduled Arrival Time
  • Journey Duration
  • Direct or Transfer Itinerary
  • Business Class Seat Availability
  • Premium First Class Availability
  • First Class Seat Availability
  • Second Class Seat Availability
  • Soft Sleeper Availability
  • Hard Sleeper Availability
  • Soft Seat Availability
  • Hard Seat Availability
  • No-Seat Availability
  • Business Class Fare
  • First Class Fare
  • Second Class Fare
  • Sleeper Fare
  • Hard Seat Fare
  • Station Sequence Number
  • Calling Station Name
  • Station Arrival Time
  • Station Departure Time
  • Station Stop Duration
  • Elapsed Time to Query Station
  • Ticket Type
  • Passenger Fare Type
  • Seat or Berth Class
  • Ticket Availability Status
  • Sale Start Time
  • Train On-Time or Delay Status
  • Check-In Gate
  • Platform
  • Waiting Room
  • Ticket Check Time
  • Ticket Valid Travel Date
  • Ticket Valid Train Number

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Questions about collecting 12306 train results

Routes, travel dates, seat availability, fares, and timetable details do not appear in exactly the same way on every 12306 view.

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