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<\/a><\/p>\n1. Buying Tickets<\/h2>\n
Whenever you want to buy a train or bus ticket in China write down what you want in Chinese (or take a photo), then show it at the ticket booth, hopefully you won’t get asked any questions.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had locals try to help me and mess it up. They start talking to the person assume they know best and things\u00a0get messed up along the way. If you’ve written down what you want, details don’t get messed up.<\/p>\n
Buying tickets in advance is another way to ensure things don’t go wrong. This is especially important for long and\/or infrequent journeys (infrequent being less than 3 a day). There\u2019s lots of people in\u00a0China<\/a>, and a lot of them travel, its best to book ahead!<\/p>\n If you’re a techno geek smart phones are a big help for getting around in China and much more, they make getting around, communication and buying tickets that much easier. China has a number of excellent and cheap smart phones that might be worth buying here\u00a0due to their cheap price, high specs and overall solid build quality. Xiaomi’s are the best of these that have a limited distribution in Europe and North America and are in many ways outperforming established brands like the Samsung Galaxy and even the iphone in terms of specs and value for money.<\/p>\n All these smart phones will have a number of great apps that you can download that can help with travel, translations, shopping, weather, taking pictures and even dating.<\/p>\n I’ll put together an article specifically covering this topic in the near future.<\/p>\n These train ticket office are dotted throughout cities and are easy to use.\u00a0The advantage of these are that those are often less packed (although it\u2019s not rare to see a small queue during busier hours, especially around peak travel seasons around Chinese New Year). The main disadvantage is that, unless you book early, you risk not getting a ticket, as the railway ticket allocation system gives only so many tickets to a particular booking point. Alas, you are also not able to get some high-end seats: it is known that Deluxe Class seats on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity trains (C trains) are not available through these channels at all. You will always be charged CNY 5 for a ticket \u2014 all ticketing here comes with an obligatory surcharge.<\/p><\/div>\n Here are a few ways you can buy train tickets:<\/strong><\/p>\n The classic way of getting your ticket \u2014 and the way most migrant workers do it \u2014 is to wait in line (or maybe not, as it might seem!) at a train ticket counter at the departure station. You, of course, being the martial arts student will, want to get it done quickly, so make sure you have all info (see below) ready in Chinese and English.<\/p>\n At the largest departing stations and transport hubs there will be foreign ticket offices. Don’t expect a lot from these but you are likely to get a person with enough English to get you what you want. The following ticket counters have services in English and\/or specially for non-Chinese riders:<\/p>\n A few more useful words:<\/strong><\/p>\n Chinese words you\u2019ll need to buy a train ticket: For intermediate language learners<\/strong> who already have a bit of Chinese this video is fairly helpful.<\/p>\n \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qrX44_7Rgls<\/p>\n When Buying Bus Tickets there are less options. If you want to buy a bus ticket\u00a0you should buy them at the relevant bus station. China’s bus stations are organized very simply.<\/p>\n 1. Local Bus Stations \u672c\u5730\u516c\u4ea4\u8f66\u7ad9 – All local bus services<\/strong><\/p>\n 2. Long Distance Bus Stations \u957f\u9014\u516c\u4ea4\u8f66\u7ad9 – All long distance intercity bus services<\/strong><\/p>\n FOR ALL TRIPS & TO MAKE A PURCHASE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING FOR BOTH BUS & TRAIN TICKETS :<\/p>\n Reading High Speed Trains<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>TRAIN TICKETS<\/h2>\n
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\nTrain ticket :\u706b\u8f66\u7968 huoche piao
\nTrain number: \u8f66\u6b21 che ci
\nSoft sleeper:\u8f6f\u5367 ruan wo
\nHard sleeper: \u786c\u5367 ying wo
\nSoft seat: \u8f6f\u5ea7 ruan zuo
\nHard seat: \u786c\u5ea7 ying zuo
\nFirst-class seat:\u4e00\u7b49\u5ea7 yideng zuo
\nSecond-class seat:\u4e8c\u7b49\u5ea7 erdeng zuo
\nBusiness-class seat:\u5546\u52a1\u5ea7 shangwu zuo
\nWindow seat:\u9760\u7a97\u7684\u5ea7\u4f4d kaochuang de zuowei
\nPathway seat: \u9760\u8fc7\u9053\u7684\u5ea7\u4f4d kao guodao de zuowei<\/em><\/p>\nBUS TICKETS<\/h2>\n
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2. Using Tickets<\/h2>\n
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