The arrival of the Spring Festival – the Chinese New Year - means movement of people on a massive scale as virtually the entire country tries to return home for the holiday. And much of that travel will be by rail - which means opportunities for unscrupulous ticket scalpers.

This year over 210 million people are expected to use China's railways. That means hugely overcrowded trains, lining up – sometimes for days - to buy scarce tickets,and unscrupulous scalpers.

This year the country's Ministry of Railways has announced a pilot project – known as the, "real name ticket system". It aims to deal with the scourge of those who buy up tickets then sell them at inflated prices. At 37 stations in the southern provinces of Guangdong, Hunan and Sichuan each passenger will be allowed to buy just three tickets after providing one piece of ID per ticket. Many travelers like the idea.

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More than 210 million passengers are expected to crowd China's railways during the upcoming Chinese New Year. This figure is up nearly 10 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Railways. And for the first time, thousands of travelers will have named tickets.

The first 600,000 travelers with real-name tickets have already set off from Guangdong Railway Group's many stations in southern Guangdong Province. They are the first to benefit from the country's latest attempts to curb ticket hoarding after years of unsuccessful crackdowns against scalpers.

As we've reported, the scheme is being piloted by China's Ministry of Railways in Guangdong province. And if successful, it will likely be rolled out across the country. In today's Poll Position we look at a poll by the English language China Daily which has been gauging people's reaction to the scheme.

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