Originally Posted by
rkkwan
You want to take the Z trains, not the T. The T may not have the deluxe soft sleeper and I think they use older trainset. Also, the intermediate stops are not good for sleeping - you'll wake up.
Really no reason to take the Ts if you're going from Beijing to Shanghai.
That contradicts what I've read, specifically on seat61.com . It say the T is the only one that has the deluxe 2berth sleepers.