Can children take the train? How should children's train tickets be purchased?

Children's ticket refers to the bill that children need to buy in public transportation or public places. The carrier generally does not accept children traveling alone (except for the students who take the train to study and the carrier agrees to take care of them during the journey).

1. Can children drive alone?

According to the relevant provisions of the contract law, in principle, children can not ride alone. Please walk with adults with full civil capacity.

2. How do children buy tickets?

An adult passenger can bring a child less than 1.2m in height free of charge. If there is more than one child less than 1.2m in height, one child is free of charge, and other children should buy child tickets. If the height of children is 1.2-1.5m, please buy children's tickets; if the height is more than 1.5m, please buy full price tickets.

When an adult passenger holds a sleeper ticket, the child may share a sleeper with him or her, and the ticket shall be free of charge or purchased according to the above provisions.

3. Do you need ID card to buy children's ticket?

At present, when buying real name tickets at the railway ticket window, the real name system is not applied to children's tickets. When purchasing children's tickets on 12306.cn website, if children have valid identity documents, they can be added as common contacts (when children's valid identity documents are resident identity cards, only registered users with resident identity cards can add the children as common contacts); if the identity information verification status is "passed" or "pre passed", they can purchase tickets. If a child does not have a valid identity document, he / she can use the identity information (name, type and number of the document are the same adult) of the adult of the same trade who has passed or passed in advance to buy a ticket.

4. What are the discounts for children's ticket price?

Children's tickets can enjoy the preferential treatment of passenger tickets, acceleration tickets and air-conditioned tickets. The price of children's tickets is calculated as 50% of the published price of corresponding passenger tickets and additional tickets. For free ride and children with children's tickets, when they use the sleeper alone, the full price of sleeper ticket will be charged, and when there is air conditioning, the half price of air conditioning ticket will be charged. The seats of children's tickets are the same as those of adult passengers, and the arrival station cannot be far from that of adult passengers.

5. How can I exchange paper tickets at the ticket window when I buy children's tickets on 12306.cn?

After purchasing tickets on 12306.cn website, if a child's own ID card is used to purchase tickets and the station and the next station have the conditions for checking the tickets, the child can use his / her own ID card to directly handle the entrance and exit check-in through the automatic ticket machine (gate machine); in other cases, please exchange paper tickets after purchasing tickets and before taking the train.

When exchanging paper tickets for children's tickets, please provide the original and order number of the valid identity card of the adult or child of the same trade; if the child does not apply for the resident identity card and uses the child ID card number contained in the resident account book to purchase children's tickets, please provide the original of the resident account book or The temporary identity certificate of the passenger train issued by the public security certification office of the station railway. If the identity information verification status of the child himself or the adult of his / her peers is "to be verified", after purchasing the ticket on 12306.cn, please hold the Hong Kong and Macao residents' mainland travel pass, Taiwan residents' mainland travel pass or the valid passports (all originals) that can be used according to the regulations to go through the identity information verification at the ticket selling window of the station, and pass the pre verification (identity letter If the status of interest verification is changed to "pre pass", paper tickets can be exchanged.

When an adult enters or takes a train with a child's ticket, if the station finds it, it shall refuse to enter or take the train; if the train finds it, it shall be handled as if there is no ticket.