Originally Posted by
chornedsnorkack
Now, Guilin Station is supposed to become passable for high speed trains on 1st of July. Trip time for high speed train 13 and a half hours for Beijing-Nanning.
Specifics:
2 G trains daily Beijing-Nanning. G529, trip time 13:38, travels 7:47-21:25, and G421, trip time 13:32, travels 9:05-22:37.
Second class seat 917 yuan 5 jiao, first class seat 1383 yuan, business class seat 2863 yuan 5 jiao.
For comparison: 3 T trains daily. 2 travel via Guilin for 24...26 hours, both leave and arrive in evening - T5 travels 15:48-17:30, T285 18:17-18:03. T285 is sleeper only, T5 has hard seats at 268 yuan 5 jiao. Upper hard sleepers 455 yuan 5 jiao, lower soft sleepers 751 yuan 5 jiao. The third, T289, detours via Wuzhou and travels for 31 hours, 22:07-5:11. Upper hard sleeper 483 yuan 5 jiao, supposedly offers deluxe soft sleeper at 1478 yuan 5 jiao.