What Type of Trains to Be recommended to Our Clients

Train is one of the most economical way for traveling in China. It will bring you a quite different experience in your China tour. Therefore, Top China Travel also have some China tours by train. Sometimes, we recommend some train trip to our clients to reduce their tour cost and add different travel experience.

What type of trains do we have in China?

According to the speed of trains, they are divided into various classes. The train number is always the combination of letters and numbers. You will find them like this, K529, T82, Z19 C33, D7856, G2284. The letter in front of the numbers refers to the types of the trains. K refers to ordinary fast train. T refers to fairly fast train. Z means the non-stop train; D refers to Electric Multiple Units (EMU) Train; C refers to high speed train between cities; G means high speed train. G-train is the fastest and best train in China.

What kind of seats for the trains in China?

Besides the type of trains, the tickets are also in different types. Depending on the comfortable level, the train tickets are generally divided into 7 classes: hard seat, soft seat, hard sleeper, soft sleeper, deluxe soft sleeper, second-class seat, first-class seat, Business class seat.
Hard seat, soft seat, hard sleeper and soft sleeper as well as deluxe soft sleeper are only for K-train, T-train and Z-train. C-train, D-train and G-train have only second class seat, first class seat and business class seat. There isn’t any sleeping bunk on these fast trains.

How does Top China Travel recommend trains to our clients?

We often recommend A soft sleeper overnight in a long-distance travel. Each soft sleeper compartment is enclosed with four bunks. Two bunks are on each side.. The bunks in soft sleeper compartments are wider and more comfortable than hard sleepers, with decent bedding. Soft sleeper compartments may vary between trains. You may have both over-head storage and under-bed storage, or just under-bed storage.

For short distance train travel within 5 hours, G and D high-speed trains are recommended. G trains are the fastest trains in China, with a speed of 250 km/h to 400 km/h, and their prices are highest.