BeijingSouthRailwayStation

BeijingSouthRailwayStationisabout

4miles(7kilometers)to

TiananmenSquare

,

6miles(9kilometers)to

BeijingRailwayStation

,and22miles(35kilometers)to

CapitalInternationalAirport

.Coveringanareaof123acres(499,200squaremeters),itisasbigas70footballcourts.

ScheduleandTicketBooking

South

TrainStationmainlyoperateshighspeedtrainsto/fromShanghai,Tianjin,Hefei,Fuzhou,Harbin,Nanjing,

Qingdao,andHangzhou.

Beijing-DalianTrain

Usually,thereare8pairsoftrainsrunningdailybetweenBeijingandDalian.Amongthem,5pairsarehighspeedtrainswhichtakeabout5to6.5hoursforatotallengthof542to594miles.Therest3

pairsofnormaltrainstakemuchlongertime,around11to15hours.

Excepttherailservice,therearealsoflightsavailablebetween.Theflighttakesonlyaround1.5hours.Buttheticketpriceisusuallyhigherthanrailservice.However,duringsomeoffseason,theremaybegooddiscountoffered.Travelerscancomparebothscheduleandpriceforafinalarrangement.

Beijing-HarbinHighSpeedTrain

TheBeijing-HarbinHighSpeedTraincanfinishthe771miles(1,241km)distanceinabout6.5-8.5hours.Atpresent,thereare6pairsofbullettrainsperdayrunningbetweenthetwocities,passingthroughmajorcitiesincludingQinhuangdao,Jinzhou,Shenyang,TielingandChangchun.

Beijing-HangzhouTrain

Atotalof17pairsoftrainsarerunningbetweenBeijingandHangzhou.14pairsofthemarehighspeedtrainswithdurationof5-7hours;theother3pairsarenormaltypeswithjourneytimeof14-21.5hours.

Altogether14pairsofthemrunbetweenthetwocities.Butpleasenotethat

thosenumberedasG165/G166,G41/G42,G43/G44,G35/G36,G37/G34,G20

andG39/G40useBeijingSouthandHangzhouEastasthestarting/finalstation;whileothersnumberedasG19,G57/G58,G55/G56,G33/G38,G163/G164,G167/G168,G59/G60andG45/G46runfrom/toNanchangWest,Fuzhou,Ningbo,Jiangshan,Cangnan,andWenzhouSouthto/fromBeijingSouth,andHangzhouisjustoneoftheintermediatestationsstoppingfor3–14minutes.Thus,passengersshouldgiveaneartothebroadcastingnoticeandbepreparedforgettingon/offbeforehand.

Onlythreepairsofthemareoperatedcurrently.Theyareallrunningovernight,sopleaseprepareenoughfoodandwaterastheyareexpensiveonboard.Themostimportantthingistobuyasoftsleeperorhardsleeperbecausehardseatcarriagesmaybecrowded,especiallyduringholidays;andhardseatsarenotcomfortable.

Beijing-HarbinHighSpeedRailway

Beijing-ShanghaiHighSpeedTrain

Beijing-ShanghaiHighSpeedRailway,JinghuHighSpeedRailwayforshort,finishesthe

1,318km's(819miles)

distancebetweenthetwocitiesin5hours.

Currently,therearetwokindsof

HighSpeedTrains

,alsocalledbullettrains

runningbetweenBeijingandShanghai,namelyGtrainsrunningindaytimeatahighestspeedof300km/h(186mph),andDtrainsrunningovernightatahighestspeedof250km/h(217mph),linkingTianjin,Shanghai,Hebei,Shandong,AnhuiandJiangsu.

ScheduletoMajorDestinations

To

Nos.

Duration

TicketPrice(CNY)

FirstClassSeat

SecondClassSeat

Tianjin

C2201,C2003,C2005...

87departuresfrom06:14to23:05

35m-50m

96/65.5

58.5/54.5

ShanghaiHongqiao

G101,G5,G11,G105...

35departuresfrom06:44to19:00

4h49m-6h04m

933

553

HarbinWest

G381,

G393at07:53and15:05

7h06m/7h15m

834

541.5

HangzhouEast

G57,G55,G165,G19...

14departuresfrom07:20to16:47

5h02m-6h35m

1,048.5/907

626/538.5

NanjingSouth

G101,G5,G105...

50departuresfrom06:44to20:00

3h40m-4h54m

748.5

443.5

Qingdao

G175,G177,G179,G181...

13departuresfrom06:21to17:25

4h35m-5h00m

474

314

Fuzhou

G55,G355,G27,G323...

7departuresfrom08:10to12:30

7h48m-10h49m

1,210.5/1,207.5

765/719

StationPlan

Thestationmainlyconsistsofterminalbuildings,SouthSquareandNorthSquare.TheterminalbuildingisinspiredbytheHallofPrayerforGoodHarvestsinthe

TempleofHeaven

andappearstobeelliptical,aharmoniouscombinationoftraditionandmodernity.Therearealtogether5floorsinside,twoabovegroundandthreeunderground:

2F:waitinghall,ticketoffices

1F:platforms,railtracks

-1F:transferhall,ticketoffices,expresschanneltoplatforms

-2F:platformofsubway

line4

-3F:platformofsubway

line14

(notopenedyet)

TicketCheckandBoarding

Thereare23ticketcheckpointsonthesecondfloor,whicharesymmetricallylocatedoneastandwesttwosidesandnumberedas1A,1B,2A,2B....Passengerscanhavetheirticketscheckedateitherside.Pleasenotethatthecheckpointsareusuallyopened30minutesbeforedepartureandclosed5minutesbefore.After,takeescalators,lifts,orstairsdowntoplatforms.

Theeastcheckingpointsareequippedwithescalatorsandelevatorswhilethewestonesareequippedwithescalatorsandstairs.Theold,weak,sick,disabledandpregnantpassengersandthosewithlargesuitcasesorbagsareadvisedtousetheelevatorsontheeast.

Generallyspeaking,thelargernumberedcarriagesofhighspeedtrainstoShanghaiareclosertoeastcheckingpointswhilethelargernumberedcarriagesofintercityhighspeedtrainstoTianjinareclosertowestcheckpoints.PassengerscanalsoreadtheLEDscreenateachcheckpointformoreup-to-dateinformation.

Passengersholdingblueticketsshouldhavethemcheckedbytheautomaticcheckbarriers;whilethoseholdingpinkonesshouldhavethemcheckedbythestaffmanuallyatthechecktunnels.

Ontheplatform,theremaybetwotrains.ChecktheLEDscreenstoconfirmwhichoneisyours.Afterthis,findtherightcarriageandgetonboard.Mindthegapbetweenthecarriageandtheplatformwhenboarding.After,putyourcarry-onluggageontheluggagerackoverseats,orinthecabinetsattwosidesofthecarriage,orbehindthelastrowofthecarriage,sitdown,adjusttheseatbackandenjoyyourrailride.

HowtoexitandleaveSouthRailwayStation?

Uponarrival,allpassengerswillbeledto-1Ftransferhallforexiting.Ateachexit,thereisaLEDscreenshowingthemostup-to-datearrivaltimeandstoppingplatform.Thisisagreathelpforthosepickinguparrivalpassengers.Aftergettingthroughtheexit,followbilingualdirectionsignstofindbuses,subway,capitalairportshuttlebus,andtaxistoleavethestation.

FacilitiesandServicesoftheStation

TicketOffices:

Therearefouroftheminthefourcornersof2Fandtwoonnorthwestandsouthwestof-1F.Onlinebookingcollectionwindow:Windowno.19inticketofficeno.2;windowno.39inofficeno.3;andwindowno.45and49inofficeno.4.Actuallyinmostcases,passengerscancollecttheonlinebookingatanyoftheregularticketwindows.

Ticketchange:

Windowno.8and9inofficeno.1;windowno.22inofficeno.2;window36,40and41inofficeno.3;window50and51inofficeno.4;windowno.60inofficeno.5;andwindowno.67inoffice6.

Ticketrefund:

Window29,30and31inofficeno.3

Ticketlost:

Windowno.40inofficeno.3;windowno.51inofficeno.4

Unionpaywindow:

Windowno.8and9inofficeno.1;windowno.22inofficeno.2;window36and41inofficeno.3;windowno.50inofficeno.4.PassengerscanpaybyUnionPayBankCardwhilepurchasingticketsatthesewindows.

Ticketofficeno.5onthenorthwestof-1Fmainlydealswithautomaticticketsellingandcollecting,whicharenotapplicabletoforeignpassengersinabsenceofChineseIDcard.Theyareadvisedtocollectorpurchaseticketinofficeno.6insouthwestofthesamefloorortheotherfouron2F.

LeftLuggage:

Theyarelocatedontwosidesofnorthsecuritycheckon2F,andnortheastandsoutheastsidesof-1F.Theopeningtimeisfrom06:00to23:00.Therearelargeandmediumsizedtwokindsofcabinets.Thelargeonesarebigenoughtocontainaregularsuitcaseandseveralbagswhilethemediumonescanonlycontainbags.

ServiceFee(CNY)

Cabinets

0-7hours

7-12hours

12-24hours

Over24hours

Medium-sized

10

15

25

25plus10perextra12hours

Large-sized

15

25

40

40plus15perextra12hours

LEDScreens:

TherearemanylargeLEDscreensshowingthetrainnumbers,theirdeparturetimes,checkpoints,andboardingplatformsonthe2Fandarrivaltimes,platforms,exitson-1F.

InformationDesk:

Therearefourofthem,locatedateastentrance,westentranceandno.5andno.17ticketcheckpointsof2F.AlthoughnameddifferentlyasInformationDesk,RunqiuServiceDesk,orDutyManagerDesk,theirprovidedservicesaresimilar,likesearchingforreal-timeschedule,pointingoutthedifferentfunctionalareasofthestation,helpingtheold,weak,sick,disabledandpregnanttogetonboardorleavethestation,andbroadcasting.