World's Longest High-Speed Train Ride Across China
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Let's go to Beijing, China's capital. I will start the journey in Guangzhou in southern China and I decided to take the Chinese High-Speed train all the way to northern China. This journey is the world's longest high-speed train ride. It's incredible how well all parts of China are connected with the high-speed train. But will the journey from Guangzhou to Beijing be comfortable and stress free? This is my first time taking a high-speed train in China. Let's find out how it is!
#china #guangzhou #beijing
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Didn't you try the free WIFI in the train??
The station you set off is Guangzhou South Railway station. One of the biggest railway station in China.
Have a good journey!
Where is your Chinese passport ❓
建议博主把距离标注下，比如广州-北京距离接近2300km，看视频的人，会有更加直观的感受。
China has done some incredible things in the past 30 years, man.
Even Somalis are among the biggest looters in the Arabian Sea.
At the expense of all political and civil freedoms, rampant corruption, persecution of ethnic/linguistic/social minorities and tens of millions dead.
Nice. I have taken trains in China including this particular route a few years back. Chinese HS trains are the best in the world hands down and it's absolutely mind-boggling how it was even possible to build the whole thing and scale it to the size of the country that China is.
Anything's possible if you throw enough money at it, and have a mind-bogglingly large labor force, let's be real
Heya .can u tell me how many baggages are allowed in type G train along side cabin bag?
Experiencing is believing. I was on the train travelling at average 304km/h for 2 hours. The ride was smooth, quiet and comfortable. Happy to ride the high speed train 👍👍👍
a dozen years ago,I spent 40 hours travelling from guangzhou to Beijing，what a great change happened in china！
30 years ago , I ever took a green train for 57 hours in spring festival heavy transport season .
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
@@zackk7175u've been busy shitting😅
@@zackk7175Stop spreading fake news pls. Did you make trouble when you were there?
@@vbch1396 Chiina has baanned Japanese traditional clothing
While Chiinese can wear its traditional clothing in Japan
That's Not fair!
I wish we could travel in Europe from Bulgaria to the Netherlands in 7 hours by train:)) China is living in the future, folks.
I wish that too! ❤
Have been in Chinese high speed trains many times, and they are so efficient. Can't wait to go back to China again.
Thank you, Ken, for your wonderful videos!
it's too difficult for developed country, high cost of land
Japan is living in future too.
I wish we can travel from London to Manchester in a hour
@@hanlinacademyI hope you can visit Chengdu. It's part of southwestern China
Being is so cold now. I'd stay in southern China, foe example, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, nice and warm, and lots of beautiful places to see.
I am also from Germany and will travel to China for a semester abroad in a few weeks, and your videos showing all of the details at different train stations and also the different restaurants and so on are really helpful. I am really looking forward to your next videos!
Ich war ebenfalls in China (Xinjiang und Peking). Du wirst es lieben. Deutschland wirkt für mich jetzt wie ein depressives, von Angst, Desinformationen und Hass getriebenes Land, das im Mittelalter stecken geblieben ist. Und die Positivität die man überall in China spürt und lebt, wünsche ich mir sooo so sehr für unser Land. Genieß deine Zeit in China!
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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@@zackk7175 stop lying. I was in China as a foreigner and you have no idea what you're talking about
@@kremigmitsahne7197 Shuuuuuuutuuuuuuuuuuuup
in 2019 there were 2 million Taiwanese living in Chiina for work or study.
in 2023 there were only 20% left! Foeigners are leaving Chiina Now!
Go to Shanghai, all the highend apartments and airport are empty!!!
@@zackk7175：U are a loser
You can actually order take out food from your phone and deliver to your seat on the train.
Mind-Blown! What an epic journey! Your detailed insights made it feel like I was right there with you. Kudos on navigating the train stations and sharing the unique train experience. Excited for your Beijing adventures! Safe travels!
Thanks🙏
Not a strict comparison, but 2298 km in 7h37min from Guangzhou South to Beijing West, while the fastest ICE from München Hbf via Berlin to Hamburg Hbf still needs about 6h to cover a distance of 612km, and the second class ticket costs 70-130 Euros depending on the departure time and the speed of the train in 1 day advance. The similar distance in China from Zhengzhou to Beijing (about 693km) takes only 2.5-3 hours (fastest service 2h11min) and a second class ticket with seat reservation costs 40-45 Euros.
night and day 😂
If you prefer to save a bit of budget, let‘s compare the service from Zhengzhou to Beijing with average travel speed around 100-120km/h, similar with ICE München-Hamburg. The D-Train operated by CR200J and the conventional Z-Train, take 6-6.5 hours from Zhengzhou to Beijing, travel on conventional rails with maximum speed of 160km/h, cost less than 20 Euros of a second class with reservation (CR200J D-Trains), or even 20-25 Euros with a cheapest sleeper on Z-Trains.
That’s pretty impressive. In the USA, Chicago to San Francisco is a 52 hour trip by Amtrak train. A trip of 8 hours means you don’t need to sleep on the train as well.
and If you only buy ice tickets one night in advance and don't have a bahncard, the price is likely to exceed 200 euros.
最重要的是，ICE的晚点延误和罢工体验~😂
Hello, Ken. It's been in spring festival rush recently, so that's the reason why the cabin was so crowded. Hope you enjoy your trip in China.❤
with all the stops the train still averaged over 300km/h... that's really consistently fast!!!
good math
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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@@zackk7175 ok good boy now go collect your c!a food stamp
@@zackk7175As long as there are good comments have you this stupid brainless reply, send you a word don't spit shit.
@@zackk7175 look at my mouth：sha bi！
Oh interesting, never thought a travel vlogger had car sick😂. I also get a bit dizzy for train or plane trips over 2 hours, sweet drinks help me feel better.
Anyone at this age have the same stranger feeling of dizziness after you read something it may something to do with your eyesight check with your family doctor or take exam eye exam.
Oh wow, what an amazing experience taking that high- speed train from Guangzhou to Beijing. Yeah, that train station in Guangzhou is indeed very modern, massive and clean. Great that you have prepared yourself with a bigger luggage, a very nice one, Ken. Thanks for sharing that interesting train ride/journey.
Proud to see how advanced and incredible most parts of China are connected by these high-speed trains. Thanks a bunch for sharing this informative and knowledgeable content...a cool video indeed. Great job, Ken.
Happy exploring Beijing. Looking forward to your next video.
Correction to my comment above :-
Proud to see how advanced and developed China is and it's really incredible that most parts of China are connected .............*****
Hi Ken, glad to know you still traveling in China. Sharing awesome vlogs about your experiences over there.
I'm very keen to know how to travel such a long journey by land transportation in China. And now you share it. Thanks a lot. It's very useful information, at least for myself.
Looking forward your other vlog(s) from Beijing.
Stay safe and healthy.
🙏
The ride is indeed smooth!
The price of the train ticket is actually the same no matter when you bought the ticket. It's a fixed price decided by the train department to make sure that most people can afford it.
浮动的
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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@@zackk7175pls test this yourself and report back
@@zackk7175 your daily dose of BS from terrrrorrrrist amerikka
You can get 5%-20% discount for the trains not in rush.
Such a nice warm soft spoken genuine calm vlogger! Good job ken!
Very cool Ken👍Enjoy the Beijing journey
❤that video. Wow.!!!The changes in China is amazing. I have only been in Shanghai many years ago, and watching all this vlogs in China is just an eye opener. Wow 👍🏻. Very informative vlogs Ken❤. Always stay safe!
Enjoyed your video, thank you. Keep warm and welcome to Beijing.
Thank you 😊
actually , you can choose a window seat when you book tickets on the app. The journey is quite far from guangzhou to Beijing, if the distance longer than 6 hours , it is more comfortable to take plane than high speed train.
Ken，其实你在高铁上可以在一个叫12306的网站（也就是中国铁路的官方网站）点外卖。当你到达一个提供外卖的车站时，那里的工作人员会把食物送到你的位置上，真的非常方便。
I hope you can stay longer in China. Xinjiang and Tibet are definitely a good choice.
Summer is better in these area 😊
西藏可能是真去不了。
建议去一下新疆，不需要任何许可，买票就好。西藏，因为被CIA和印度持续渗透几十年，要申请许可才可以去，但是也不难。
@@user-ur2gx8yl2d怎么讲？
@@xfireduma2122 外国人进入这些区域需要一些额外的手续，对于一般旅游者来说不值得花这个精力
lovely, enjoy there Ken, thanks for the tour :-), I do feel the same when reading something while on a moving train. Keep safe :-)
Happy Chinese new year
Thank you for sharing your train journey.
The train station, the airport n even the bus station all r huge. China really amazed me. Enjoy yr journey to Beijing, Ken 👍🙏
Fantastic video! Very informative and helpful.
🙏
This is a must travel train across China. You could see China from the south to the north! Wonderful! 🎉🎉🎉
Agree. I took this route about 10 years ago. It was a journey of re-learning geographical China.
thanks for your video. like your exploring spirit, trying to figure out things while embrace the unexpected. that's the fun of travel 😊 have fun
Great vid. And you do a great job with the narration and explanation with the vid. Train is amazing altho you looked a bit cramped---like a plane! Your nausea on the train is similar to many of my friends experiences when trying to read in a moving car. Not unusual, Thanks.
Happy travelling...happy new lunar year🙏👍😍
Welcome to Beijing! Have a nice trip😊
Thanks 😊
Going across China by train in October. From Guangzhou to Chengdu, to Xi'an, to Beijing and ending in Shanghai. Your video got me even more excited!
Everything is mind boggling huge in China. Wow!!!
I traveled from Hong Kong to Beijing by train in 1981 and it was a polar opposite experience. It took a total of 48 hours without AC, shower and a toilet hole where all the human waste went straight down to the track (gross - I know!). By the time I arrived my face was dark because of all the coal and dust from the open windows. Enjoy Beijing. You will have a blast!
Welp it was 43 years ago 🤷🏻 The train op was on happens to be from Hong Kong to Beijing (G80) and the entire journey takes about 10 hrs
I didn't take that particular train, but I do remember the toilet hole!
Hahahaha so you can really tell the difference of China within 40 years
@@yujiang-ib3dm It was quite an adventure!
Incredible Journey Sir ❤
Your videos are very helpful 😮
Reading on the train, feeling Dizzy. Check your eyes. Could be that.
Love all your vlogs and thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing your experience, sharing is caring! Last summer when I went back to China, I took the High speed train from Beijing to Zhengzhou, really nice experience, the ride was very smooth, and the highest speed reached is 350 Km/h, I even made a coca cola bottle stability test.
The ticket fee is fixed, and the fare is the same whether you buy it a few days in advance or on the departure day~
so froh!!!!!! endlich dein Video in Peking zu sehen. ich freue mich schon sehr auf dein nächstes Video, wenn du zur Chinesischen Mauer gehst!😍
Thx for sharing
USA looks like a developing country when you see this modern infrastructure in China
😂
"developing" implies they are at least going forward, but unfortunately I don't think that's the case either
😂😂😂
Yes, I mentioned to a coworker here in the U.S. that it's normal for countries to build, e.g., new train lines, new electricity infrastructure, new buildings for housing, and he was surprised. People here are so used to nothing changing, I think we just give up and lose all perspective.
Yes it's terrible; don't try to come here. Pass the word along.
Love from India
Thanks Ken! It's very interesting!
Great and Wonderful China🇵🇭✌️💚👊🙏❤️
I'd be interested to catch the hsr around China! Thanks for showing us your experience
Enjoy your journey in Beijing 😊
Wow only 7 plus hours all that way. Amazing! Great video
Happy Chinese New Year,Sir Ken enjoy exploring China❤😊
very useful information !
Ken is a smart guy
Love all your videos!
🙏
In any moving vehicle when you read for a while, you can get a little dizzy. It is best to close your eyes and take a short nap. And don’t look out of the moving train window for long time. Motion sickness.
Very good travel guide 👍🏻
Very helpful ! And enjoyable ..going to China tomorrow for a month
Thanks for sharing these with us =) Greetings from the UK.
love it brother ❤
Hello Ken, I did travel a lot by train in Germany and France before I moved to Ireland in 2014. There are tracks in Germany where the trains do run above 300 km/h and in France 330 km/h is often reached. I just read in the news that the German Railway system is in decline quality wise, so it was good to see the Chinese version for comparison. It seems more regulated than in Germany where you often had "Das Leben in vollen Zügen geniesen" especially to and from Frankfurt Airport terminal.
good evening Ken 😊
Good evening ✌️
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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Thank you so much for sharing! I haven’t got a chance in trying it, though I have been traveling to China many times in the past 10 years.
What a coincidence！I am a cantonese and at university in Beijing now. In last September, I went back Beijing from Guangzhou by the same train(G80）.it's also a fancy experience for me！Have a good travel in china! Looking forward to your next vlog
Hi Ken . I suggested to you to visit Werstern China such as Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Not this time. 6-10 is the best season, my suggestion is 6
@@TTTMyChina-go1jgno kidding, the the hottest season? He would be on fire 🔥 😂😂
@@user-qt3uw5mk7xNo, only sunshine. Xinjiang almost has no hot weather in summer. But the sun light is very strong
When I was here, it snowed in may.
By the end of Aug, you cannot wear T-shirt here in morning and evening.
Summer is better. There is snow on the roads in Xinjiang in winter, and the traffic conditions are not as good as in summer. In addition, long-term handheld shooting video in cold conditions is not so easy😂
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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In 1988 during spring festival, I took a train ride from Guangzhou to Beijing or Shenyang for 66 hours.😅
They are going to celebrate Chinese New Year next week. Hope you won't get stuck with the crowd.
This is the Spring Festival travel period, the busiest time of the year for traffic.
It is called Chinese New Year.
@@joeblack888Chinese call it spring festival 春节 or Chinese new year.
@@sunnydaysddt2068 Chinese New Year is the best and only official translation.
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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@@zackk7175As long as there are good comments have you this stupid brainless reply, send you a word don't spit shit.
Yeah, i was in China back in 2018,people are very friendly for sure,you should visit rural places also, i was in Hainan, way different than big cities.
Hi Ken! you should try maglev train in Shanghai next time❤
Great sharing. Loved it. Thank you Ken. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
The price of the train tickets are fixed,it won’t be cheaper if you book it earlier. The price of flight tickets might changed depends on the time you purchase.Some people who are afraid of height they will choose train rather than flights.and also the train always goes on time and you don’t have to arrive to the train station earlier as long as the airport. Even the price are similar ,but the time you spend on train or plane plus the time you heading to the station is similar.and also sometimes the train station is closer to city cbd but the airport is not. So lots of people will choose go by train.
Sir, if you are interested, please go to Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province. This place is the border city of China-Russia. Many Russians come to Chinese border cities every morning to eat breakfast and return to Russia at night. It feels very interesting.😆😅🤣
Welcome to China! I like your videos very much 🎉
Thank you 😊
周五实习回来就看ken的更新😊从b站找来的，真的比其他博主peace&love很多😊
我也是从b站来的😂
哈哈哈哈我也是bilibili来的，支持一下博主 🎉
Hahaha, ich bin auch von Bilibili (einer chinesischen Videoplattform), bitte unterstütze die Bloggerin🎉
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
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@@zackk7175 逆天
me too!
Hi Ken! I saw your video recently. it's cool. I am a native chinese resident. I hope you will have a perfect traveling experience in China. Oh by the way ，your lever8 might be made in China.😊 Enjoy your journey:) China is a huge and great country!❤
Additional comments: There are 600+ cities in China. Most of them are fantastic. People are friendly! However I really recommend that you can travel to Yun Nan province, Sichuan province, Xing Jiang province and Tibet province. You would be excited if can see the huge snow mountains , big rivers, valley, lakes and great desert as always. ❤ Cities are not only made of China but also the real nature. Fantastic nature:) 🎉🎉🎉
Don’t go to Chiina!
Foreigner will be put into jail if you say
Taiwan passport or Taiwan president!
@@zackk7175 As a Chinese, I can tell you that the truth. It's not a problem that you talk about Taiwan, even if you assume Taiwan is an independent. The Chinese people will just argue with you but will not call the police and put you into jail. It's because you're just a tourist, not a politician. Feel free to come to China and you will see you can discuss everything with Chinese people include political issue.
@@zackk7175 First of all, Japan, including the United Nations, recognizes Taiwan as a part of China. How can the so-called president be legal? Secondly, you Japanese have done too much to hurt the Chinese people. You have not apologized for the Nanjing Massacre, and you have also paid homage to the Yasukuni Shrine, hurting national sentiments. Wouldn’t the Chinese be disgusted? Then, China has not banned wearing kimonos. There are many people on the Chinese video website Bilibili who like Japanese two-dimensional culture and kimonos. Finally, the kimono was originally learned from the Tang Dynasty of China by the envoys you sent to the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that it was copied. Even Japanese traditions are from China.In addition,this video are not political.Don't talk about irrelevant content!
@@zackk7175 Telling lies make you like a clown
We did Shenyang - Chengdu in business class 5 years ago. A bit further than CAN - PEK I reckon.Chinese HS train system is awesome.
Hi, Ken. I see your video about your china trip. Where will you go after you finished the China tour?
Another great video Ken. Do you miss DB, OBB trains? They are also quite efficient, nice and clean. Maybe not as fast as the Chinese ones.
High-speed train ticket prices do not vary based on booking time, but airfare does.
不错的小伙子，下次买靠窗的位置，A或者F
Hi Ken,my husband and I like watching ur videos in China~I am Chinese and live in Shanghai now.
I highly recommend u visit Wuhan where u mentioned in the video and is also my hometown.
it is a lovely city with huge river and delicious foods, and friendly people.
hope u can visit there someday😊
Suggestion to anti-dizziness: Sleep 😂 Don't read on the train, the visual and the fast movement of the body will confuse the brain🧠
I was in Beijing in 2002 with my Thai wife. Wow, 22 years ago now, a lifetime! But we traveled from Kunming to Chongquing to Beijing by train, spending a few days in each location in between. Ken, my advice is to go to Laos. I love that country so much.
Now possible to travel from Chongqing to Vientiane by train
If you come to china again nowadays, you’ll find a totally different country compared to 2022
37年前的夏天，我临时买了一张仅有的从广州到北京的站票，没有坐，人多车慢，车到长沙后我下车了，太累了。在长沙休息好后，第二天继续北上。
In 1987 ish, I took the same route. it took 3 days. Slept in a room with 2 bunk beds and still remember that the other bunk bed was occupied by a couple.
The train station was probably just a 10th of the current size.
1987 was 37 years ago.
I took the ICE from Berlin to Munich, a professor sit by mir working on his computer. And I thought I could also do some work. Failed after 10minutes, so dizzy 🤣😅
I tend to feel motion dizziness too
it depends on person, most people feel nothing but some are more sensitive
You also have Beijing-HK direct train. That would be the longest one. Beijing to Lhasa train is also very interesting journey to take.
In the next few days it’ll be like peak of the peak travel season for Chinese new year 😅 you gonna want to prepare.
Good thing about China is you can leave your suite case in the front and no one will steal it, the crime rate is so low because of the homogeneous society. Also I believe the reason you feel nauseous and sick is because you have motion sickness, you should go to a pharmacy next time and buy some medication with Meclozine in it which treats travel sickness.
He just couldn't handle the 350KM/H speed for haven't experienced it before I guess, next time he should be fine.
@cheungchingtong Even though the train is very stable, there is some slight shaking. If you're viewing something like text on your phone that needs focus. Can cause dizziness.
I have severe motion sickness problem but i’m usually ok if i dont try to read or look at my phone in the car. When i go back to china (havent been for long time), im curious to see how i will feel on the high speed trains
$140! Wow did not expect that!
What price would you have expected?
$40？😂
@@KenAbroad about $30 USD … but based on the recent vlogs, China is really stepping it up! So I understand prices are increasing too
@@marcoroams30美元你可以去印度体验谢谢
@@marcoroams $30 for a 2000+km trip? where else do you see that happen?
wow how cool; heard so much about this train and now finally get to see you taking it! such a cool journey. it's always weird to me that business class is better than first class :)
how did it compare to the Bandung train you took a while ago?
It was basically the exact same train as in Bandung 😅
The reason is, most train have 2nd (2+3) & 1st (2+2) class seats.
For some main popular busy routes between first tier biggest cities, they provide an extra "business" (1+2) class on the top of 2+2 1st class for business people who can afford and want extra space & comfort
Price: 1st class is 1.5x - 2x 2nd class.
Business class is nearly 4x regular 2nd class
Beijing in winter!🥶 Since you're up there, check out the Harbin ice festival. I'm not sure when it's going on?
I have a video about that already on my channel ✌️
@@KenAbroad ok, found it. Wife and I binged on your entire China series.
From Florida to New York which is just 1,200 miles will take me 1 day 5 hours to get there on train 😢. High speed is the way to go even better than flying within a country
In fact the high speed rail ticket price is fix regardless when you book it. It only depends on the route and seat class.
Ken.. you could have a form of Vertigo with traveling
You released video speed is lagging behind Jetlag Warriors. Probably you will be able to find a partner too soon so that can help you on editing and along the journey 😊
Good morning, going to watch next great episode 😊
Greetings 🤙
Finally!!! Welcome to Beijing!