关于火车站票是否该半价的争论,近年显得格外激烈。当我们想看看国外有没有类似的情况,以寻求经验或者教训的参照时,才发现如此之难。因为在很多国家,都不发售火车站票,在这些国家,火车无论是不是主要的交通工具,都不存在中国春运的盛况,火车的运力基本足够满足需求,不需要站票。而发售站票的国家,诸如印度、孟加拉,铁路运输还不如中国,其一些民众很羡慕中国,能把如此众多的人“挤进”火车中,而不需要挂在车外,坐在车顶。最有参考价值的也许是日本,自由席未必有座,为了无座的可能,票价要比有指定 The controversy over whether railway station tickets should be half price is particularly fierce in recent years. When we want to see if there are similar situations abroad, we find it hard to find references to experience or lessons. Because train tickets are not available in many countries, trains, whether they are not major modes of transport, do not exist in China during the Spring Festival. The capacity of trains is basically sufficient to meet the demand and there is no need for station tickets. In countries that sell station tickets, such as India and Bangladesh, rail transport is not as good as China. Some of its citizens envy China and can squeeze so many people into the train without having to hang outside and sit Roof. The most valuable reference may be Japan, free seats may not have a seat, in order to no avail, the fare than the designated