China - Buy a Monthly Rail Pass

ProcedureEdit

Go to any of the designated offices of Bank of China or ticket windows in railway stations with the required information and fee.
Tell the issuer at the window or office which monthly card you want to buy, either the silver or gold card.
Give the required information to the issuer and make the necessary payments.

How to recharge the pass : You can recharge the pass at the designated offices of BOC and ticket windows in railway stations. The money in a card should not exceed CNY1000. You should make sure that the balance in your pass can cover the cost from the first to last station of your route or you cannot enter the station.

Required DocumentsEdit

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Beijing Tianjin intercity:
No.32 and 33 windows in No. 3 Ticket Hall of Beijing South;
No.2 in South station building and No.15 underground of north square of Tianjin station;
No.4 in Wuqing station;
No.1 and 7 in Tanggu station;
No.1 in Tianjin West

Shanghai Nanjing/Hangzhou:
No.16-22 in south square of Shanghai Railway Station;
No.32, 65-70 and 87 in Shanghai Hongqiao;
No.3 in Kunshan South;
Self-service ticket hall in north square of Wuxi Railway Station;
No.2 and 9 of Changzhou Railway Station;
No.7 of Jiangxing South;
No.0 and 1 in south ticket hall and No.5 window in north ticket hall of Hangzhou Railway Station

Guangzhou Zhuhai intercity:
No.2, 68 and 87 in Guangzhou South;
No.2 in Xiaolan Station;
No.2 in Zhongshan North;
No.7 and 8 in Zhuhai Station;
No.4 in Xinhui Station

Haikou Sanya:
No.1 in Haikou Station;
No.14 and 15 in Haikou East;
No.2 and 3 in Qinghai Station;
No.9 and 10 in Sanya Railway Station

Locations of self-service queuing machine:
Beijing South Station: beside the escalators near North and South entrances on 1F; near the entrance to No.8 entrance hall on -1F; near the southwest escalator in south of -1F; No.2 and No.3 ticket offices on 2F.

Tianjin Station: between the ticket office and entrance on the south square; near the entrance on north square; near the entrance on the north square; opposite the ticket office on -1F in north station building.

Tianjin West: near A2, A3, B2, A6, A7, B6 and B7 check-in offices.
Wuqing Station: inside ticket office.
Tanggu Station: beside No.7 ticket window in ticket office.

EligibilityEdit

This pass can be issued by anyone living in China, both Chinese citizens and foreigners.

FeesEdit

A deposit of CNY30, a ticket fare of minimum CNY300 for the silver card and CNY500 for the gold card will be charged when purchasing the pass. There is an annual fee of CNY10 per card.

ValidityEdit

The monthly rail pass card can be used more than once unlike the paper tickets. This card is recharged from time to time according to your use.

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Processing TimeEdit

The card will be processed immediately and given to you after you follow those procedures.

InstructionsEdit

The pass can be purchased at designated offices of Bank of China (BOC) and ticket windows in several railway stations.

How to use the card Before departure, pass holders check into the station by swiping their card at the self-service check-in machine. When you arrive at their destination, you need to swipe the card again to leave the station. At this point the ticket fare is deducted.

Required InformationEdit

Passengers valid Second General ID card, Home Return Permit for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan people, or foreign passport. If you ask someone to buy the pass for you, ID cards or passports of both of you are required.

Need for the DocumentEdit

China rail pass was first issued in 2013. This pass is different from the traditional train tickets. It is a prepaid card which can be used to take bullet trains running between Beijing and Tianjin, Shanghai and Hangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing, Guangzhou and Zhuhai, Haikou and Sanya. No discount is offered when travelling with the pass, but considering Chinas population, it saves time of waiting in lines to buy a paper ticket.

The pass has two types; gold and silver.

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No one else can use your card since it carries your personal information.

How do you know your seat number if you use the pass? Currently, only passengers taking the intercity trains between Beijing and Tianjin will get their seat number before boarding. They can swipe the card on a self-service queuing machine and get a note which has a departure date and time, train number, seat number and the number of the pass. Other routes dont have the self-queuing machine, so passengers will not know their seat number until they get into the carriage. Usually, 10-20 seats in carriage No. 6 are reserved for pass holders, they can only seat in the reserved zone. If the reserved seats are taken, pass holders can take other seats with the permission of conductors. If all seats are occupied, pass holders will have to stand.

Change, refund or loss of the pass : Passengers can have their rail pass changed or refunded at the designated ticket windows in railway stations. Passenger can cancel the seat if did not get onboard, and cancellation should be made within 30 minutes after the departure time. CNY20 is charged for refunding the pass. If you lose the pass, you can buy a new card but money in the lost one is not refunded. CNY10 is charged for a new card.
The paper ticket can be printed out at designated ticket windows within 31 days after the trip. Each ticket can be printed out once.

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