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I'd like to know if it's necessary to buy train tickets in advance. Will they be sold out on the day itself (on a weekend)? Should we be expecting long queues?
Are the ticket booths hard to find in the station?
from shanghai? usually not. lots of trains for hangzhou and suzhou from shanghai railway station. there's a ticket hall in the east of the station.
Yep, and I usually buy tickets from the soft seat ticket office, as it seems to me they have their own quota of tickets available compared to the big ticket office with both soft and hard seat tickets. If no soft seat tickets are available, they also sell hard seat tickets.
As I travelled to Shanghai mainly for business I had meetings to get to, so I usually bought tickets a day or so in advance, but if you are flexible about arrival and departure times and there are no major holidays (like chinese spring festival, may or oct holidays), you should be fine buying tickets the same day.
At the Shanghai main railway station the soft seat ticket office is located to the east of the main ticket office and main waiting halls (for hard seat ticket holders). If you start at middle of the railway square, go east past the these two and also past the south-east exit, then you will see it a bit farther away (some tens of metres) on your right hand side. It is a bit hard to spot, and you will pass some small shops too, but look for it it is there :)
I always buy my train tickets ahead of time as I hate waiting in long queues at the train station and rushing to make the train, wondering if I'll get a seat on the train I want, etc etc etc. Tickets on weekends are very popular! Ticket booths aren't hard to find at the station... at least not for me.
The yellow tiled sidewalk path sure looks colorful but it also has a practical function. It's supposed to be used by the blind or sight-impaired. They can 'feel' there way along the raised bumps.
I don't think I ever saw any blind people using the yellow path but I was told that's what is was intended for.
Airport construction fee is 50 RMB
for domestic flights and 90 RMB for int'l (which includes HK and Macau).
Take the shuttle bus to Pudong Int`l at 30 RMB from most city center hotels. And if the taxi ride to/from city center is more than 150
RMB, you're probably being scammed. See the tourist trap page.
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