Group tickets help ease journey home

Buying a bus or train ticket back home for Spring Festival has never been so easy for migrant workers.

All they have to do is to collect 20 people going to the same destination and they will be issued "group tickets", the Ministry of Transport announced yesterday.

With more than 2 billion journeys expected during Spring Festival, which falls on Jan 26, it is of utmost importance to ensure migrant workers get back to their families, He Jianzhong, spokesman for the ministry, said at a press conference in Beijing while announcing new and hassle-free ways for workers to buy tickets.