Finding local train ticket agents/offices in China.

Finding local train ticket agents/offices in China.

6/23/2016 6:59:26 PM

Good idea to check with your hotel receptionist about where to find the nearest railway ticket agency if you live in a hotel in China which is allowed to host foreigners.

6/23/2016 2:31:11 PM

The excellent answer by @PeterHahndorf has inspired me for a viable solution:

The ticket office in the picture he provides reads “火车票代售点” i.e. railway ticket selling point. Searching for this (the Chinese phrase!) on baidu maps gives a good selection of such offices, including the one I had found.

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Screenshot of map.baidu.com searching for “火车票代售点” in central Shanghai, fair use under Wikipedia rationale for identification and critical commentary.

Searching for the same expression on Google Maps does return some results but less than with Baidu and likely missing the cheap hole-in-the-wall places I am looking for.

6/23/2016 2:07:11 PM

I don’t know about an online resource for these places, but I actually found them pretty easy to find in bigger cities. While walking around I often saw them, even randomly in Shanghai.

What I would do is, copy this photo onto your phone and then show it to locals, or even better your hotel reception. Even without speaking any English, people were always able to point me in the right direction.

Chinese train booking office in Xian

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