Over the years, during the times returning home during the Lunar New Year, for many passengers who often travel by train like us, the plastic chairs (extra seats) and the first-floor beds converted into 3-seat compartments have become a very familiar image.
Most passengers who buy extra train seats or converted sleeper tickets are those who booked main train tickets but the tickets are sold out and there are no more seats, and are usually passengers taking short-distance trains to the Central provinces such as Nha Trang, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, and Da Nang.
In addition, passengers who choose to buy extra-seat train tickets are also poor laborers living far from home. They buy extra-seat train tickets to save money to go home to celebrate Tet with their relatives and family. When getting on the train, they try to sit in the extra-seat for a few hours, and at night, they spread out a mat that they bought in advance or sometimes just bring cardboard or some newspaper to sleep on the floor of the train, and the next day the train will stop at the station in their hometown.
The railway industry has completely stopped selling extra seat tickets in each train car to improve service quality and passenger service quality.
By completely eliminating the sale of extra seat tickets on the train during Tet, the train compartment will be more comfortable, spacious, clean and safe. The movement of passengers in each compartment, especially passengers in soft seat and hard seat cars, will be more spacious and comfortable than before.
However, it should also be added that once the railway industry completely stops selling extra train tickets during Tet, it is necessary to research and consider whether to reserve a certain number of tickets as well as increase the number of hard and soft seats on each train car to sell to passengers in need...
