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Return ticket is unavailable in China. So you can only book a train journey at the station where your travel starts, for example, the reservations office at Xi'an can sell you a Xi'an-Beijing ticket but not a Beijing-Shanghai ticket. emitted by a computerized system which functions well, the tickets carry the useful information like: the departure date and the departure time, the departure city and that of the destination city , the number of the train, the price in yuan, the number of the coach and seat or berth. Each ticket is valid only for the required train and at the fixed date. Attention: do not buy tickets from the strangers who wandering near the booking office, in that way you may buy the fake ones.
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Reservations: If you want reserve a train ticket in China, normally, the reservation by agency is carried out 30-45 days in advance.
Even, in the ordinary seasons, 10-15 days before the date concerned. In China, you can only get the ticket 3 days before the departure date.
But if you leave during the Chinese festivals like the 1st May(3 days holidays for the Chinese), 1st October(one week holidays for the Chinese)and Chinese New Year's day, 10 days before your departure. We advise you to carry out the reservation as earlier as possible.
While approaching these festivals, many of agencies do not accept more train ticket reservation, because there are too many requests for the tickets of all the categories.
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Reservation and purchase of the tickets
The reservations of train tickets are purchased from the travel agencies like Chinatraintour.com, or to the reception of certain hotels. One can also go directly to the railway station, to hold his place and to buy his ticket. In all the cases, The ticket should be purchased at least 7 days before the departure date, sometimes several days.
Never throw your ticket, because itwill be checked again when you get out. |
| Lastly, if you have reserved a place, it is necessary for you to get into the train quickly. If not, it will remain you little place for your luggages. |
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