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The question of whether fresh graduates can buy student tickets
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Learn all about student discounted tickets
Student discount tickets are eligible
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Who can purchase tickets
Students and graduate students studying in full-time institutions of higher learning (including private schools for higher academic education approved and set up by the administrative department of education under the State Council and provincial-level people's governments), scientific research institutions undertaking postgraduate education, military academies, ordinary primary and secondary schools, and secondary vocational schools (including public and private secondary specialized schools, vocational high schools, and technical schools that provide academic education qualifications), and formal religious schools approved by the State Council or the State Council Bureau of Religious Affairs.
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Studying in a different place
The home residence and the school are not located in the same city.
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Required documents
With the student ID card with the student discount card marked with the discount section and the train ticket student discount card (primary and secondary school students with a written certificate stamped with the official seal of the school), the preferential section should be stamped with the official seal of the institution.
New students can purchase a student discount ticket once with the admission notice and graduates with a written certificate from the school stamped with the official seal of the institution.
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Ticketing time
Each academic year (October 1 to September 30 of the following year), four one-way student discount tickets can be purchased between the place of residence of the family and the location of the institution (internship location).
Scope of student discount ticket
Student discount tickets are limited to the use of hard seats, hard sleepers and second class seats on ordinary passenger trains.
How is the price of a student discount ticket calculated?
Student discount tickets can enjoy discounts on hard-seat tickets, expedited tickets, air-conditioned tickets and second-class tickets for EMU trains on general-speed passenger trains. The student discount ticket is calculated at 50% of the published fare of the hard-seat ticket and the corresponding additional ticket, and the student holding the student discount ticket shall be charged the full-price hard-berque ticket price when using the hard-sleeper of the general-speed passenger train, and the half-price air-conditioned ticket price shall be charged when there is air conditioning. The second-class fare of the student discount ticket EMU train is calculated at 75% of the published fare of the second-class seat.
How to buy tickets for new students (graduates).
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How do new students (graduates) purchase student discount tickets?
New students can purchase a one-way student ticket between the student's home location and the school's location with a valid ID card on the 12306 website (including mobile app) or at the station window with a valid ID card with the admission notice (graduates with a written certificate issued by the school).
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How do new students (graduates) enter the station and take the bus after purchasing a student discount ticket?
Since new students (graduates) do not have a student discount card and cannot go through the student qualification verification, new students can enter the station through the manual ticket inspection channel with the admission notice (graduates with a written certificate issued by the school) and the valid ID used when purchasing tickets.
Under what circumstances cannot I sell student tickets?
The train ticket student discount card must contain the student's name, valid ID number, preferential travel section, enrollment date, preferential number of rides and other information. If there is no "Train Ticket Student Discount Card", and if the information contained in the "Train Ticket Student Discount Card" is incomplete, unrecognizable or inconsistent with the student ID card, the student discount ticket cannot be sold.
How to verify the qualification and enter the station for student discount tickets?
Passengers who meet the conditions for purchasing student tickets and have not verified their student qualifications should go through the 12306 website in advance to verify their student qualifications (the 12306 website only verifies your status as a student at school, and the preferential section of the student ticket is verified by the station and train on the way). Please make sure that the discounted boarding section of the student ticket filled in is the same as the discounted boarding section recorded on the student ID).
You can also go to the designated window of the station or the automatic ticket vending/collection machine to manually verify the qualification with your resident ID card and student discount card. Passengers who have passed the 12306 on-campus qualification verification and manual qualification verification can self-service real-name verification and entry and exit ticket inspection with their resident identity documents, and the verification procedures should be completed before boarding.
Frequently Asked Questions on Student Discount Tickets
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Can I buy a student ticket in sections?
According to the preferential boarding section indicated on the student card, if there is no direct bus, you can purchase it according to the section of the short path.
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If I only have a student ID card and no ID card, can I buy a real-name ticket?
No, the student ID card is not a valid ID for real-name ticket purchase.
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What should I do if I purchase a student ticket online and the discount range does not match and the number of discounts exceeds it?
For student tickets (the range does not match, the number of discounts exceeded), go to the ticket window of the station to go through the ticket supplement procedures with the original valid ID card and the student discount card.
For example, if the discount range of a student ticket is A-B, and the purchased student ticket is A-B-C, you need to make up the difference between the price difference between the B-C full-price ticket and the student discount ticket. When the 4 discounts have been used, you need to make up the difference between the full price of A and C and the purchased student discount tickets.
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Do I still need a student ID after the online verification?
Need! Passengers who have purchased a student ticket must bring their student ID voucher with them for verification by railway staff at the station and on the train.
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How to apply for student discount tickets for overseas Chinese students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan?
Overseas Chinese students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan can purchase student discount tickets between the station where the school is located and the station in the port city. Except as otherwise provided by railway transport enterprises.
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Source: "China Railway" WeChat public account