Originally Posted by
tauphi
The only limitation of an unverified account is that you can't buy train tickets for Chinese ID holders. You can however buy tickets for up to five passport holder (including Chinese nationals).
So verification is only necessary if you need to buy tickets for lots of people, and in particular, Chinese nationals without passports.
That's useful to know - thanks. I'll try this next month and will see it if works. I already have an account registered to an old passport, but replaced that passport last year - I will try first though to see if the same thing is possible (use without verification) using my permanent residence card ID.