合同法视域下铁路客运站坐票同价问题探析

Analyzing on Issue of Same Price of Railway Standing and Sitting Tickets Based on the Contract Law

列车站坐票同价问题是铁路运输中公众利益保护的重要问题,支付相同对价却不能享受同等的服务,与合同的自由平等原则相悖,与契约精神相悖。虽然铁路运输行业有其特殊性,但其特殊性不足以牺牲公众利益为代价,因此,文章从理论上厘清列车站坐票同价问题的实质及危害,并提出解决对策。解决站坐票同价问题,应当调整火车票价实现站坐票差异化对待,同时引入社会资本提高铁路运力逐步取消无座票,重视对个案的公正判决加强司法正确引导,以实现铁路旅客运输合同的自由性和正义性。

Railway corporations sell standing tickets when passengers＇ volume booms in order to relieve the pressure of railway traffic. Thus it can meet the need of leaping passenger transportation. But selling standing tickets at the same price as sitting tickets not only harms passengers＇ economic interests, but also violates the principles of contract freedom and justice. In the long run, it isn＇t beneficial for sustainable and healthy development of railway corporations. Also, it obstructs the way of setting up a free and fair market. It is necessary to adjust the price of train ticket, make correctly judicial guidance, attract social capital in railway business and push the railway transport enterprises to solve the problem.