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 –…
If you’d like to take a bus for your Shanghai Tour in order to be close to the local people in Shanghai, you must have some basic information on how to take a bus in Shanghai. There are many kinds of buses in Shanghai – one RMB non air-conditioned buses, two RMB air-conditioned buses, and buses…
My plane lands safely at 17:20 as scheduled at Hongqiao International Airport. Shanghai Hongqiao Internatinal Airport has been reconstructed and expanded mainly due to the opening of Shanghai Expo. Now it has two terminals – T1 and T2. Terminal 2 is for domestic flights and Terminal 1 for international flights. While waiting for my checked baggage, I take…