High Speed Train from Beijing to Xian
Book Train Ticket from Beijing to Xian There are 4 major railway stations in Beijing, namely Beijing Railway Station ( the oldest one ), Beijing West Railway Station ( for the trains from Beijing to Xian, Lhasa and Kowloon), Beijing South Railway Station ( for the trains from Beijing to Shanghai and Tianjin) and Beijing North Railway Station ( for the S trains to Badaling Great Wall).
Daily high speed trains from Beijing to Xian
Going between Beijing and Xian, currently there are 7 daily high-speed trains.You are supposed to reach the station at least half hour before departure.
G651 Beijing West 07:05 Xian North 12:47 824.5 515.5
G671 Beijing West 08:10 Xian North 13:55 824.5 515.5
G655 Beijing West 10:05 Xian North 15:48 824.5 515.5
G673 Beijing West 14:43 Xian North 20:53 824.5 515.5
G87 Beijing West 14:00 Xian North 19:00 824.5 515.5
G667 Beijing West 16:53 Xian North 22:59 824.5 515.5
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Train No. From Dep time To Arr Time First Class Second Class
G652 Xian North 07:03 Beijing West 13:28 824.5 515.5
G654 Xian North 08:22 Beijing West 13:53 824.5 515.5
G672 Xian North 09:06 Beijing West 15:11 824.5 515.5
G656 Xian North 10:10 Beijing West 16:27 824.5 515.5
G88 Xian North 13:13 Beijing West 17:55 824.5 515.5
G666 Xian North 16:16 Beijing West 21:47 824.5 515.5
G674 Xian North 17:11 Beijing West 23:08 824.5 515.5
Take Train from Beijing West Railway Station
1. Ticket and Security Check at Beijing West Train Station
Either on the first or second floor there are several booths for ticket and security check. Passengers are required to line up and go one by one with their tickets and ID cards or passports ready. So don’t forget to bring your passport with you for the train ride. Your luggage and bags will be X-rayed for security check.
2. Enter No.8 Waiting Room at Beijing West Railway Station
There are 10 platforms in Beijing West Railway Station with 1-5 for common trains and 6-10 for high speed trains.Just match your train number with the waiting room number. Basically your waiting room leads to the platform for your train to Xian. Normally your waiting room will be numbered “8” for the trains to Xian. There are 13 waiting rooms inside the station. The waiting room No.8 is normally for passengers taking the trains to Xian.
3 Get on the right car, compartment facilities and train speed
Two kinds of seats – 5-seat row ( second class) and 4-seat row (first class). Some high speed trains have 8 cars and others have 16 cars. There is a snack car on the train where you may have coffee, snacks and fast food. The inside of the train has a futuristic look as well with comfortable seats, wide windows, smartly dressed attendants and food service better than a plane.
It is easy to get on the train as the train is at a high level platform. And all the stations on route are built with high level platforms. This males it so easy to handle your heavy suitcases onto the train.
The train starts so smoothly that you won’t feel you are moving. But once out of the train station, the train speeds up to around 300 km per hour. If you don’t look at the outside through the window, you won’t realize you are on a moving train. The electronic information board in each end of each car showing the train speed and next station stop. All this is due to the elevated track that uses slab construction that holds the continuously welded rail.
Arrive in Xian
All the local traffic moves under the elevated track so there are no level crossings or underpasses. Lunch can be bought in the coach car from an attendant who supplies it from an airline type cart. The slab non-ballasted tracks for high speed trains make the trains smoother and comfortable different from common trains on ballasted track.
For the Beijing Xian High Speed Train, the Beijing terminus is Beijing West Railway Station, with the Xian terminus at Xian North Railway Station. The major calling points are Shijiazhuang, Anyang and Luoyang on route.
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