Every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday;

Depart: Dalian – 7.30h Arrive: Ordos – 9.20h and Xining – 11.50h

Depart: Xining – 12.40h Arrive: Ordos – 14.05h and Dalian – 16.45h

In China, in order to be allowed to drive a car you will need a local driving license. Indeed, your home driving license is not enough as you will be required to obtain a Chinese license as well. Below you will find all the information you need to obtain this license in Chengdu and you can download it in pdf format.

For getting the driving license in Chengdu the Traffic Management Bureau has the following regulations:

Preconditions:

Foreigners should bring the driving license from their home country; if the driving license is not already in Chinese, the applicant should also provide the Chinese translation. For translations, please call local translation agency: 028-86283116.
Have your original driver’s license scanned(both sides) or photographed, send the pictures to

ClC lnterglobal:
E-mail: clc@clc-interglobal.com or quote@clc-interglobal.com

The Vehicle Management Bureau will execute the Vehicle License Protocols Signed with other countries and other related Agreements.

For the foreign driving license holders:

You need to have:

-physical test form filled and verified by hospital staff

-residence verification form by local police station 境外人员住宿登记表

- a visa which is more than 6 months from expiration

-your passport and one copy,

-four 1-inch photos;

-your driving license, one copy of the driving license and the translated version of the driving license from the Notary office, foreign affairs office or local translation agencies

-application form

Note: You can only apply to local driving licenses for the same kinds of vehicles, providing that you meet the application requirements. This means if you drive a car in your home country you will only be able to apply for a car license here, not one for large trucks or motorcycles. If you want to get a license for trucks/motorcycles you will need to attend driving school and complete all of the steps listed in the next section.

For those who do not have driving license:

You need to register in a local Driving School and get the training from the School before passing the examination.

Note: A Translator can be provided for those languages that are not available in the data bank;

Available foreign languages: English and Japanese

Getting the local driving license:

At the Vehicles Management Office, ask for the Driving License Application Form and Vehicles Driver Physical condition Form and fill them.

After that, you will take the physical examination. Hand in the two forms from the exam, and the required documents mentionned above before paying the related fees at the counter.

Hand in the bill in the hall and reserve the date for the examination;

Then, obviously, pass the examination to get your Chinese driving license.

Examination Fee:

Applying Car Driving License: 280 RMB / Person (Can take written test two times before having to pay again)

Applying Motorcycle Driving License: 140 RMB / Person / Times

Retake Examination Fee for Car Driving License: 140 RMB / Person

Retake Examination Fee for Motorcycle License: 70 RMB / Person

Driving License Issue Fee: 10RMB

Note: A translator can be provided for those languages that are not available in the data bank;

Available foreign languages: English and Japanese

Contacts:

Vehicle Management Dept, Traffic Management Bureau, Chengdu

Tele: 028-87850133/134

Information on how to obtain a Chengdu Drivers license –

Si vous souhaitez visiter différentes régions de Chine, vous constaterez rapidement que le train est le moyen le plus économique pour circuler dans le pays, c’est aussi un excellent moyen de rencontrer et d’échanger avec des chinois.

Pour acheter son billet, il faut s’y prendre a l’avance, surtout si c’est durant les périodes de fête chinoise. Si vous ne parlez pas chinois, vous pouvez le faire par le biais de votre hôtel, d’une agence touristique ou d’un bureau d’information touristique (en échange d’une petite commission mais rien d’excessif). On peut réserver un billet jusqu’à cinq à dix jours à l’avance (selon les lignes). Pour les trajets courts, vous pouvez par contre acheter votre billet juste avant le départ.

Pour connaitre les horaires de train, vous pouvez consulter les sites suivants :

http://www.travelchinaguide.com  (en Anglais)

http://www.echinatravel.net (en Anglais et Français)

Il existe 4 classes dans les trains à longues distances:

1/La plus prisée, les couchettes souples (ruanwo). On compte normalement 4 couchettes par compartiment, qui est fermé par une porte. Elles sont plus confortables et certains compartiments ont même la télé et un petit salon. Ce sont aussi les plus chères.

2/Les couchettes dures (yingwo), c’est ce que la plupart des chinois prennent pour les longs trajets, donc ce sont celles qui sont le moins disponible à la vente. On compte 6 couchettes par compartiment, il n’y a pas de porte et sont moins confortables que les couchettes souples.

3/Les sièges mous (ruanzuo) sont des banquettes à deux places confortables et numérôtés. Les prix sont quasiment équivalents aux couchettes dures mais on peut y dormir assis à peu prêt confortablement.

4/ La classe la moins chère, ce sont les sièges durs (yingzuo) qui comprend une série de banquettes de trois places légèrement rembourrées. Pour un trajet de quelque heure cette catégorie est envisageable. En revanche s’il s’agit de traverser le pays, au bout de quelque heures cela deviens rapidement insupportable.

Here are 11 things you’ll want to know for train travel in China.

1) There are four classes when traveling by train in China. Most expensiveto least is as follows: soft sleeper 软卧 ruǎnwò, hard sleeper 硬卧 yìngwò, soft seat 软座 ruǎn zuò, hard 硬座 yìngzuò. Sometimes there is only one seat class on a train. Occasionally there are standing class tickets as well. For overnight train trips, be sure to purchase a soft or hard sleeper. The soft sleeper shares bunks with 4 people, while the hard sleeper shares with 6. The soft sleeper also has more room to sleep in. Getting a bottom bunk 下铺 xià pù (slightly more expensive) is much easier to get out at night if you have to go the bathroom. You also have much more headroom for when you want to read or use your computer. The other alternatives are middle or upper bunks, or just upper for a soft sleeper. Be sure to have your passport handy. If you are in asoft-sleeper bunk, a train employee will ask for your passport number.

2) You can purchase food on the train, but it is best to bring your own. Food on the dinner cart is small-portioned, overpriced, and not all that good. Make sure to bring drinks, snacks, a sandwich, and a few beers if you’d like.

3) Traveling around certain holidays, namely National Holiday (October 1st-8th) or Spring Festival (early February), can be a complete mess. You should prepare to book your tickets as early as possible, which is usually about 2 weeks. You may want to have a backup plan in mind because it is possible that all the tickets will have been booked out by students who are allowed to book even earlier than regular passengers.

4) Trains leave on time. I have never taken a train that didn’t leave within a couple minutes of its scheduled departure time. You will be allowed to board up to 5 minutes before departure time.

5) You can buy your tickets at the train station, or at kiosks around Chinese cities. The kiosks only charge a 5 kuai commission that is well worth it to avoid the sometimes horrendously long lines at stations. Tickets, as of now, cannot be purchased online. In non-peak travel times, 2-3 days before travel should be ample time to buy your ticket.

6) Bring some magazines, e-readers, iPod, ect. Traveling by train is not the most exciting thing. And because you will mostly travel at night, you will not even have a chance to see the country side. Make sure your batteries are charged for the trip!

7) If you cannot speak Chinese, there will often times be a ticket seller at train stations who can sell you a ticket in English. Don’t expect too much, though. It’s likely they speak just enough English to sell you that said ticket.

Don’t freak out! Chinese trains are mostly full of Chinese people, doing Chinese things. It’s likely you will see people spitting on the train floor.

9) Be very wary of your belongings. Theft is commonplace on Chinese trains
Always sleep with your valuable under your pillow or close to your head. You have less to worry about in a soft sleeper bunk, but still take precautions.

10) Don’t plan anything too important for the next morning. Even though you skip out on having to pay for a hotel for one night, you don’t often get the best night of sleep on a train.

11) When deciding to travel by train or airplane, consider that train stations are often much closer to city centers, and hence, closer to your hotelor guest house. Security for traveling by train is also very minimal, making it easier to get in and out of the station.

All aboard!

软卧下: Soft-sleeper bottom bunk ( most comfortable)
硬卧下: Hard-sleeper bottom bunk (second most comfortable)

In 2009, the Dalian government announced plans for a full 9 subway and light rail lines, which would include the existing Qinggui Sanhao, the only line to be completed so far. The completion date for the first two lines has been scheduled for 2012, the date of completion for further lines has not yet been announced.

Station List

大连火车站站 – Dalian Huochezhan Station
香炉礁站 – Xianglujiao Station
金家街站 – Linjiajie Station
泉水站 – Quanshui Station
后盐站 – Houyan Station
大连湾站 – Dalianwan Station
快轨车辆段站 – Kuaiguicheliangduan Station
金马路站 – Jinmalu Station
开发区站 – Kaifaqu Station
保税区站 – Baoshuiqu Station
高城山站 – Gaochengshan Station (not open)
双D港站 – Shuang D Gang Station
小窑湾站 – Xiaoyaowan Station (not open)
黄海大道站 – Huanghaidadao Station (not open)
金石滩站 – Jinshitan Station

Train Start – End Times

From: Dalian Station – 6:00am
To: Jinshitan Station – 6:30pm

From: Dalian Station – 6:00am
To: Baoshuiqu Station – 8:00pm

From: Jinshitan Station – 6:30am
To: Dalian Station – 6:30pm

From: Baoshuiqu Station – 6:00am
To: Dalian Station – 8:00pm

Train Frequency

Peak – 10 minutes
Off-Peak – 20 to 30 minutes

Travel Time

52 minutes from Dalian To Jinshitan

Ticket Price

From Dalian To Jinshitan is 8.00元

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Engineers of the Harbin-Dalian high speed railway said workers completed most of the infrastructure and laying tracks on the 904-km-long high speed railway after six months’ efforts starting June 28.

Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, and Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province, are two industrial hubs in the country’s rust belt.

“For next step, our work will shift to focus on tasks such as installing works for power supply, telecommunications, signaling, as well as constructing stops and related facilities, trying our best to get all things ready for a general testing on the whole railway,” said the engineers.

It is expected the Harbin-Dalian high speed railway will be completed and begin service by the end of next year.

The railway, with a budget of 98 billion yuan (about 14.63 billion U.S. dollars) and the first of its kind to span China’s northeast, is designed to allow trains to run at a maximum speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

Upon completion, the high speed railway will have a well defined division of passenger and cargo transport with the existing railroad between the two cities, so that an extra 50 to 60 million tonnes of cargo can be transported annually, according to the engineers.

China aims to build 13,000 kilometers of high speed railways by 2012. Travel time from Beijing to most provincial capital cities will be reduced to within eight hours by then, according to targets set by the Ministry of Railways.

All the 6 large luxury ro-ro passenger ships with total investment of 2 billion RMB by Bohai Ferry Co. Ltd. have been launched into use. “BO HAI FEI ZHU”, worth 350 million RMB, is the last one of the 6 luxury vessels, and also the largest ro-ro passenger ship in China at present, according to the general manager of Bohai Ferry Co. Ltd.

“BO HAI FEI ZHU” is 163.95m long and 25m wide with the gross tonnage of over 20,000 tons. It can admit 260 vehicles and 1,630 passengers. There are 2 sets of stabilizing fin, which enable the rolling angle of the vessel not more than 3 degree even when the wind reaches 9 class and the wave is as high as 4 meters.

The vessel has adopted the whole-ship video monitoring system, LAN, remote video monitoring and data collecting system, which can ensure the navigation safety. The evacuation system can make sure 1630 passengers and about 50 crew members can be evacuated within half an hour. Recreational facilities include a satellite TV System and wireless Internet.

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