NP | ZK translation: on line for tickets

[Mike Jing]

P207.16-19   He is a man on line for tickets to a ballet that a woman wants
to see and he is willing to wait for hours while she tends her
schoolchildren. She is the woman, rigid in her seat, watching a dancer
splice the air, fingertips to toes.

What does "on line for tickets" mean?
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