Well new rules that force travelers to use thier real names when buying train tickets have proven successful at cutting down on scalping. That means lower ticket prices for many migrants set back home for the Spring Festival. The Shanghai Railway Station was packed Thursday morning with people waiting in line to purchase tickets home for the Spring Festival. They say they notice a big difference from previous years. "I found the number of ticket scalpers is fewer this year." Railway police say they've caught 88 ticket scalpers, and confiscated more than 2,000 tickets, since early last December. But they haven't caught any since the new year when the real-name rule went into effect. However, some scalpers are using phone bookings to get tickets. That's because the phone system lets people buy three tickets with one ID card. "I booked three tickets under my ID. I sold them at a 200 yuan profit each. Buyers just need to change the name on the tickets with their own ID." Police say they've begun looking into that scheme, and have put together a database of more than 40 phone numbers and 1,300 people involved in scalping. With new rules on train tickets, some scalpers have moved on to long-distance bus tickets. For some routes, they can get tickets below face value by buying directly from the bus owner. With tickets scarce for some popular routes, they can charge a huge premium, sometimes twice the original price.