D trains also require real ID same as C and G. Just those 3 types so far though, remember "CDG." You'll need to find name/ID/passport of a fourth person to book an empty berth on these trains. As reported on other thread(s), nobody official seems to be inspecting ID's when boarding or riding the actual journey. So the fact that no fourth person actually shows up is likely to go un-noticed...or as I said above, use the "in the bathroom or dining car" trick if it does.

Or, get sleeper tickets for the Z, T, or K trains which are slower but which require no ID. Or fly and dispense with train worries.

And I doubt the MOR would ever move to actual inspection on trains, what a nightmare that would be.

Why not use a discount to which one is legitimately entitled?

If the ticket policies were based on age alone with a clear line whether 18, 12 or somewhere else, it would be easy to obey them, and if challenged about a child who looks old for her or his age, it could be backed up with ID proof of age. But the height requirement makes enforcement confusing.

By the letter of the rules, a girl of 17 who would stand 149 cm tall without her high heels and hairdo is entitled to a child ticket. But if challenged about it - age can be proven by ID, how easy is proving the true height going to be?

Please tell us a bit more about your traveling party.

Very easy for you to prove. Just carry a small measuring tape with you.
What's the cost of one in China ~ 25 cents.

Agreed. In one original + 7 follow-on posts, Chorned still hasn't made clear what it is s/he's trying to accomplish, instead preferring to go round-and-round and keep us guessing instead of laying it out on the table. :rolleyes:

They claim to be demanding real names for bullet trains "C" "D" "G".
But in fact they don't require a name for a ticket issued based
on a foreign passport, because the claim is the ticket agents
can't read english but TMK their keyboard for input to the ticket machine
doesn't support roman alphabet.

Height marker on BJ-SH HSR

Here's a screen capture from a video posted from passengers
stuck on another broken down HSR on the BJ-SH route,
sweating it out. (Yes, another breakdown..4,5,6 lost count)

See the height marker for kids in the photo.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j8...rainheight.jpg