Sui Bin (second from the left) and several other university students, holding the same standing tickets, stand in the aisle of a train from Hefei, Anhui Province, to Qingdao, Shandong Province, on Jan. 19, 2013. Majoring in Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation at the HeFei University of Technology, Sui intends to visit his sister in Qingdao, but to get there he has to stand for 16 hours and 22 minutes. When talking about the whole process of buying the ticket, he mentioned he'd booked it one week ago, but only to find there were one soft bed and one standing ticket left. He decisively took the standing one. "I have never enjoyed the soft bed because it is too expensive and I cannot afford it! I remember my first standing journey, my legs turned into spaghetti. Look at those who have seats, having a table before them, away from the crowd, that's quite another feeling." he sighed. But he now feels no pressure for the journey because he has had plenty of practice. [Photo/Xinhua]