Hong Kong to Beijing by high-speed train from US$157

[@seat61]

Just a reminder: You can find practical information on prices & tickets at www.seat61.com/hong-kong-to-beijing-by-train.htm

[@edilbertoopulencia37149]

Porn

[@gavinmyles9851]

instaBlaster.

[@seat61]

@Pattonluu No, because the doors are locked and the train is doing 300km/h.

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

I travelled across China by high-speed rail last summer, and it was an awesome experience.

[@HimanshuTripathi007]

Then you are a covid carrier.

[@agani5218]

@@HimanshuTripathi007 ...and u must be covid patient

[@oakleychen6135]

@@agani5218 now he's a covid passer away

[@wesleyhan5753]

@@HimanshuTripathi007 and u must be a jackass

[@sankadines]

@@HimanshuTripathi007 brain dead idiot u r. He said last summer, means 2019

[@cy9987]

I took the same trip in 2018, but in the opposite direction from North to South. It was astonishing that you literally travel from Winter to Summer in 6 hours!

[@susanvaughan4210]

I spent time in China in the 80s. It is mind boggling to see what China has become in 30 years.

[@-TTMP-]

Advantages of Political System

[@cchuxue4943]

Since they don't need to vote for the gov doing anything. More efficient imo.

[@dps2933]

@@cchuxue4943 They dont need to satisfy every single person. This definitely made decision making faster

[@trufactearth3066]

Well ,back then China was poor. Gave some money to settle OK. but now a day will be different .

[@eagol]

Totally agree with you. I was raised in HK and first time crossed the border to Shenzhen in 1985. I was a bit scared when I saw the PLA solders in traditional green uniform for the first time. I casually asked a waitress in a cafe her monthly salary was RMB 80 (compare with mine was high 4 digits HKD). And amazingly Shenzhen GDP bypassed HK last year in 2018, well done China!

[@子佑-j2j]

In winter, you can experience the changes of China's four seasons in a few hours by taking high-speed rail. It's a very worthwhile experience😘

[@seaverleft6343]

you can order food by your cellphone , the deliver-boy will send them at the next station. that's the cool part.

[@derek9062]

dam, gotta try that

[@miao8908]

额。。。那怎么拿？快递小哥进不了站台吧，自己走到车站时间估计不够

[@sui8261]

@@miao8908 能进站的，去年就开始了。小哥看时刻表，提前在列车停车站台上等着，很屌。

[@donkoh5738]

or the scary part .... not sure about that quality of standard? Better to just bring your own snacks on board instead and eat big meal before ? it's only 9 hrs ?

[@hongwong4680]

@@miao8908 小哥直接进月台的 不过合作的没有平常多

[@worldpeace7696]

South to north,summer to winter.

[@北枳南橘]

distance: 2240km

[@willieyz]

Yes, China is very diverse in geography and climate. It is like a continent.

[@jackierandom8948]

@@rua793 你是听不懂吗，他是说俄罗斯的欧洲段....不是整个俄罗斯

[@jackierandom8948]

@@rua793 多学学英语吧

[@rua793]

​@@jackierandom8948 认识Europe会不认识European Russia这两个单词？不了解俄罗斯还有欧洲部分这个说法，还以为他在说欧洲的俄罗斯

[@jaydenlin1943]

While I am still on a 5 hours bus from Boston to New York... It's freaking 2019

[@MrWalker1000]

How would it take with bullet train. Also even in Japan people use bus cuz the bullet train is expensive

[@medicineexplained344]

Take the Acela Express or the Northeast Corridor, Not as nice as the trains in the video but better than a bus

[@alb12345672]

America looks like 3rd world next to this :lol:

[@dealerovski82]

Ever heard of an airline? In US you fly!

[@edwardyang8254]

The distance (215 mi) will take ~1 hr 15 min on a high speed train non-stop, or 1.5~2 hrs if stops are made en route.

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

I'm just back from China and their high-speed trains are superb. Another great video.

[@garygrant2000]

They have to be some of the sleekest looking trains I've eve seen, beautiful design, just stunning .... wow.

[@yananneteoh9818]

I'd travel by China's hS trains anytime - Fast, quiet, clean, safe and cheap.

[@canto_v12]

Some of the background is that China's HSR effort began with imported trains, then "improved" versions which were of dubious originality. These were the original "Hexiehao" (Harmony Class) trains. Then these latest ones are the Fuxinghao (Rejuvenation Class), which was the ultimate goal of China to domesticate and own its own HSR technology. If these trains are as reliable as the older ones, then China's HSR tech has truly matured.

[@conghaoxu7344]

@@canto_v12 I have traveled onboard the Chinese CRH (China Railway Highspeed，as we name HSRs) trains a few dozen times, and I personally prefer Fuxinghao without a second thought, it‘s like Hexiehao is Boeing 767, and Fuxinghao is Boeing 787 Dreamliner (no not these 9 abreast tuna cans plz): better in pretty much every way.

[@yananneteoh9818]

@@canto_v12 Regardless, I'd been on China's HS trains about 4 times and they're the best form of trade; I'd ever undertaken... including the ambience.

[@北枳南橘]

@Cjango Freeman yes

[@kamalsinha4511]

China has bullet trains, in USA we have bullets. And it travels much faster.

[@pingpangfan6136]

haha

[@doejoan2542]

lmao

[@firefoxspace]

lol

[@warrickbaha]

Yes, lol, life travel is faster

[@dcember.d_notgoodatenglish6126]

good point

[@jlai3861]

all these KZbin videos about chinese high speed rail are shot on eastern China, the real engineering marvel is in western mountain region, where express way float on top of lakes and high speed rail running above Cloud, just breath taking, try it.

[@velavanlaack9134]

high speed rail running above cloud? ah come'on, where?

[@hanwang7028]

@@velavanlaack9134 in provinces like Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing

[@mingyuli703]

Vela van laack where the rail is built on high mountain check the geographic of western China, they are all high mountains.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

Any KZbin channels you can recommend?

[@mingyuli703]

Didn't actually find any video on KZbin but has been to Tibet from Sichuan by car and the highways were built at the top of high mountains so that made them stay above the clouds. And I just searched that the high speed train to Tibet is still under construction. But there's normal train to Tibet where are built at the top or at the middle of the mountain. Btw, the reason why they don't build the railway or highway at the bottom is because it's gonna be highly risky to be destroyed by rock slides at the season where rain is plenty a lot. So even it's more costly. They built them at high place.

[@rishankgupta1507]

nice video.....I had been to Shijiazhuang(station shown just before Beijing) for two years ..and over all three years in China...what a country...still I miss my days in China.....love from India

[@fsh3702]

that city is almost the most polluted place in China. a lot of heavy industry there.

[@rishankgupta1507]

@@fsh3702 yes.... during winter its fog all day long...hazy environment

[@fsh3702]

@@rishankgupta1507 Yeah, that;s true, that's also the reason for Beijing's weather. How do you feel about the Chinese people?

[@rishankgupta1507]

@@fsh3702 I found a great sense of hospitality in Chinese people....they respect foreigners very much..more than I say they respect each other...... Entire my three year stay in China, I have nothing bad to say. I just miss them a lot

[@fsh3702]

@@rishankgupta1507 so nice to know. Chinese are mostly friendly and interactive. I think people are generally overreacted and over-patriotic on the Internet. I have been to India twice, I really like your cuisine, very different from Chinese food, but very delicious.

[@jlai3861]

You are going from spring in to winter in just few hours, by train, incredible.

[@brucemcfarling7810]

Yes, the (typically) February spring festival down south is "celebrating the spring that is here or almost here" while up here it is "festival while we dream of spring coming in a month or two (or three)".

[@porterhuang9451]

Ya, and trains derail and fall down to the valley!

[@vanawarrendora]

@@porterhuang9451 what?

[@murrayent1able]

@@porterhuang9451 why so negative???

[@跡軌]

@@porterhuang9451 In China, you can see four seasons in a day.

Amazed at how smooth the train is traveling - no rocking,as if it's gliding through the air. This puts Amtrak to shame.

[@CatsMeowPaw]

I took the Amtrak from Washington DC to New York in 2017. At times I thought the train would fly off the rails it was rocking so much on the poor quality track while traveling at slow speed. China, Japan, France, and others are so far ahead of the USA it's not even amusing anymore. It's sad.

[@alisonlee3314]

Same in the UK too 😑

[@JohnSmith-mg5ve]

DC really was a swamp and that makes for soft ground that is constantly moving so tracks will not always be perfect . there is a main road in WI that also has issues. we call them marshes here they are very similar.

[@sandmanlee2283]

But I just took Amtrak between DC and NYC weeks ago to see the cherry blossoms. Compared to the high-speed train I've ridden before in China, and I took a lot of high-speed trains in China when I was there, Amtrak is nothing bad. You can have better wifi, larger space, silent and peaceful atmosphere, and more comfortable seats and restroom. It is slower but if you're not in a hurry it'll be a quite enjoyable journey. In China, you'll have to pay for the first class seat to enjoy these. The price differs not much but based on the average income in China, it's not that affordable as in the U.S.

[@shihlin1]

Asia has long surpassed U.S. when it comes to travel. For instance, flying on any Asian airline these days, it's amazing the difference in level of comfort, service, and technology they offer. When you go back to flying on United or American, you feel like a third-world citizen being cattle-prodded to your next destination.

[@dcember.d_notgoodatenglish6126]

hahahaha

[@hywei5171]

Few hours ago, you're at tropical region. Few hours later, it is snowing outside. How Amazing!

[@porterhuang9451]

HY WEI Few hours ago, you are having dinner with ur lovely family. Few hours later, you are in some Beijing jail and tortured.

[@vincentdesun]

@@porterhuang9451 Here's your 10 cents. Keep posting!

[@kevinj2261]

Indeed, you should notice how landscape changed from greener south to dry north.

[@finnejesse9356]

@@porterhuang9451 you looks like an idolt

[@sunnydaysddt2068]

@@porterhuang9451 5 min ago, you walk on the street, 5 min later, you get shot on the street by policemen.

[@cindyzhang7622]

Hongkong --- Beijing 08:05---17:01 9 hours distance: 2240km stops at 6 stops on the journey business class: 3369CNY / 503USD first class: 1724CNY / 257USD second class: 1077CNY / 160USD

[@lavierbismilah9979]

Different time, different price

[@kenlau135]

only six stops?

[@从太俊]

Lavier Bismilah no,it’s the same train,just different class

[@masterbaiter8741]

@@kenlau135 some "express" HSR only stops at the big city some "slower" HSR will stop at the medium city, it will take more time to the terminal but the train runs at the same speed

[@lavierbismilah9979]

@@从太俊 我的意思是说，这个价格是会随时间变化的，有时候会贵一点，有时候便宜点

[@leozhou1387]

China's been improving people's life by building highways, railways, and airports over the past three decades, and have lifted millions of people out of poverty, what an amazing transformation!

[@CTOInformation]

agree

[@SimonCU]

President Trump wish was to do that with America. He wants to make America Great Again. He can learn from the Chinese how they did it. The biggest differ in America is that Americans are lazy and don't want to change. Chinese people are hard working and want to change. Americans are proud and think they are great so no need to improve. All we need to do is to build the Great Wall of USA.

[@husseinalgazallymd3467]

One word : capitalism

[@Alfaspring]

@@husseinalgazallymd3467 Wrong!!! with capitalism . no one gona move without profit. and HSR is not Profitable.

[@北枳南橘]

要想富先修路！

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*Beautiful train.* It feels like China has been transitioning into the state, where the country is more polished and developed. The speed of their progress is incredible.

[@dps2933]

@MotorcycleMan China as a communist country does spend a lot more than USA in welfare. The only things is their policy are continuing and that dont waste resources for changes. USA democracy is less efficient as the policy must contain everyone and frequent changes are made. UK and Australia talk decades for their Capital Airport relocation and yet nothings come to fruitful despite severe congestion. China made its easier with a second airport.

[@vocvoc9895]

The vast country-side is still under-developed, a lot need to be done. When China's GDP is 3 times of America's, China can be call an entry level developed nation, It will take a while.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@dps2933 And that is only because they have fewer people to consult because trying to fight back can lead to one’s death or imprisonment.

[@russellstarkey7030]

I miss China can't wait to get back the coolest place on earth

[@ProfezorSnayp]

I heard Hong Kong is lovely at this time of year. You should visit it now, before its gone.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

@Zhibo Wang Your comment is hurtful but not as hurtful as what the Chinese government is doing to Hong Kong. Tiananmen Square 2.0

[@ProfezorSnayp]

@Zhibo Wang Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of pro-China gangs beating up people on the streets and the police shooting tear gas into crowds. But please, tell me more about how China respects human rights. I lived in a communist country where the ruling communist party fought the common people just to stay in power. I know how it looks, I remember how it feels, so please take your fake propaganda and shove it where the rice doesn't grow.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

@Zhibo Wang Well in that case I hope they save one for you. If you fight by the sword, you die by the sword. Anyway, your delusional rant was funny for like 5 minutes but it's time to part ways. I hope your Chinese government implodes like a sack of spoiled dumplings.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

@Zhibo Wang Also, your name is 'Wang'. 😂🍆💧

[@anandcpa]

Have to give it to Chinese for the top class infrastructure.

[@tl1539]

Exactly what America needs, instead of billions of weapons we need more infrastructures that really provide jobs and convenience

[@donkoh5738]

... Ron,, PRC China has no choice but to have Manhattan style infrastructure projects, given the massive population it contains. It would be unsustainable otherwise ?

[@kevinq6064]

@@AndrewTGreen Maybe you should stop watching those bullshit and go see for yourself.

[@1PALNA]

AndrewTGreen 9, k

[@chachatoys3905]

@@AndrewTGreen are you dreaming? You don't even know how success China nowadays frog.

[@anderskandersson4613]

Great nation, awesome sceneries, delicious foods, wonderful tribespeople........ I was there for 5 yrs 1990-96, sadly no bullet trains in 90s 😢😢😢😢😢.... Love you China 🇨🇳 I’ll be back again soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@leew9267]

Anders K Andersson welcome ，from Chengdu.

[@KK-xi7vh]

Welcome back, you probably wouldn't recognize your old place, lol.

[@honeytaste1402]

Welcome back

[@minghuiwang9315]

Anders. Always welcome back:) from Beijing

[@yupengwu2550]

You are lucky, 90s China was lovely

[@paulk8650]

The progress in china is amazing. Keep it up China it's time for the west to learn from you how to make things work better.

[@ipg6772]

The stations themselves look better than any airport in the USA! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Blaze6432]

Yes because air travel has been used in the US since 1920s, meanwhile these train stations were built primarily in the last decade. I know your from a third world country where people aren't intellegent but you don't compare a 60 year old person with a 12 year old and say "wow look how young the 12 year old looks".

[@Akarom927]

@@Blaze6432 If the 60 years old man still wear the same clothes 40yrs ago…….

[@Blaze6432]

@@Akarom927 and? If it functions it functions, still doesnt take away the fact the US still has the worlds most superior air service, and unlike other countries has the most airports per capita, hence they arent going to have 1 or 2 fancy airports.

[@williamwongkimping3998]

Hahahahaha.......what a shame......United Shithole of AMURDERCA 😂😂😂 third world country with a gucci belt.

[@teja479]

@@williamwongkimping3998 that's why everyone from Hong Kong and china comes to usa right immigration and everything is copycat of western inventions and discoveries u dumb idiot Kim ping 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cristophercyclo4329]

in addition, there are many stations that can be stopped on the way, such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou,and Beijing multi-international metropolis scenery, and Travel through every different city style from south to north

[@roccoboy32]

In Canada that distance is Quebec City to Winnipeg. Driving 25 hours, by train 2 days with 2 transfers.

[@vlado2701]

I literally melt... Extremely nice ! Thanks dear Mark Smith for Your new unique video !

[@JusticeBeaver3719]

He's like train version Simply Aviation!

[@adithafizhan]

@@JusticeBeaver3719 and his website seat61.com is top notch and ads free! (well, affiliation link aren't considered ads, eh?)

[@Spiker7171]

Stfu you garbage animal

[@adithafizhan]

@@Spiker7171 what's wrong with you?

[@zejunli2876]

@@Spiker7171 Lmao this comes out of nowhere type of comment makes me cry.

[@morewola8522]

Amazing my country!🇨🇳 Love from Hong Kong🇭🇰

[@EE-hu6bj]

Amazing places ! Love from mexico 🇨🇳🐼❤

[@dcember.d_notgoodatenglish6126]

best wishes my friend

[@CuongNguyen-so2iw]

Without the English. Hongkong remained foreve a fishing vialage. Hongkong people know this so they are very scared when the China Community acquires.

[@ProfezorSnayp]

Soooo how's Hong Kong doing now?

[@wangmars9183]

欢迎回家，同胞兄弟

[@FromtheWindowSeat]

Wow. That looks like an incredible journey. Great way to see some of the country. 😍

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

China's high speed rail started off a such a simple idea. The government noted that passengers traffic on chinese railroads was causing congestion and decided to invest in building dedicated passenger lines to help freight traffic become more efficient. However the government was very quick to realize that they had struck gold with high speed rail, and now we have this amazing network that is the envy of the world.

[@cldude691]

In the 90s and early 200s this was a 2.5 day trip on sleeper cars. Amazing.

[@mirizid9667]

Cool! Can't wait to try this train here in my country because currently my country and China are constructing HSR which will eventually use this train! :D

[@ishaankhuranagoc1518]

Ur country?

[@wangpaochen8569]

Which country is that, Mirizid?

[@upsidedown1671]

It must be a project for the Belt and Road Initiative? That's great!

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

@@wangpaochen8569 if the last 2 letters of their username (ID) are any indication, it's Indonesia, which checks out with HSR plans for that country

[@jeffreysetapak]

Wow!!! That's very reasonable. USD157.00 for 2282km.

[@changliu2422]

This price is for the second class ticket (at 3:28). A business class ticket costs USD$490.

[@jeffreysetapak]

@@changliu2422 Even this is a second class ticket, it's still damned cheap consider the distance of 2282km. This price is ONLY good for a ride from Washington DC to Boston and it's NOT even high speed rail. It's ONLY fast speed rail.

[@jeffreysetapak]

@@changliu2422 Even from Washington DC to Boston, you cannot even get a ticket as low as USD175.00.

[@bobduvar]

A Paris-Marseilles ticket price is 55 €*2 but it depends on the day you travel and the hour. Very expensive for only a 800km trip.... And the french railway crews company are very rude and unefficient !!!

[@jeffreysetapak]

@@bobduvar Yes, generally European public service and public transport staff are a bit rude. God knows why?? Even the staff at China high speed rail station are not like that.

[@aarongao3578]

from summer to winter.

[@Karl-going-solo]

Awesome video thanks. That is now on my bucket list. I hope ticket prices didn't increase too much ;)

[@dokingjonson6173]

Very impressive , nice train and station.

[@milesbehrstihl5718]

Mark, this is very nice. Quality of your Video is on point. My wife and I would enjoy this.

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

A great video, and thanks for sharing this amazing experience. I'll be doing some of my own Chinese high-speed travel this summer, and I CAN'T WAIT !!

[@王征-y1q]

To be honest, summer will be very hot in summer. Now is the perfect time for travelling in China.

[@dd3623]

you d better book tickets earlier. arrive train station earlier. as a foreigner,you must go to counter to get your print tickets. (Chinese citizens most of the time don't need to do that). anyway, last time I travel with my German friend, I only allowed to help him to book 5 train journeys,(must wait the first Train journey finish,then can book the 6th).and the only way he can get tickets for boarding is "I help him to go to counter". some of those big city station with huge peoples waiting in queues. for example Guiyang. probably many countryside peoples don't know tha can use mobile to buy tickets.or they miss their train and change tickets and so on. anyway at Guiyang west station,I nearly miss my train for helping him in queue.

[@王征-y1q]

@Kaonnoenese吴越人键盘侠？

[@KL-fm4sv]

@Kaonnoenese吴越人 能让人明白意思就行了呗

[@王征-y1q]

@Kaonnoenese吴越人 好，谢谢你的建议。

[@makurako1972]

Honestly, i'm so impressed. No, astonished, i should say. Totally mind-blowing. The average speed is 273 km/h !? That's by far much faster than any of my country's bullet train route. Even the fastest route, which is TOHOKU SHINKANSEN Line, it's only 238 km/h. When it comes to the busiest route, which is TOKAIDO Line, it has to fall up to as slow as 210-215 km/h..... Excellent job, China. Way to go !

[@donkoh5738]

lol , some superbly polished propaganda, man ! Squeaky clean ; )

[@czs1984]

yamato I think that’s just because economic and geological issue, not technical issue. Japan has less land area, so more stops on same lines

[@HongLee225]

Speed less than 300km/h is not called high speed trains. The highest speed now is 350/h. It will only get better. All the best to you

[@dcember.d_notgoodatenglish6126]

Thankyou my friend

[@wasurebachi]

君 英語 上手

[@upsidedown1671]

Literally no other country can compete with the scale of China's rail infrastructure. Truly impressive.

[@yes8032]

Yep although Japanese still have the fastest trains

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Don’t be too sure about that. LaoWhy86 did a bit on Chinese infrastructure and it really isn’t as good as people like to make it sound. And I thought the US had bad infrastructure…

[@Hugo-jb7qz]

@@aycc-nbh7289 Laowhy86 is a white trash. And his canton wife comes from a poor Chinese countryside without any high education is also a trash. Trash marry with trash, it's a eternal truth that is never wrong.And their next generation will also be like them.

[@Qu4r7zz]

LaoWay86 is a Falungong@@aycc-nbh7289

[@ecowanderer6099]

China is amazing and so is it's high speed network. Sending my greatest respect and admiration from India 🇮🇳 💓 🇨🇳. PS, no hate comments please.

[@dipanwitamandal7289]

Uncivilised people hate. I’m civilised and believe in world peace.

[@Yan-666]

哈哈

[@anitathakur9340]

@@Yan-666 ही ही ।

[@jacobrocks7]

Can’t wait to go back ...hate flying so HS trains make sense

[@alric8]

I just thought I'd say hi I've literally read your website mostly just for fun since I was about 11 and it is insane how much info is available. You have really inspired me to travel more of Europe by train. Thank you so much.

[@joan3512]

Traveling in China is very convenient having the high speed train network covered all cities. I can’t find any high speed train network in US and Canada better than China.

[@randomchannel-px6ho]

Because there isn't a highspeed rail network in the USA or Canada. Japan's Shinkasen and France's TGV can match the quality but no country has a network as huge as China's...

[@moonlighth8643]

It will probably not going to happen in the future neither even with the massive infrastructure bill. U.S is built on automobile highway system, due to the special interest group back in the days. U.S. will not plan to do things that are beneficial to the people, because that's not how the government system is set up to do. Special interest groups and the deep state capital will decide what's best for their wallet.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Can you find one in Japan, France, or Germany, though?

[@luci75d76]

I travel a lot with high speed trains in china in past year I refuse to fly even. Because planes delay and affected badly by weather ....anyhow in china because of infrastructure in railway or subways many people do not buy cars now ( not worthy ). And I see in some American news ( Fox CNBC MSNBC etc) saying the Chinese economy slow down they don’t buy cars .....Hahhahaha. But the reality is the convenience of transportation in china Its very high level ! The only impediment is for a foreign is you have to Go to the ticket counter to pick Up your tickets Even If you order them online The automatic ticket machines are everywhere but can’t use passports on it. For Chinese citizens it’s way much easy and faster to move around. Very convenient for them .....367 km /h In general a 350/h cruise speed. And even 420 in some special trains. That’s what I see ! The coin can stand up if you put it near the window ! So smooth is !

[@hong3170]

Chinese railway will go ticket less in 2019. You only need a confirmation text/ email with bar code.

[@momoware]

For Chinese citizens they don't even have to pick up their tickets. They can just use their IDs (if they are the newer ones).

[@luci75d76]

Eric Wu that’s true. I know that !

[@luci75d76]

Hong yes. That’s right !

[@shiyuzhang2135]

@@luci75d76 Plus, Chinese citizens nowadays don't need a "ticket" to go into the station all we need to do is to scan my face, literally my face. The machine automatically would identify.

[@drdoolittle5724]

Thank you very much for taking us on the ride - terrifying how backward every other country in the World is compared!

[@wizardmix]

h bethune I agree, the HSR in China is terrifyingly convenient but oddly backward in it’s own way in terms of chaos and strange levels of service.

[@EinkOLED]

They're a very productive nation, but they keep production costs down through cheap labour, land ownership, little import costs and short cuts in production. But much of the rolling stock are german or japanese. However what is not evident (yet) is the quality of the engineering, only time will tell.

[@weizhang2834]

Arch Stanton you can say anything if you can happy. The high speed train is fastest operated in the world which Germany and Japan can’t do it . Probably you have never take japan and Germany train , much more backward compared with China technology

[@EinkOLED]

@@weizhang2834 You are using Japanese and German technology. Japan have been operating high speed rail long before china.

[@hippocreation]

@@@weizhang2834 You can be proud but not blinded by pride. Chinese high speed trains were built under technology transfer agreements with foreign train-makers including Alstom of France, Siemens of Germany, Bombardier of Canada and Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan. 和谐号CRH1A型号 uses Bombardier design. 和谐号CRH2A型号 uses Kawaski design. 和谐号CRH5型号 is designed by Alstom, while 和谐号CRH3C型号 is designed by Siemens. You should be proud that China has fused technologies from around the world, but you should be shamed by taking all credits in for yourself.

[@vigisbigtm]

Great infrastructure. We have a lot of catching up to do. Congratulations from India!

[@ramananvengandurgandhi8863]

Infact you are no where near..in this comment sectiin even amercans are crying they dont havr such eorld vlass infra

[@SilencedMi5]

It is great to take a positive attitude and respect neighbors. India has overcome many hardships, hopefully they can continue to grow and develop.

[@pondeify]

infrastructure is in the blood of Chinese - just look at the great wall! the railways are amazing and always getting better.

[@fortherepublic9878]

You’re basically on a plane, Minus BS security Minus 1 hour+ to and from airport Minus taxing

[@krcn00b]

+more space

[@IAmTheBeckett]

In China you still have to go through airport like security and have passport checked for domestic trains. Additionally HK to Beijing does pass through visa controls.

[@fortherepublic9878]

IAmTheBeckett tru

[@IAmTheBeckett]

@Anshul Bhargav I prefer sleeper trains. They have a few high speed sleepers which are amazing. There's always delays flying and airports are too far out.

[@IAmTheBeckett]

@Anshul Bhargav I never saw China without it so I couldn't say.

[@kirankarthik0909]

Great infrastructure.....love from India.....

[@rahadityap2375]

And china now built high speed train with that type CR400AF from Jakarta to bandung since 2019 and expected to opened on 2022 as now over 80,5% of progress, Distance over 158.3 km and 350 kph speed, I cant wait to used it next year

[@mirizid9667]

I'm also looking forward to it! Greetings from Bogor city! Can't wait to travel again to Bandung once the line finished! :D

[@jacobrocks7]

Awesome. Can’t wait to take the trip especially since I don’t really like flying. The first class and business class looks great.

[@pirol0815]

Perfect, 👍🏼greetings from Berlin 🇩🇪 🚞

[@海苔面条]

Günter Pirol Danke sehr. ICE sind auch sehr gut.(aber wirklich zu teuer 😂）

[@pirol0815]

海苔面条 yes☑️

[@AlmightyAaron0423]

海苔面条 he's Turkish

[@holeung7017]

i love Germany

[@pirol0815]

hou leung 👍🏼😘🇩🇪

[@umedavk2011]

Many thanks Mark for a most interesting trip. Thanks to your HD quality I was able to go to full screen and be right in it :)) !

[@johannesbusch8161]

Both very interesting and very beautiful footage. Thx a lot for uploading!

[@AlexnAres]

I took this ride in December 2019. I was amazed by how many tunnels and bridges we went through! It was so comfortable. And as we left Beijing it was around 0 Celsius outside, but when we get to Guangzhou we had to go to this designated changing room (for northern travellers like us) to put on our t shirts and shorts! It was basically still summer in December in Guangzhou!

[@canto_v12]

I can't wait to do this when it's safe to travel again. Southern China's terrain is very unforgiving, making their HSR network even more impressive.

[@philipb4027]

Stunning looking trains, it's like you stepped into the future!

[@godspeedjourneys2661]

Great video, clean and straightforward. Good editing! I watched it from start to finish and felt like I was taken somewhere. Sometimes those over hyped travel videos can be a bit too much.

[@K43o]

I took this line several times from Beijing to Hong Kong. it’s a pleasure and less stressful than air travel. You can work during the whole trip and have few minutes break during the short stops.

[@nymanson1118]

I went to Lanzhou in China in 2008 on the green train Beijing - Lanzhou need 31 hours, the country is not on the same timeline as ours, their 1 year = ours 10 years

[@evolaner]

From Beijing to Lanzhou today with high speed train service takes around 7 hrs 11 mins, only 3 stops in between the 1700km trip, 100 USD for economic ticket. Of cuz the 31 hrs green train service I believe it's still there as well

[@manonxiong5113]

Now, it takes around 8 hours or less.

[@steveding2006]

On the one hand, the western world was amazingly fast and efficient 100 years ago as today's China. One day China will slow down. On the other hand, it is actually even worse than 1:10, at least in terms of building high-speed railways. From 2010-2020, there are 30000km HSR and 6000km Subway were built in China, did US+EU (maybe even add up rest of the world) newly build 3000/600km? I didn't google but probably not.

[@cheung1475]

This video reminds me of my good memories on the train from Nanning to Beijing with my friends

[@digitalmoviedv]

Great travel history Mark! Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano.

[@suaibme6055]

When you have 1.2+ billion people to take care of, you concentrate on the bigger picture, and that's what China is doing. This is great.

[@williamlin2076]

@muốitvcanada 157 for business class

[@williamlin2076]

@muốitvcanada also i assure you Chinese air travel is horrible

[@mr.f2p888]

@muốitvcanada leave your mom's basement for once

[@CR7China]

i couldnt imagine such a high speed train when i was a child . i was born in Southern china in 1980s

[@JJJJ-gl2uf]

I left from the station in HK just yesterday, not headed to BJ but to another mainland destination. Very convenient station and Chinese high speed trains are very good. Been riding them for three years now and no complaints from me. Those commenters who are moaning about the trains in China - they're no good, high accident rate - and other such nonsense have never ridden these trains. Seriously, the Chinese are making tremendous advancements and if certain Western countries don't get their shit together, they'll be left eating the dust.

[@SimonCU]

Worse of all is the ones who never been to China before are complaining China is stealing their technology and copying them. I guess American need to start copying China and should steal from China or they will still be living in the 1970s forever.

[@cousiwa09]

The bullets in china are superb. Smooth as fast and quiet. The world could learn alot about high speed rail travel from China. ❣

[@cousiwa09]

Yeah i know that. But my own personal preference is for the chinese bullets. They covwr a shitload more ground than the ones in jaban.

[@ashishsharma2837]

@@cousiwa09 okh BTW from which country you are??

[@dps2933]

@@ashishsharma2837 They also steal from Germany and France as well. As such now airplane manufacturer are very cautious of China.

[@tipinwings]

D PS soon they won’t need to worry anymore. China now has the most advanced system to design and manufacture all parts of large planes simultaneously across regions. Chinese people don’t even care about the technology you claim being stolen. Those little trickeries are just child’s play. The incredibly hard working of all Chinese people to support everything simply can not be stolen.

[@tipinwings]

ASHWANI SHARMA and for the high speed trains, the quality of trains, the length of the total railways, and the operational speed of Chinese trains are way more ahead than any other country in the world. Chinese trains and railways are winning in any aspect than any other country. It’s like saying some Nobel prize winning research stole from an elementary school student’s home work. Not sure if that is meant to be hilarious. I guess it’s better to make sure you had such technology before claiming being stolen.

[@stephanbateman5410]

As I am currently living in Beijing, this is one journey I will be making. I am going to Qingdao in two weeks, as it's only 4 hours I am going First Class - its still more convenient than flying. Thanks for the video.

[@xueric2414]

4月20号以后，新增北京至青岛直达高铁车次，中间不停站，只需3小时即可到站！

[@jqstimiata8294]

Stephan Bateman yea. Only 3 hrs after April.

[@stephanbateman5410]

Sounds interesting. I think I will make the BJ to HK journey. Initially I thought 8 hrs was a long time to spend on a train. Then I realised I would have to be at the airport for 2 hrs before the flight, the flights are 3-4 hours long, the seats are horrible on the flight, I don't have a luggage allowance on a train. @@jqstimiata8294

[@SimonCU]

@@jqstimiata8294 What happening after April?

[@dariomendoza191]

COOL way of TRAVELING thanks for Sharing!!!

[@liyz7142]

from summer to winter. you have been on that train for half year!

[@dcpotomac20850]

HK latitude is 22 and Beijing is 40. Big temperature difference in winter.

[@weer5380]

You can imagine how hard to build this railway for the High-speed train if considering the massive weather differences(not just temp.)

[@lleo9394]

plus you can make take away order on train, and grab your food in next station

[@kuatiogui]

how?

[@lleo9394]

@@kuatiogui as i know, on some G train, on your seat there is a QR code, you scan it, you will see the menu of take away food like starbucks, kfc, mcdonalds in next available train station. make the order and pay by wechat pay something like that. the food will be on train in next station

[@kuatiogui]

@@lleo9394 thats really amazing man..

[@lleo9394]

@@kuatiogui kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4DbdZuieNOtjq8

[@firstsoldier4257]

@@lleo9394 you need chines bank account for that app!

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

I really enjoyed your video I wish you success my friend God bless you.

[@favesongslist]

The price people pay in china for this; you will need to be taken away for CCP indoctrination for this remark.

[@yulinfu860]

you mean by living a more modernized life every day? 😂

[@yokoden_DTline]

I love Chinese high speed train.♥🚄 From Japan.🇯🇵

[@kingpooooo21286]

thanks

[@stanirelandbig]

I live 800 km from Shanghai , it takes me 3.5 hours from my apartment to arrive in office by train for $17 we have a new airport , but it doesn't fly to Shanghai , as it can't compete , only to Chengdu and Beijing ,

[@HereYouGOsino]

stan giles why do you live far away from your office ?

[@tylerama]

@@HereYouGOsino I think he might be a pilot.

[@potblack243]

800km only 17 usd????

[@weizhang2834]

@@potblack243 yes for economic seat

[@bickwanmei3981]

Speed is very fast and ticket is very cheap ,China is amazing country!

[@dedeguodetu5511]

But it is so cost for us. Normal speed 200km per hour train will take you not more than 50 USD for traveling the same distance. So not much people in this high speed train

[@jackierandom8948]

@@dedeguodetu5511 I think it is unaffordable just for u, most of Chinese people can afford that price, if you are poor, dont represent whole chinese pls

[@leehommaiwang]

​@@dedeguodetu5511 50$ ;)) so cheap - I can choice 176$ for 350km/h or more. Many choice 50$ bcz they do not high-speed, that was told in SCMP.

[@downfallofderuntergang]

@@dedeguodetu5511 alot cheaper and more time flexible than flying

[@dedeguodetu5511]

@@downfallofderuntergang 高铁本来就很贵的，我也坐过几次，很多座位并不满，不像普快火车，人一直都很多。大多数人还是支付不起这个价格的！

[@tyronelowe7090]

In 2002 I bought a bed seat on the train from Beijing to Zhengzhou. It took 8 hours. Sure glad it had beds and I slept about 4 hours.

[@jvaentertainment2612]

INDONESIA COOMING SOON ,LOVE CHINA🇮🇩💗🇨🇳

[@m.bimolaksono2670]

Ya betul, Udah gak sabar benget pengen naik 😍😄🇮🇩

[@hangyang4263]

2 chinese was killed in BALI island

[@robertzoufood]

This comment aged well, it has already started service late 2023

[@asin4496]

I remember it very well because it was such a hard trip that when I was a kid, my parents and I took the train to the city 700 miles away and it took us almost 24 hours.It was 1996.

[@zahidshakeel8900]

Beautiful Camera work and Lovely Train

[@vinodkumar-xr6jm]

Train station is bigger than airport👍👍👍👍

[@lowgalaxy7232]

Travel from a warm and moist place to the reign of ice. Cool. I believe the first freezing breath you took when stepping out the train door was really delusive. And that is the beauty of traveling.

[@CarmenHernandez-cc6kz]

Cool video i want go visit those 2 city in the future

[@dipanwitamandal7289]

Pls come to Shenzhen. Lies on this line (Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong). It’s a beautiful city.

[@wizardmix]

Wow, that’s convenient. A couple years back this service wasn’t available and I decided to take the slow train between HK and Shanghai it took a day and a half. I’ve been in the business class seats before and they’re nice. Service is really inconsistent on these trains but for the value price and convenience, that can be forgiven. I always found it strange that “business” is a class above first. I think unless you need to lay flat(ish) to sleep, First is a fine option, especially if you’re traveling with another person. It’s far less expensive.

[@MyTrainVideos]

Thanks for the really great video! The business class really looks like the only way to travel 🙂

[@enriquemarquez8694]

Pretty amazing.. beautiful trains and stations.. Very clean.

[@alantran1914]

$157 count me in! Clean, safe, and you can order food on the train 🚆 😋 that is what I call travel with style 😎 👌!

[@dannyhau7784]

But you only take 3 hours flight from HK to HK at the same price

[@peterscandlyn]

Enjoyed the trip. Great to see you back, thanks Mark.

[@sushenamatya9878]

That's a damn beautiful train. Loved the design!

[@44bett]

Thank you for a very informative and interesting video TMS61. Let's remember, China is a developing nation while the US and Europe are wealth developed countries. To compare the West and China at this time isn't fair or correct. The Chinese have made amazing achievements in higher education, infrastructure and bring 700 million out of poverty.

[@jacobrocks7]

Great video! Can't wait to go back to HK and China and ride the HS train. Business class looks amazing. Have to start saving

[@SimonCU]

doesnt your country have better trains than China?

[@haonanli1855]

jacobrocks7 Hong Kong belongs to China

[@kunzetale]

@@haonanli1855 what about Taiwan does it belong to China too ?? ..... but anyway I love those high speed trains ... I last boarded the one from tianjin to beijin ... so I plan to come back to China for these high speed trains. Here the main transportation is the aeroplane ... The trains are not well invested in for inter state transportation

[@KK-xi7vh]

@@kunzetale How about the mainland China also belongs to the Chinese people from Taiwan?

[@krcn00b]

these videos are so simple and yet so good!

[@dontjudgemebymyname.4282]

Beautiful train and infrastructure. Greetings from India :)

[@dontjudgemebymyname.4282]

@Hᴜꜱᴛʟᴇ Lᴏʏ Yoo bro, meeting after long time.

[@dontjudgemebymyname.4282]

@Hᴜꜱᴛʟᴇ Lᴏʏ True, India needs BJP with young progressive Hindu leaders, and we need to counter those self proclaimed intellectuals like dhruv rathee, Aakash banerjee, tukde gang etc.

[@AbhishekSingh-lu8tw]

Go to hell both of you

[@zaynali815]

Don't judge me by my name. You guys are everywhere on KZbin lol😂

[@FC-ue1yc]

Namaste my friend :) Welcome to China! I love Puducherry and Goa!

[@wym5311]

Watching this during covid19 makes me happy and sad at the same time and dear Man in Seat61, I am a longtime fan and read your website for all my backpacking trips! Thank you

[@xav4_]

soon the fast train in Indonesia has been operated (2021) *first high speed train in South East Asia

[@kaixiangzhang7394]

That is fantastic! Built together by Chinese and Indonesia company!

[@ctleung168]

It took me 2 days to make the same trip, that's 60 years ago.

[@elrumi6341]

This is what happen when China got serious about something. All this time people just saying: don't buy/use Chinese products. But now, I can say that they surpassed Japanese in railway.

[@mauromorganti2563]

only in railways, I saying and the rest

[@mauromorganti2563]

@Chinese Cannabis Party CCP I now that and not only Japan also the rest of the world, in fact, if China took 40 years to come to this point the rest of the world will thack nothing less than 60 years to come at this level but it will never equalize China they haven't got the capacity and knowledge, plus they are to conservatory on they arrogance of superiority

[@mauromorganti2563]

@Chinese Cannabis Party CCP My only regret is that am too old and is going to difficult to get a permanent visa to stay in China if I will have the granted visa to stay I will fly tomorrow love China and the Chianese population

[@shihlin1]

Surpass or will surpass the Japanese in everything else. China's already world's second largest economy.

[@mauromorganti2563]

@@shihlin1 and which is the 1st

[@alancharles8720]

The man in Seat 61 inspired me to make my final trip from France to UK in 2016. As a result I had the greatest train journey ever and unbelievably I ended up in Seat 61 on the TGV! He also was a mine of information when I made my journey to Japan last year, so he is a top bloke. This clip shows a journey from Hong Kong to Beijing, by high speed train. Yet another coincidence for me is that the journey starts at the very station I worked on in HK! Michael Portillo might make a good programme and he seems a very nice chap, but if you want to know which Shinkansens you can or cannot travel on with a Japanese rail pass, the man in sear 61 is THE man

[@robertzoufood]

BTW if you are wondering, the price $157 is for 2nd class (similar to economy on planes), business class as shown in this video costs around $520.

[@tonylaw196]

I'm visited Tibet on 2019 and on board a train from GuangZhou to Lhasa for 56hrs.

[@philippmuller8587]

Tibet is the least developed area in china regarding railway due to its vast territory with most difficult geometric landscape. Hopefully they could solve this world class problem soon

[@ipg6772]

@@philippmuller8587 they are busy building a connection from Lhasa to Chengdu.

[@High_lord_of_Formosa]

@@ipg6772But that's just an ordinary route, and there is no plan to build a high-speed railway for Tibet.

[@hong6699]

@@High_lord_of_Formosa高铁短时间内还有技术障碍，因为从成都到拉萨意味着海拔从500米到4000米以上的跨越，要克服缺氧、低温、高山峡谷以及冻土区、地震带等。以后我们会研究可行方案。

[@Richard-dd3mm]

The entire China high speed rail costs 1 trillion usd, which is 1/4 of what US spent on Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@canpek545]

The price of being a big brother...