Un po’ d’italiano here in the city of the West Lake, Hangzhou — the Self-servico Ticket Office…
Trouble is, for the average expat without a second-generation PRC ID card, these machines in that office laden with Chinglish are — well, just there to be seen. And not used. Somewhat skanky rules in effect as of 1 June 2011 dictate that only PRC ID card holders are allowed the luxury of buying train tickets from anyone other than a live human being (as in: a ticket machine).
And nope, counter to what the icon says, the machine doesn’t really like you sticking in all these coins to get your deluxe HSR ticket.
Too bad that these machines have “died” for us expats.
Too bad still for the Chinglish…
What It Should Read: Self-Service Ticket Office
Taken June 2011 in Hangzhou