1 / 5   A railway worker has a passion for platform tickets, a type of ticket permitting people to access platforms, and has been collecting them for about 14 years. Shi Shaoxin, a railway conductor in central China’s Henan Province has collected over 1,200 platform tickets. /VCG Photo

2 / 5   The platform tickets bear witness to China's development Railway stations in different cities often printed local specialties, like sculptures, heritage relics and landmarks on the tickets. /VCG Photo

3 / 5   Working at the railway for 35 years, the 54-year-old told VCG that his interest in the platform tickets started in talking to a colleague, who joined him in collecting the tickets. /VCG Photo

4 / 5   Shi said that he even once got up at midnight to meet his friend who just passed his station and wanted to bring him some tickets. /VCG Photo

5 / 5   As the network of China's high-speed railway is expanding, many stations have stopped issuing platform tickets. Shi often opens the ticket albums and recollects the days that he was crazy about the ticket collection. /VCG Photo