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Buying train tickets in China
Aug 19, 2008 08:07
guest01124 Can I buy train tickets from the train station but departing from another city or station ?
Aug 19, 2008 20:12
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Have you bought your tickets?

As far as i know, you can buy tickets of trains that depart from another city or station at your own city. But be sure you can get on the train in time.
Aug 19, 2008 20:15
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If you have bought the train tickets departing from the local station, you may get on at another city or station as well, but it should be more close to you destination than the local station where you bought your tickets.

I hope it helps.
Aug 19, 2008 20:40
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Yes,you can buy the train tickets departing from the local station,but the city where you want must be the same railway bureau with the local city.
Aug 19, 2008 22:43
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It depends.
Aug 19, 2008 23:23
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Yes, The rules seem inconsistent, or inconsistently applied. You should just try - but take a Chinee speaker with you.

Maybe the attached photo from Chengdu station (taken a year ago) will help!

Aug 19, 2008 23:25
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If you cannot read the image, don't forget u can click on it and get an enlargement. Incidentally, it mentions round trip tickets...any one ever heard of these before??
Aug 20, 2008 00:11
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as far as i concern , i haven't heard of the round trip tickets. the only thing about tickets i know is that generally you can by the return tickets from the realway station in most of the big cities.
Aug 20, 2008 05:35
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GUEST01124 Ok thanks all. To be clearer, I mean....,.

Can I buy train tickets in Kunming or Shanghai for Xi'an - Beijing or beijing - Shanghai ? And a maximum of how many days in advance ?
Aug 20, 2008 20:57
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In Kunming you can't buy tickets Xi'an-Beijing or Beijing-Shanghai.
In Shanghai you can buy tickets Beijing-shanghai.
10 days in advance.
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