Hi all.

My wife and I are coming to China for a few weeks during July. We would like to take the overnight train to Beijing from Shanghai. I understand that the new D class trains are fantastic and this would appear to be the best use of the time available.

I have been told recently that we will have difficulty getting soft sleeper tickets as we only arrive in Shanghai 3 days before we wish to travel. This apparently is due to the high demand during expo.

Does anyone know of a trustworthy agent who will be able to arrange the tickets as soon as the 10 day window for purchasing opens? Some of the mark-up rates on the internet seem v high and I have never dealt with these companies before so do not know who or what to trust.

Your collective help would be very much appreciated.

Regards
Dan

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ah,better no agent's issue,they take u visit everyplace very fast,just go there by urself,and dont worry about commuincation,lots of chinese can speak english,and when u arrive there,just take taxi,easy way,and i will recommend u the forbidened city and great wall are real wonderful,if u have time,u can choose go some other place if u like.good trip for u. by the way take airplane 3 hours u can be there form shanghai

I can't recommend an agent, but maybe this reference will be of use: http://www.chinatravelguide.com/ctgwiki ... r_D_Trains