Blog Tag - train travel

China Travel News You Might Have Missed, Jan 10
More High-Speed Trains Will Make Stops at Central Beijing Hubs: Starting from today (Jan 10), more high-speed trains will make stops at central...
Travel By Planes vs Trains in China During Covid
When it comes to travel, most families would opt for the fastest way to get from point A to point B. That usually means flying by plane. But I’m here...
Get Out: Head to Jinan and Enjoy Hot Springs A Mere 1.5 Hours from Beijing by Train
Haven't settled on a summer destination yet? Don't have enough annual leave remaining to go very far? Thankfully China has plenty to explore...
Shenzhen to Build Three Airports, One-Third of Domestic Flights Delayed, Terminal 2 to Get Skyteam Lounge
Shenzhen has come to the conclusion that it needs more capacity for flights to both the region and the world, so it's going to build not one, not two...
Take the Train not the Plane to Shanghai; Grand Hyatt Beijing Celebrates 15 Years
Having just done a 24-hour bounce trip to Shanghai, I am more convinced than ever that taking the train there is the way to go. Now is the time to...
Where to Get Tickets for the Trans-Siberian Railway in Beijing (Without Paying a Hefty Agency Fee)
One of my cousins is in town. Beijing is only a pit stop because he wants to take the train all the way from Shanghai to where he lives in Rotterdam...
Beijing Railway Stations Trialing Facial Recognition Security System
Although the outbound leg of travel for Spring Festival is almost over, travelers leaving Beijing after the celebrations may have the chance to...
Ways to Make Your Spring Festival Departure More Enjoyable, or at Least Easier
Many Beijingers are heading out of town even as your correspondent writes this. Here are some ways to make the annual human-wildebeest stampede known...
Travel Weather Woes and Thoughts on China's Travel Market
We're huge fans of domestic train travel here at the Talking Travel desk, but those railway marvels aren't impervious to the weather. One of our...
2015 in Review: Our Top Travel Stories from Beijing and Beyond
We did a lot of traveling in 2015 (platinum status – self high-five!). Some of it was enlightening and exciting, and some of it was frustrating and...
Where to Go for Spring Festival 2016; Beijing to Hong Kong in Eight Hours
As I wrote on Tuesday, now is the time to plan your next holiday, which means Christmas or for non-home visits, Spring Festival/Chinese New Year,...
Beijing to Build New Train Station North of Chang'an Jie
Beijing plans to build a new Beijing North train station somewhere north of Chang'an Jie, the Beijing government announced. Because Beijing's other...
Garuda to Indonesia, Spring Festival Train Tickets, Chinese-US Visas, and More
A big round-up from all over in this Tuesday's look at travel. There may still be time to get in on Garuda Indonesia's Christmas deal. RMB 1,970...
The Idiot’s Guide to Buying Train Tickets for Chinese New Year
The countdown to Chinese New Year is on: in just over two months the annual mega-vacation that western media are fond of calling the largest annual...
Beijing to Moscow by Train in 30 Hours?
Imagine hurtling across the Central Asian steppe in a high-speed train, arriving in Moscow 30 hours after leaving Beijing. No, it doesn't sound like...