Ticket prices for the Beijing Shanghai high-speed trains

The evening -7 O’clock news today announces the official trial prices for the Beijing Shanghai high speed train tickets. The long expected high speed rail between Beijing and Shanghai will be put into operation at the end of this June.

The high speed trains running between Beijing and Shanghai are divided into two categories – running 300 km/per hour and 250km /per hour and priced separately. The 300 km per hour trains have three kinds of prices – business class, first class and second class; the 250km per hour trains have two classes – first class and second class.

The operation of the high speed rail between Beijing and Shanghai will greatly improve the passenger transportation and alleviate the goods transportation between the two metropolises.