How to Book China Train Tickets Online

Traveling in China by train is one of the most economical and safety way.Due to some reasons,booking China train ticket used to be a tough job, especially during the Chinese Spring Festival eve.  This has gone since official China train ticket booking website was launched in the late of 2011.People are able to book most of the China train ticket online, such as the train between Beijing, Shanghai, Beijing,Xian etc. Not only China citizen can book the China train ticket online directly, but foreigners providing passport information can book the train ticket online as well.The advantage of booking train ticket online is that it allows you to buy the tickets 12 Days in advance of your departure date which is longer that buying from train ticket agent which is only 10 days before the departure date. That is why people, especial the young people prefer to buy train ticket online.However,as there is not English version Train ticket booking website, few foreigners book the ticke t online by themselves. After reading this article,I believe you will be able to book China train tickets online by yourselves. Just follow this instruction step by step.
1.First, register you account on official China train ticket booking website: http://www.12306.cn

• install CA
• click “Buy Ticket”
• register
• agree the policy

2. Fill out your personal information

After you submit your information,check your email.you will receive an “activate account” email from 12306. then activate your account by clicking the link.

3. Return to the homepage, click “Buy Ticket”again, login your account, you will see “Book Ticket”as below ,then Search for the train you like

4.Search result(take beijng–shanghai for example),then book

5.Show ticket price and fill in your personal information and submit

6.Check the ticket information and confirm

7.Make the Payment online

Currently, they only surpport China Bank’s card, like ICBC, CMB, BOC. If anyone have problem of making the payment, please feel free to contact me, I am pleased to help you for the payment.

After you make the payment successfully, you will receive an email about your train ticket’s information. you will find an e-ticket number in the email, such E7879xxxx. Keep this number.

8.Get your train ticket at ticket agent or railway station

You can get the ticket the day your departure from railway station ticket office. For guarantee, I suggest you get the ticket from the train ticket agent nearby in advance. 5RMB per ticket will be charged if taking ticket from ticket agent.

 

 

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