Beijing to Inner Mongolia: It s a flash by train By Yuan Hui in Hohhot and Ye Zizhen | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-22 17:10 Share CLOSE High-speed trains between Beijing s Chaoyang Station and Chifeng Station in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region began operations on Friday. [Photo by Xu Yingjia/For chinadaily.com.cn]
A high-speed rail line connecting Chaoyang Station in Beijing with Chifeng Station in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region officially opened to the public on Friday. Travel time is a mere 2 hours and 40 minutes a big improvement over the 8 to 10 hours required before.
According to the railway, two pairs of trains will shuttle between the cities daily, with stops at Pingzhuang and Ningcheng stations in Inner Mongolia, Jianping Station in Liaoning province, and Pingquan North and Chengde South stations in Hebei province.
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Train ticketing site just became more foreigner-friendly
At long last, English speakers will no longer have to fumble through an app or website only available in Chinese in order to book train tickets. The official booking website of China Railway, 12306.cn, has finally launched an English version of the site.
The site’s interface is fairly user-friendly and allows travelers to easily search for stations by typing the city’s name in English, and even has a check box to search for high-speed trains only. As far as English versions of government sites go, this is one of the better put together examples we have seen.