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Old May 3, 2010 | 8:15 pm
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Originally Posted by mileagerunner
I'm going city hopping in a few weeks and need to buy some train tickets. I usually ask my hotel to book train tickets for me but I am not sure where I am staying yet.

Is it possible to buy a return Shanghai to Wuxi train ticket while in Chengdu besides going through the ticket brokers on the internet?

For the D express trains in soft sleeper, do these normally sell out? Could I just show up at Shanghai station and buy the tickets on the same day?

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I suggest you visit a kiosk or ask your hotel to book for you the day before. You can also buy at the train station, but might end up having to wait a while (I'm not too fond of Chinese train stations, for the most part). Also, I don't think any of the Shanghai-Wuxi D trains offer sleepers of any kind (it's only a 40 minute run).
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