Beijing, shanghai are easy cities to get around; here you can enjoy scenic train journeys, join a tour bus, hire a car, relax on a ferry cruise (in ShangHai) or simply hop onboard a quick flight. The public transport system throughout Beijing and Shanghai is generally highly reliable and efficient. BEA has all the information you need to plan your journey around Beijing or Shanghai, from information on local taxis to car hire. Our comprehensive database will help you find the mode of transport that best suits your traveling needs.
Train:Rail
is the most commonly used transportation for domestic
long-distance tours. There are four railway stations
in Beijing serving the whole country: Beijing Railway
Station (East Beijing), Beijing West Railway Station(Southeast
Beijing), Yongdingmen Station (South Beijing) and
Xizhimen Railway Station (North Beijng). Many bus
routes or subways serve there stations. When booking
a train there are four types of ticket: hard seat
(yingzuo), which is just what it says, and the somewhat
more comfortable soft seat (ruanzuo). Use either
for relatively brief journeys only, if possible
(less than four or five hours). More
comfortable for the long-haul are hard-sleeper
(yingwo) berths, which you will share with five
other
people and soft sleeper (ruanwo) berths, which you
will share with three other people. None may be
described as .