How much should we pay for family reunion? (12)

Edited and translated by Chen Lidan, Huang Jin and Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

•Name: He Xiaoming
•Gender: male
•Occupation: employee of subsidiary affiliated to state-owned Shougang Group
•Hometown: Yangquan, Shanxi province

•Departure Date: Feb. 8
•Distance from Home: roughly 400 kilometers
•Route of Travel: Work place-> Beijing West Railway Station (spend 3.5 hours on company's free bus) -> Yangquan (spend two hours on the train)

•Time Cost of Travel: 5.5 hours
•Total cost of Travel: 160 yuan (one way)

•Background: He Xiaoming said he misses the school days in Beijing. "I had more time and cheaper train ticket sold to student," said He. Fortunately, he had booked a ticket that can bring him home to celebrate the Chinese New Year with parents on www.12306.cn, the only ticket booking system run by the Ministry of Railways.

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