hi friends, next week would be my second time to travel around china.

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Hi friends, next week would be my second time to travel around china. This time around I want to try the train from kowloon - Hong Kong to Guangzhou east. then from Guangzhou east, I would take the train westward to chengdu north. Is it convenient to buy a ticket from GZ east going to CD north? I checked the train schedule here our website and I saw that there are only 2 trains going to CD north from GZ east. Does these trains go to CD north on a daily basis? I am planning to ride the train going to chengdu on march 8th (Monday), i hope the train going to CD north would be available on this day. Any ideas or tips would be really appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Mr.Choon · Answer

Taking trains from Guangzhou to Chengdu is not recommended since it takes 34 to 40 hours. Long-distance traveling by train in China is not so enjoyable.

Mr.臭豆腐 · Answer

I would NOT recommend a long train journey. It’s an experience, and you just might enjoy it. But it can be difficult to get tickets, especially in Guangzhou. Last time there I assumed it would be easy to get a seat to Kunming (trains 3x daily), but all seats were booked for the next five days, all flights booked as well. This was normal times, not holidays. Wound up taking a sleeper bus...definitely NOT recommended, to Kunming. In short, a confirmed flight is best. If you must show up in gz with no confirmed bookings, be flexible, and have a plan B, as well as a plan C.

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