Ads to Appear on Train Tickets Nationwide from Jan. 1

(Beijing) – Debt-ridden China Railway Corp. (CRC) will start selling ad space on train tickets nationwide from January 1, after the success of a November pilot.

The state-run rail operator will permit 17 of its 18 regional branches to sell ads, the company said on December 8. The branch office in Lanzhou in the western province of Gansu has been left out of the plan for undisclosed reasons.