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By Train
Beijing
is the railway hub of the nation, with trains to most provincial
capitals and all neighboring cities. There are six railway stations
in Beijing, of which Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway
Station are the major ones. The former runs mainly long-haul journeys
such as Beijing to Baotou and Beijing to Shanghai or international
trains including the lines directly to Moscow, Pyongyang and Ulan
Bator etc. While the latter is the largest railway station in Asia.
Tourists can get to the capital cities of every province, most major
and medium sized cities, autonomous regions (excluding Tibet, Hainan
and Taiwan, the Beijing - Tibet railway will be operational from
July, 2007) in China. The other two stations offer short-haul trains
to neighboring provinces.
For both tourists and businessmen's convenience,
intercity express trains run between Beijing and Tianjin departing
Beijing Railway Station ten times daily. Cost for hard seat is about
35 Yuan and 45 Yuan for soft seat.
Train tickets can be bought at ticket offices in
both Beijing and Beijing West Railway Stations. Tourists can buy
tickets and reserve seats up to one week in advance (about 11 days
prior during national holidays) and refund the ticket (less twenty
percent cancellation fee). Passports or other regulated documents
are required when buying or booking tickets.
Important notice: ticket demand always exceeds
supply on national holidays, winter vacation and summer vacation
and peak tourism season so TravelChinaGuide suggests tourists book
tickets upon arrival in Beijing to avoid delaying your later itinerary.
There are ticket offices for foreign guests and
overseas Chinese in the international soft-seat waiting room of
Beijing Railway Station and Beijing West Railway Station. Today
nearly all standard hotel receptions offer a convenient ticket booking
service.
Beijing Railway Station Ticket Booking: 51016666
(tourists can book tickets for trains departing Beijing Railway
Station, Beijing West Railway Station, Beijing South Railway Station
and Beijing North Railway Station five or ten days ahead of your
departure time on this line) 51019999

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