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China rail route map Thursday, September 9th, 2010

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China has a great railway network. Now high speed rail in China is up to 6920km in operation, and the maximum speed is 350km per hour. More high speed rails are still under construction.

-Official railway map from China railway (in Chinese)
-High speed rails planning map in China (in Chinese)
-China railway networks (in English)
-China railway network from wikipedia (in Chinese)

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Train tickets are expected to book online in 2011 Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Train tickets booking system by China railway will be online in 2011. This is one more system to be formally launched by China railway after train No. and ticket availability look-up systems. Read More…

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Train ticket availability lookup Thursday, September 9th, 2010

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China railway has officially published an online ticket availability look-up system since 2010. Read More…

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Mainland bullet train tickets are available online in Taiwan Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Starting from September 2010, bullet train tickets from Fuzhou or Xiamen are available online in Taiwan. Read More…

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How to return train tickets in China? Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

For some reasons, you have to return your train tickets, but how to refund your tickets? Here are rules from China railway. Read More…

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Train travel from Tiayuan railway station still under pressure Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Train travel from Taiyuan railway station is still under pressure after ending of summer travel season. Ticket offices in the train station are crammed by passengers. Train tickets in the coming three days are almost sold out, and sleepers tickets are hard to secure for most trains. Read More…

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About China train ticket fare Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Fare for train ticket in China has two parts: passengers seating fare and additional fares. For seating fare, there are two categories, one is for hard seats, and the other for soft seats. How much is seating fare is dependent on what type of seat you buy. Read More…

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Hard to buy train tickets in the same day of travelling? Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

There is no universal answer to this question. Hard or not is dependent on travel season, small or big stations, which train you take and what kind of tickets you need. Read More…

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Train tickets for kids in China Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

China railway has a half-price or free ticket policy toward kids under certain height. This policy is not just for Chinese kids, but kids from around the world too. Read More…

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Shanghai Hangzhou intercity rail route map Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

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Huhang rail route map (Shanghai to Hangzhou) Read More…

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