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Train
Xi'an's Main Train Station (Xi'an Huoche Zhan
)
is just outside the northern city
walls. Xi'an's North Train Station
(
Bei Huoche Zhan
)
is used by D and G
class high-speed trains.
Most hotels and hostels can get you tickets (¥40 commission); there's also
an
advance train ticket booking office
( daishou huochepiao; Nan Dajie;
8.30am-noon & 2-5pm)
in the ICBC Bank's south entrance.
Xi'an is well connected to the rest of the country. Deluxe Z trains run to/from
Beijing West (soft sleeper only ¥417, 11½ hours), leaving Xi'an at 7.23pm and
Beijing at 9.24pm. Several express trains also make the journey (¥265, 12½
hours); departures begin late afternoon. The Z94 to Shanghai departs 5.12pm
and arrives 7.42am (hard/soft sleeper ¥333/511, 14½ hours).
All prices listed below are for hard/soft sleeper tickets.