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Buying train ticket, travel by train, and other tips about train system in China.

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Beijing to Shanghai CRH Train Feb 12, 2008
I wrote a blog about Train from Beijing to Shanghai, and it became a very popular blog on the Internet. (Searching Beijing Shanghai in Google will lead to this page). After 3 years later, many reader asks me about whether...
Traveler Tide in Spring Festival Jan 27, 2008
In the next half an month or so, we will experience the largest transportation tide. It is maybe the largest scale of people move in the planet. It is because of the Spring Festival. Why So Many People Need to...
Train Ticket Office at Maglev Station Dec 16, 2007
Many people arrives in Shanghai Pudong airport empty handed - I mean without the train ticket to the next city. Typically, they just arrives, and want to get train ticket, and then directly take a train to nearby cities, like...
Train from Shanghai to Nanjing - CRH (D) Nov 29, 2007
They have a nice handle that you can use your foot to press, and the foot holder will restore to the original position. That is very helpful if you want to lay down and relax your feet. This is the...
Hangzhou to Shanghai D Train Schedule Oct 7, 2007
Today, Wendy and I went to the Shanghai South Railway Station to pickup my parents-in-law. They took train D680 from Hangzhou to Shanghai South Station. I still haven't try any of D train so far, but from their description, it...
D Train in China Aug 21, 2007
I didn't have the chance to take D Train yet. Well. Although I wrote a lot about Shanghai, I am still not a full time report so I can try every new thing and report the first hand experience on...
Shanghai South Railway Statoin - Part II Aug 1, 2007
To read the first part of this article, check Shanghai South Railway Station This time, let me post some real photos of the station. The photos are being uploaded, and it takes some time. When finished, you can view it...
Power Plugs on Train? Jun 21, 2007
Traveling in China via train is a good idea to experience the scenary of China and to form an idea about the relative locations and difference between the cities. But the problem is the Power Plugs. The common questions are:...
Faster Bullet Trains in China May 5, 2007
I am too slow to react to this news. The 6th national wide train speed increase has been completed. Since I didn't try the new train, it still didn't impact my life yet. (The basic rule in this blog is...
Checking-in Luggage for the Train? May 5, 2007
After my previous post about train, JC asked the following question: Hi Jian Shuo, I love train travel, specially after reading your blog about Z train report from Beijing to Shanghai. I did train travel in Europe for my honeymoon...
Where are the Train Tickets? Jan 20, 2007
Remember about how tough it was to buy train ticket? Well. The question is, even if you WANT to stand on the train, you don't have the chance, since there are so many people standing there already. Standing tickets were...
Standing in a Train? No... Jan 14, 2007
Today, Wendy and I went to buy train tickets. It is spring festival, and train tickets are not easy to get. We asked for train #282, from Shanghai to Chendong. The person inside the counter said: "There is nothing for...
Z Series Train in China Oct 11, 2006
Z-Series of trains are fastest and among the best trains in China. Z means "Zhida" in Chinese, or "Direct Express". Typically they don't stop in the middle, and is very effecient to travel for long distance, like from Shanghai to...
Train from Shanghai to Nanjing Oct 8, 2006
Many people asked me for suggestion to visit other places by train. It is a FAQ, and I finally found out the train schedule (in English). Please check out this sample. You will see how frequent the train from Shanghai...
South Railway Station Pictures Jun 26, 2006
These are the pictures of Shanghai South Railway Station. I took it during the weekend, and as I promised, I posted here. I feel I am a journalist when I brought my camera to the South Railway Station - those...
Shanghai South Railway Station Jun 23, 2006
This is the latest update about the second most important station in Shanghai - the opening of the Shanghai South Railway Station. The Shanghai South Railway Station will open officially from June 25, 2006. The first train from the station...
Train Tickets in Shanghai Railway Station Apr 28, 2006
I received email, asking me how to buy train tickets in Shanghai. It is not too complicated. I mean at normal time. During three long vacations, it will be tough to get a ticket. Three holidays are:May Holiday, from May...
Travel by Train in China - Part I Sep 27, 2004
Railway is the “standard” travel options for normal people in China. Richer (minority) people travel by air and short distance traveler go by bus; the rest typically take trains. For transition passengers in Shanghai, to take train maybe an option...
Train from Beijing to Shanghai Aug 1, 2004
Schedule Train From Shanghai to Beijing Z14 19:00 6:58 with Dinner Z22 19:07 7:05 without Dinner Z6 19:14 7:12 with Dinner Z2 19:21 7:19 without Dinner Z8 19:28 7:26 with dinner Train From Beijing to Shanghai Z13 19:07 7:05 with...
Back to Shanghai via Train 1660 May 9, 2004
I am back to Shanghai via train 1657 (from Luoyang to Shanghai). After the fifth speed-up of the whole train system in China, the train I rely on to go home and get back to Shanghai - No. 1658/1660, is...
Returned on Delayed Train K284 Jul 29, 2003
I return by train K284. The train was delayed for 10 hours. What a bad trip it was to have waited in the hot train station for 10 hours and journey itself took 19 hours. Train in China It is...