China rail map...
This is the best map of the whole China Trains network. With this China Train map designed by the Award Winning Trax2® design team will make planning and or mapping your China train trips easy.
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Advice on
Buying tickets on China trains ...
It's actually quite simple in purchasing China train tickets yourself at the station. In "early days" there used to be special ticket window for foreigners and still in some cities they still might exist, so it can pay to look around to see if there are these windows still operating as these windows will save you a long wait on line.
The thing to keep in mind when booking or buying Train tickets in China, is that in China there is no central reservation system, meaning tickets can only be sold and booked locally at each departure point. That is to say each city’s computer reservation systems are not linked to any other city. In other words that station can only sell you a ticket for a journey starting at that station, not for journeys starting elsewhere. For example, the ticket office in GuangZhou can only sell you a GuangZhou to ShangHai ticket but cannot sell you a ShangHai to XiAn ticket.
Be aware that in most cases, you'll need to book your return journey when you get to your destination.
So to refresh - You can not "book" tickets in China, You can however advance purchase tickets within 10 days of departure. In peak periods such as Spring Festival (Chinese New Year), 1-7 May Day Week and1-7 October National Day holidays it will be advisable to purchase tickets through agents to avoid all the crowds in the ticketing centers but it is advisable to avoid traveling on the trains (or within China) during these times.
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