dialogue: #Person1#: Can I help you?
  #Person2#: Yes. When is the next train to New York City?
  #Person1#: Let me see. . . the train to New York City. . . here it is. . . daily except Sunday at ten thirty, twelve twenty and fifteen ten.
  #Person2#: Aren't there any trains before ten thirty?
  #Person1#: Sorry, not before ten thirty.
  #Person2#: Then one to New York at ten thirty.
  #Person1#: One way or round trip?
  #Person2#: One way.
  #Person1#: A soft seat or hard one?
  #Person2#: How much is a soft?
  #Person1#: 15 dollars. And for a hard one, only 6 dollars.
  #Person2#: Then one hard seat, please.
  #Person1#: OK. Here is your change. The train leaves on platform 8.
summary: #Person2# buys a one-way hard-seat train ticket to New York City with #Person1#'s assistance.
topic: buy a ticket