【新唐人2014年01月21日讯】中国农历除夕将到，一年一度号称“世界最大的迁徙活动”在16号正式来临，中共官方预计，今年的客运量将达到36亿人次以上。尽管现在可以通过网络以及电话订票的方式购买车票，但“一票难求”的现象仍然没有得到任何改善，“中铁”刚升级的网上订票系统也因频出故障，而饱受诟病。一时间，买不到票的人们怨声四起。
才进入春运正式启动后的第四天，“广州铁路”19号的客流量已经突破百万。
1月16号上午，中共国务院副总理马凯和“中国铁路总公司”总经理盛光祖等人到北京火车站，了解今年春运期间铁路运输情况。据《法制晚报》报导，当马凯在候车大厅内，“随机”询问一位女乘客购票情况后，这位名叫刘秀琴的女乘客回答：“今年票还行，不难买。”
这则新闻一经播出，遭到了大量网民的挖苦和讽刺。很多网友反讽：“我也买到了，大年31的票”、“我买到的是1月32号的”、“我也买到了，2月29号的”、“小弟不才，只买到了星期8的。”广东茂名市一名网友质问：“敢问大姐与铁路总公司什么关系，票是怎么买到的，顺便帮一下忙，也给买一张呗，我给你手续费。”
在深圳打工的林先生：“因为大部分人都抢不到票，只有她抢到票，也有可能是内部关系也不一定。”
记者调查发现，今年春运购票难的现象并没有得到改善。多数人表示,今年的火车票同往年一样，无论是亲自到车站买票，还是通过网站或电话订票，都极为困难。
在广东东莞打工的农民工曹先生：“有些路线也很难买”。
在广东打工的农民工孙先生：“比较难买，订票系统还是不稳定。”
吉林长春大学生小李:“直达的肯定不好买啊。网上10点放票，我这边是10点上的网站，一秒钟卧铺票全都没有了，就剩硬座了，有的连硬座都没有了。你在网上刷不到票。”
据大陆媒体转载美国《外交政策》杂志的报导说，杂志记者为体验“12306”网站购票系统，尝试注册了一个新账号，试了14次才找到一个清楚的验证码。接下来的一个小时里，他搜寻了从广东深圳市到四川和湖南城市的车票，结果都“没票”。
在深圳打工的林先生：“订火车票挺难的，因为现在这个网络很有问题的，就是上网速度，有时候，你刷新要刷很久，然后很难抢，就是你一刷新，然后就没有了，这个很夸张。因为我从深圳到汕尾， 10号就开始上网看了，看了之后就一直开始追踪，到现在都没有抢到。有时候那个验证码写的很模糊，那时候连续刷了5次吧！”
报导还指出，愤怒的大陆民众将“12306网站”的许多问题归咎于中国铁路部门的漠然、失职和腐败。微博用户说，这个网站是“浪费数亿纳税人钱”的“垃圾网站”。但有媒体人认为，大陆春运期间，铁路运输力的整体不足，注定导致“12306”的性能无论怎样优化，都不会提升用户买到票的概率。
四川成都西南交通大学交通运输学院副院长、中国铁道学会会员帅斌：“铁路以前是一个政企不分的，就是政企合一的一个部门。在政企合一情况下，那么它有很多腐败问题，另外，在运力配备方面，没有按科学的规划和布局等等这些问题。以前种种遗留下来这些问题。经济发展不均衡现象如果得不到消除，还有，产业布局得不到优化，城乡的差异如果不能解决的话，那么这个春运的问题就永远会存在。”
而中国民众在买不到车票的困境中各出奇招。据台湾《联合新闻网》报导，四川成都一名为见新婚太太、并拜会丈母娘的男子，在买不到车票的情况下，骑马穿越塞车的国道——马上回家。
采访编辑/张天宇 后制/李勇
China Railway Corruption Continues, Chinese New Year
Transportation Congestion Continues
“The world’s largest migratory activity" for the Chinese Lunar
New Year’s Eve, has officially arrived on Jan. 16. The Chinese regime anticipated traffic congestion of more than 3.6 billion people. Even though booking through the Internet and telephone has been made available, a ticket is still hard to come by. The constant failing of China Railway’s newly upgraded online booking system, has further drawn criticism and complaints.
In just four days since the transportation around the Chinese
New Year, as of Jan.19, the Guangzhou Railway has
transported more than one million passengers.
State Council Ma Kai, & general manager of China
Railway, Sheng Guangzu,both visited Beijing Railway Station on Jan. 16, “randomly"interviewing one female passenger, Liu Xiuqin.
Ms. Liu said, “It’s not too bad, the ticket was not that difficult to obtain."
This news immediately drew a large number of Internet users
sarcasm & innuendo’s , such as,
“I got my ticket too, the day after New Year !”
Also, “I got mine on Jan. 32," and, “Me too, it’s on Feb. 29,"
another said, “I could only get mine on the eighth day of the week."
A netizen in Guangdong asked: “May I ask Ms. Liu’s relationship to the Railway? How did she obtain a ticket? Please help me to get my ticket and I will gladly pay the service fee."
Migrant worker Mr. Lin from Shenzhen: “Since the majority
of people could not obtain their tickets but she could,
people wonder, perhaps she has some internal connections?"
The reporter’s investigation found, the phenomenon of a ticket being hard to come by, has not improved one bit. The majority of people, indicate they have tried to book through online connection, telephone or simply visiting the station, yet they still could not get a seat.
Mr. Cao, a migrant worker In Dongguan, Guangdong:
“a few routes are also difficult in getting a ticket."
Mr. Sun, a migrant worker in Guangdong: “It is very difficult
to get a train ticket, and the booking system is so unstable."
Mr. Li, a student at Changchun, Jilin: “A direct line is certainly
very difficult to find."The Internet started selling tickets at 10.00am, I only managed got online at 10.00am.
“In a matter of seconds, sleeping cabins were completely sold out.
Some cars with hard seats only, also completely sold out.
There is no seating available online whatsoever !"
According to Foreign Policy magazine report, China Railway’s online page finally had tickets, a clear verification code 12306, eventually became available
after 14 attempts of registering a new account each time.After an hour of searching for a seat between Shenzhen and Sichuan or Hunan, the results were “none available."
Mr. Lin, a migrant worker in Shenzhen: “It is impossible to get
a train ticket. There seems to be a problem with the Internet.
The speed is so slow, it takes ages each time you retry. “
“Every new ‘re-try’ we get only get a blank, it’s quite ridiculous.
I am going to Shanwei from Shenzhen. “
“I have been following closely on the Internet since the Jan.10,
still I have not been able to get a seat.
“At one point, the verification code was very vague,
I tried reentering it five times!"
The report also pointed out, that a lot of angry Chinese blamed
the indifference, dereliction of duty and corruption of China
Railway for the failure of the “12306” online system.
A Weibo user said the system is a spam, wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ money. There are also media reports, claiming its the lack of efficiency within the railway system, and no matter how the 12306 system has been improved,the China Railway will by no means improve its ticketing efficiency.
Shuai Bin, Vice President of School of Traffic and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University: “The railway has been a unit of government and industry, harboring many corruptions.
“In terms of capacity, due to a lack of scientific planning and layout, on top of all problems from the past and imbalances in economic development, inequality in the distribution of industries, and between the urban and the city, the transportation issue around the Chinese New Year, will forever remain the same."
Under the pressure of not being able to get a ticket back home,
some people are finding their own ways of resolving this problem.
According to Taiwan’s United Daily News report, a Chengdu
citizen decided to get through the congested State Road,
any way he possibly could.
On his way to visiting his newly wedded wife and his new
mother-in-law,
he decided he would break through the blockade,
by traveling to his loved ones, on a “horse."
Interview & Edit/Zhang Tianyu Post-Production/LiYong
