From tomorrow (17th) on the high-speed rail, the number of tickets available for sale will increase from 10,000 to 14,000 in both directions per day.
Legislative Council member Tian Beichen of the Real Politics Roundtable said that the increase of 4,000 votes was "to the throat and not to the lungs", saying that the increase was lower than his request.
And Zhang Xinyu, a member of Hong Kong's New Direction Legislative Council, also said that the current online ticket sales method does not match the transportation capacity seriously, and he was speechless to hear the comments of ticket buyers.
Tian Beichen said that MTR promised to flexibly deploy the quota of high-speed rail trips.
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Tian Beichen: MTR promises to flexibly allocate the quota for each train
Tian Beichen said that he requested that the number of two-way round-trip tickets be increased to 16,000. At the same time, the quota should not be distributed equally, but the total quota should be calculated only when sold out, so as to increase the flexibility of citizens to buy tickets.
He said that the current increase is only 14,000, which is lower than his request, and he questioned why the government did not further increase ticket sales given the demand.
Tian Beichen learned from the government and the MTR that the government said that although the increase is lower than the requirement, it does not represent the final number, and the additional tickets have been handled flexibly by the MTR.
However, MTR said that due to technical problems, it could not be dealt with automatically, but it promised to monitor the situation, and it will be flexibly deployed if there are shifts sold out.
Zhang Xinyu was speechless when he couldn't buy tickets online and waited in line to listen to public comments.
As for Zhang Xinyu, who used to work in the MTR, said that it took two hours to register on the 123063 ticketing website, but it was almost sold out. The only way to buy tickets was to queue up at the high-speed rail station in the "retro" way.
Zhang Xinyu said that the total capacity of the current number of trains can actually reach 40,000 to 50,000 passengers, but in the end there are only 8,500 passengers on board. This is not because there is no demand, but due to quota restrictions, there is a serious mismatch between e-ticketing and train capacity.
While queuing, Zhang Xinyu heard citizens sigh, saying: "One bus only carries a few hundred people, and the rich and powerful must have priority!" After hearing this, Zhang Xinyu was speechless.
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