The long-expectes Beijing Shanghai high speed rail starts to operate on July 01, 2011, a great day to be recorded into history. The high speed train ticket sale starts at 9:00am June 24, 2011. For ticket booking, passengers are requested to log on to www.12306.cn, a service website run by China Railway customer service center. Unfortuatley, at…
So what do the Beijing Shanghai high speed rail coaches look like? The high speed trains in use are three kinds of CRH380 series including CRH380A (8-car set), CRH380AL(16-car set)、CRH380BL(16-car set). Take the 16 car high speed trains, each train has 10 second class coaches, 4 first class coaches (162 first class seasts) and 1 business…
Wireless internet access is available on the Beijing Shanghai high speed rail for commuters. Passengers use the free wifi connections via their laptops, iphones. Wireless internet access is available in each coach on high speed trains, and throughout the 24 stations, to help passengers stay connected. Behind each seat, there is a socket for you to charge your laptop or mobile phone….
The 1,318-kilometer Beijing Shanghai high speed rail will be operated from July 1st, 2011. The Ministry of Railways has decided to slow the speed to 300 km/per hour instead of the previously planned 350km for cost and safety concerns. The speed for new high speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai is set for two…
The evening -7 O’clock news today announces the official trial prices for the Beijing Shanghai high speed train tickets. The long expected high speed rail between Beijing and Shanghai will be put into operation at the end of this June. The high speed trains running between Beijing and Shanghai are divided into two categories –…
Today the CCTV news says the Ministry of Railways of China declares that from June 12, 2011, Beijing Tianjin Train ticket online booking will be operated on a trial basis through its China Railway Service Center official website – www.12306.cn. This is an inspiring news, a small but positive step forward to the eventual realization of…
Though Beijing is well connected to other major cities in China by the most advanced high speed bullet trains in the world, to book a train ticket in Beijing is still a headache for many foreign visitors. Compared with the train ticket booking experience, Beijing Train Tickets Booking is overshadowed in the following aspects: 1. No official…
Taking a pedicab traveling around the old residential area in Beijing ( Beijing Hutong Tour ) is one of the highlights for the many first time foreign tourists visiting Beijing. The old Beijing residential areas are mostly composed of Beijing Hutongs which form and contain the traditional living houses locally called “Siheyuan”, a kind of vernacular courtyards. Foreign travelers…