Authority on right track training its sights on ticket overriders

CHINA RAILWAY CORPORATION has announced that passengers will be charged an extra 50 percent of the ticket price if they are caught traveling beyond the length of journey their ticket is valid for. Beijing News comments:

Such a response from the top railway regulator undoubtedly offers a viable solution to the phenomenon of passengers using short distance train tickets for longer journeys.

This usually happens during peak travel periods, such as holidays, so it not only affects the normal railway capacity, but also means that some passengers with valid tickets are unable to get on the trains. Therefore, it is not enough to punish those passengers buying short distance tickets and traveling longer distance. The passengers whose rights they violate by doing so need to be compensated.