If you can't buy the ticket you want, you just buy a ticket for a certain station on the way, and then get on the train to make up for the ticket. This behavior is called "buying a short ride and taking a long ride", and it is also a "ticket grabbing" technique commonly used by many passengers. However, during the Spring Festival this year, this approach is risky! The reporter learned from the railway department that due to the tight railway capacity, during this year’s Spring Festival, passengers who “buy short and take long” may face “persuasion to get off” by the conductor.
On the afternoon of February 4, a reporter called the 12306 service hotline and learned that during the Spring Festival this year, due to the surge in passenger travel, railway transport capacity was once again in short supply. It was not recommended that passengers purchase short-distance tickets and then get on the train to make up for the tickets. You need to consult the conductor whether you can get on the train to replenish your ticket. The conductor will decide whether to allow passengers to replenish their tickets based on the situation of the train passengers. If the train is overcrowded or has reached the capacity limit, tickets may not be replaced. 12306 customer service said that if you really can't buy a ticket, it is recommended to take a transfer plan or choose other transportation methods.
A train conductor in the Nanjing passenger section also confirmed to reporters that high-speed trains allow a certain overcrowding rate, but it cannot exceed the safety upper limit. If overcrowding and overloading reach the upper limit, the train will alarm, automatically stop running, and cannot continue running. "If we encounter such a situation, we can only persuade passengers arriving at the station for short distances to get off the train to ensure the normal operation of the train. However, if there is transportation capacity, passengers for short distances can still be allowed to continue riding."
In addition, the reporter also learned that according to the "Railway Passenger Transport Regulations of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.", when passengers request to travel beyond a station, they must submit the original ticket before arriving at the station. The conductor can handle it if there is transportation capacity. Check and collect fares for over-station sections. If you ride with an invalid ticket or continue riding without getting off the ticket after arriving at the station, you will be treated as having no ticket. In addition to having to make up the ticket when you leave the station, you will also be charged 50% of the fare for the section you have traveled.
The reporter learned that in order to meet the travel needs of the masses as much as possible, the railway department has currently increased transport capacity in accordance with the idea of "arrangements as needed, prepared for emergencies, precise matching, and echelon deployment". During the Spring Festival Transport, Jiangsu will open a total of 205.5 pairs of passenger trains, focusing on replenishing capacity in popular directions. In particular, 27 pairs of EMU trains will be added from the Shanghai-Nanjing area to the north of Jiangsu.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Shi Xiaolei