# Random HSR question (two legs of same train) **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwan Travel\ **Tags:** train\ **Created:** [March 20, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858 "2020-03-20T16:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teach](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@teach](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/teach)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/1 "2020-03-20T16:06:27Z")
So this is a question asked out of laziness. My employer pays for me to commute once a week for a meeting (let’s say Taipei to Taizhong), but in the morning I want to stop farther on (say Changhua). Can I buy two tickets for the same train? (Taipei–\>Taizhong + Taizhong–\>Changhua). How does that affect the putting your little paper ticket through? In theory I could get off in Taizhong, buy another ticket and then get on the next train, but obviously I’d prefer to make this faster. ---
**Author:** ![Gruen](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Gruen](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Gruen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/2 "2020-03-20T18:51:03Z")
You can take the same train with the 2 tickets. However, in Changhua you probably will not be able to exit through the gate. Show the 2 tickets to the staff at the gate and they will let you out. I think I did it like this once. ---
**Author:** ![rooftopclown](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rooftopclown/32/58063_2.png) [@rooftopclown](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/rooftopclown)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/3 "2020-03-20T22:16:00Z")
> [@Gruen](#): > > You can take the same train with the 2 tickets. However, in Changhua you probably will not be able to exit through the gate. Show the 2 tickets to the staff at the gate and they will let you out. Yes, that’s how this works. I’ve been doing this frequently. ---
**Author:** ![KongTaigi](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/kongtaigi/32/270477_2.png) [@KongTaigi](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KongTaigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/4 "2020-03-20T22:32:17Z")
The tickets for the two legs can be bought at the service counter. For official purposes a "購票證明” certificate is often more convenient for companies/universities/government. The service personnel are usually quite obliging. For example, I have grown accustomed to business class and now only sit in car 6 😅. However, the MOE refunds only regular tickets. I can usually buy a regular ticket, ask the staff to write up a simple 購票證明, then upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![ckw\_64](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ckw_64/32/55987_2.png) [@ckw\_64](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ckw_64)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/5 "2020-03-20T22:51:54Z")
I would think it easier to ask your employer to buy the ticket you really want and you pay back the difference. ---
**Author:** ![KongTaigi](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/kongtaigi/32/270477_2.png) [@KongTaigi](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KongTaigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/6 "2020-03-20T22:58:15Z")
In my experience, Taiwanese (well any nationality) pencil pushers cringe at this method. Accounting software would require triple effort to process that “simple” way. A single, official document with a sum total travel expense, on the other hand, halves the data entry. ---
**Author:** ![ckw\_64](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/ckw_64/32/55987_2.png) [@ckw\_64](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ckw_64)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/7 "2020-03-20T23:20:28Z")
Yup, I know when in comes to dealing with Finance or HR there are 2 options, easier for the company or easier for the employee, with only 1 possible outcome. HR really means ‘human restriction’ ---
**Author:** ![KongTaigi](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/kongtaigi/32/270477_2.png) [@KongTaigi](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/KongTaigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/random-hsr-question-two-legs-of-same-train/189858/8 "2020-03-20T23:23:24Z")
Good one! Or if you really screw up “horrendous retribution” (oh, we forgot your withholding tax rate!).