240,000 clicks per second for train tickets

The number of mouse clicks made in one second at 12360.com, China's official train ticket sales website, during peak Web traffic, is 240,000.

The online ticket-booking website has made ticketing easier, but the system has regularly crashed because of demand. People are rushing online to buy a ticket home during the 40-day Spring Festival travel period, which is expected to see 3.6 billion trips.