Buying a train ticket doesn't guarantee you a seat.

买一张火车票并不保证你就会有座。

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Henceforth, the passenger can buy a train ticket conveniently like buying airline ticket.

从今以后，旅客可以像买机票一样方便地购买火车票。

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A number of netizens even compared the ordeal of buying a ticket for Avatar to getting hold of a train ticket during Spring Festival, the holiday season when migrant workers flood home for reunions.

不少网友甚至将这样的阵势与春运购买火车票为了回乡与家人团聚相比较。

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She had run away from home and was later spotted on security cameras buying a train ticket to New York City.

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The teen had run away from home and was later spotted on security cameras buying a train ticket to New York City.

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The next problem is buying a ticket before I get on the train.

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