Rail Travel in China - how is it?
Aug 12, 2018, 7:25 pm
#76
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I figure this is the appropriate thread to ask this - if I'm interested in riding the train but getting off at multiple stations on the way for several days of stopovers (e.g. going Shanghai-Hangzhou-Changsha-Guilin, with the last segment being on a different line), is it much more expensive to buy tickets segment-by-segment or is pricing roughly the same as the sum of segments?
Aug 12, 2018, 10:02 pm
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I figure this is the appropriate thread to ask this - if I'm interested in riding the train but getting off at multiple stations on the way for several days of stopovers (e.g. going Shanghai-Hangzhou-Changsha-Guilin, with the last segment being on a different line), is it much more expensive to buy tickets segment-by-segment or is pricing roughly the same as the sum of segments?
Aug 12, 2018, 10:14 pm
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Yeah what I think we'll do is take the train that are shorter segments (Shanghai-Hangzhou-Changsha-Guilin) and then take a flight KWL-PVG back. If there's no discount then might as well book them one by one, thanks!