Originally Posted by
chornedsnorkack
Or a ticket for an existing child who however is too short to qualify for a berth.
Just how wide are the berths on Chinese trains, even in deluxe soft sleeper? And how comfortable are they for actually sleeping with a bedmate who is almost 120 cm?
For example, a family of four with 2 child tickets bought might get caught by conductor on headcount discovering that the children are under 120 cm, and forcing them to sleep with parents, to put two strangers into their bought berths. Right?
Totally unlikely.
When you buy four adult tickets you should definitely be fine - since you will receive four allocated berths. I
presume you can just order four adult tickets at your hotel and nobody will ever check or even care, since you're overpaying and not trying to sneak in an 'adult' with a kid's ticket.
The key is getting four, numbered berths (which you probably won't get when buying two adults and two kids - but I don't know).
The berths are probably 70-80 cm wide and I -arguably a spoilt traveller- wouldn't want to share it with anybody; well, I generally wouldn't want to take a night train, but that's another story
