Answered by Selina from Canada | Mar. 18, 2013 20:46
Hi, the trains between generally depart from the local South Railway Station. Therefore, from your hotel, I suggest you walk to Tiananmen East to take subway line 1 to Xidan first and then transfer to subway line 4 to the South Railway Station directly. Or you can take a taxi from your hotel to reach the railway station exactly.
Well, by MTR, it takes about half an hour from your hotel to the train station and the MTR fare is CNY4. The high-speed train between the two cities takes about 5h and costs CNY553 for a second class seat and CNY933 for a first class seat.