train tickets

We will be in Xian on May 14 from Beijing and will be there 3 days before heading to Pingyao and then on to Datong. How difficult will it be to get soft sleeper tickets to Pingyao when we get to Xian? I have heard that tickets are hard to come by and we will only be in Xian for 3 days???

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You can book soft sleeper ticket from some travell agency.Any help?reply please.

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Try contacting John in Xi%26#39;an and see if he can help: johnqingg2004@yahoo.com.cn

Thank you both for your suggestions. I was thinking about asking if our hotel could get tickets for us. We plan on staying at the Bell Tower Hotel even though I am waiting to get reservations for the hotel. I have just heard that it is really difficult to get tickets in Xian and also difficult from Pingyao to Datong since they only get 12 or so sleeper seats a day.

HQ hostel in Xi%26#39;an will get your sleeper tickets for you but you have to pay for them first. You can find contact information on their website.

Misnomer there, you get sleeper tickets not sleeper seats. Seats are seats and sleepers are sleepers, different things in different carriages.

If your hotel or John can%26#39;t help, Bell Tower IYH across the road from your hotel will.

I meant tickets not seats! :) Thanks again...

I just come back from Xi%26#39;an and Beijing. I use John to book ticket for me. His service is not as good as I%26#39;ve expected. He book Tang Dynasty for us and tell us the wrong time. He bought 2 soft sleeper Z20 train tickets for us, but in separate room without imforming us. We were shock when we go back to Beijing using that train. I think you have have remind him many specific detail if you want him. He more like a agent now rather than a tour guide.

Rate: Lower than average for John

Thanks for the info. I think we will get our hotel to get the tickets for us.

that hotel can book the ticket for you

which is quite nioce and also breakfast

the problem is you have to purchase train ticket within 24hours after booking train ticket, and also you need to book ticket around 10 days in advance.so you do need help from a local person or agent as well as your hotel. Dai20008@yahoo.com.cn