Originally Posted by
chornedsnorkack
Trains that travel towards Beijing part of the route and away from Beijing another part of the route have to change number when they change "direction". But although this is the general principle affecting many trains, the schedule sites commonly do not present it in a clear manner, which numbers the same train goes through.
I think u r right, in Jinan the train change the direction.
Some sites just use G456/457 for the whole journey from Shanghai to Jinan.
Vice versa itīs G 455/458.