1, the release time is different. The earliest train tickets were all red and began to be used in the 1990s, while the blue train tickets were only issued and used in recent years.
2. Different materials. The red train ticket is a computer soft paper ticket with red shading, and the blue train ticket is a computer magnetic media ticket with light blue shading. When entering and leaving the railway station, because the blue train ticket is magnetic, you can enter and leave the station through the automatic ticket gate; The red train ticket is not magnetic, so you can only get in and out of the station by manual ticket checking.
3. The performance is different. The blue train ticket is a kind of train ticket made by the railway department with special paper. This kind of special paper can satisfy both magnetic information and thermal information, and the magnetic information recorded with this paper has strong anti-interference ability and high reliability. In addition, this paper has the characteristics of high temperature resistance and long-term storage. Red train tickets don't have this performance.
4. The cost is different. Because the performance of the blue train ticket is better than that of the red train ticket and harder than that of the red train ticket, the production cost of the blue train ticket is also high. Now some small stations and sales outlets will still issue traditional red paper tickets.
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Development of train tickets;
In 1990s, barcode "soft paper ticket" appeared. This kind of ticket is printed on the spot by a thermal transfer ticket machine with non-impact printing technology when selling tickets.
Since 2008, railway stations in some large and medium-sized cities in China have started to sell magnetic card train tickets. This kind of magnetic card train ticket with silver metallic luster is a one-time ticket, and its face hardness is higher than that of soft paper train ticket. The front of the ticket is printed with the pattern of EMU, and the back is printed with the information for railway passengers. When selling tickets, the thermal transfer ticket machine with non-impact printing technology is used for on-site printing, and magnetic information and thermal information are implanted on the back of the ticket.
The 20 10 new version of the train ticket upgrades the original face bar code to a two-dimensional code, which has a larger information capacity, is convenient for machine reading, and can also be better anti-counterfeiting.
On 2011June 12, Beijing-Tianjin intercity took the lead in trying out online ticketing, marking the first time that Chinese mainland railway ticketing entered the era of online ticketing and testing the implementation of online ticketing for Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail.
20 1 5 August1day, the new version of train tickets will be sold nationwide. The national train ticket has entered the replacement period of old and new tickets, and two kinds of tickets coexist. From August 1, the new version of train tickets should be sold nationwide.