This is the web site I've been using to see train numbers, times, and fares

http://cnvol.com/

Are there numbers and lines painted on the train platforms that correspond to where the car number will stop, like in Japan? I can just see us running like mad down a train platform, dragging luggage, among a throng of people to get on to the correct car if it stops farther down from where we happen to be standing. Since Chinese don't seem to wait in lines, it looks like it's every man/woman for himself to board the trains.

Will the Chinese let the people off the train when it stops before they try to push on to the train? There was a time once in London, I think, where my husband and I had our luggage with us while riding the tube. I made it on to the train with my suitcase but he didn't due to all the people coming off the cars not letting him on. The doors closed and the train left with him standing on the platform. I got off at the next stop and waited for him to come on the next one, then I joined him.

I just have this vision of us getting pushed aside by the hordes traveling. I'm going to have to concentrate on upper body strength in my workouts so I can push and shove with the best of them. This may be where my husband's karate training might come in handy.

I'm going to keep my luggage in sight. I'll have the hubbster hoist it up onto the overhead racks by our seats; I'm not leaving it at the end of the cars to potentially be at significant risk to be stolen. Thanks for that advice.