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125. What are the Beijing-Xian & Beijing-Shanghai 'Z' category trains like? |
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Answer:
Z category trains are the fastest and most modern long distance trains in China, running on routes such as Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing Xian.
They are composed of the very latest air-conditioned sleepers, plus bar and restaurant.
One passenger described it in this way: The train journey was exceptionally good; the sleeping accommodation was first class as was the service. We also had the opportunity to meet and enjoy conversations, sometimes only in written form I may say, with a number of Chinese people sharing our compartment both going and returning. Booking in Beijing was relatively painless as they have a special booking office for foreigners.
These superb trains have top-quality brand-new air-conditioned sleeping-cars, far superior to any flight and saves time over flying, too. These trains are soft class only (no hard class) with 4-berth ordinary soft class sleepers, 2-berth deluxe soft class sleepers with private toilet, restaurant car (with menu in Chinese and English, beer a reasonable RMB15, the crispy fried prawns are recommended..!) and bar. It is reported that the on-board staff are helpful and speak some English, and the berths are even fitted with small TV screens. |
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