Access Tibet » new ticket http://blog.accesstibet.com Access Tibet Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New version of Train Ticket http://blog.accesstibet.com/2009/12/10/new-version-of-train-ticket/ http://blog.accesstibet.com/2009/12/10/new-version-of-train-ticket/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:30:17 +0000 admin http://blog.accesstibet.com/?p=44 It was announced earlier that the new edition of train tickets will begin to be used throughout the country as of Dec. 10. This action is presumed to be an effect to fight the counterfeit tickets. A two-dimensional anti-counterfeiting pattern will be applied to the new train tickets to replace the original one-dimensional bar codes as a result of technological progress, according to a notice from the Ministry of Railways.

However, the date of beginning the new ticket sale is being pushed back to December 31st because of the delay of converting the computer ticketing system in the Lhasa Railway Station.

Yep, the flimsy piece of paper will finally look like what it is worth. Considering the arms and legs it costs (not money-wise but effort-wise) to land a train ticket, that flimsy peice of paper really needs some facelift to make people think it is worthwhile. Let alone the temptation to run to the local copy store to print one!

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