Originally Posted by
RCyyz
Obviously if I tried this at the Beijing or Shanghai train station things would be different. But if you can make it to a small station somewhere, I suspect your processing time will be negligible just like mine was.
Sure. Small stations can be okay, but not always.
In cases when booking several days in advance is not necessary, I recommend plopping 火车售票处 into your desired map app, and going to the closest one.