Day Four to Five - September 22 to 23, 2007 - Dongfang to Guangzhou by T202
* T202 is a train line from Sanya to Beijing west, stops at 14 stations on its way.
* On timetable: 12h44m from Dongfang to Guangzhou, depart at 2007-09-22 20:48, arrive at 2007-09-23 09:32
* Actual time: 13h22m30s from Dongfang to Guangzhou, depart at 2007-09-22 20:47:36, arrive at 2007-09-23 10:10:06
* Distance: 1000 km (621 mi)
* Travel class: new-type-air-conditioned, express, hard-seat from Dongfang to Haikou, hard-sleeper from Haikou to Guangzhou
* Cost: ¥265.00 (ticket for Haikou to Guangzhou, reuse K512 ticket for the Dongfang to Haikou section at no cost)
Exit from Dongfang station. Walk to the station ticket office and try to resume trip with the K512 ticket at window 2. The ticket officer at the remote station does not know how to do this operation with the ticketing software named TRS version 5.0. By teaching the railway staff step by step, get a new ticket at no further cost required: T202, Dongfang to Haikou, depart at 2007-09-22 20:48, new-type-air-conditioned express train, carriage 15 seat 64, cost ¥0.00. Enter the station. Get some toilet paper at 18:28 in the waiting room, cost ¥2.00. Recharge MacBook and mobile phones in the waiting room. Train T202 arrives Dongfang station at 20:45:10, 00m10s late, stops at platform 1. The serial number of carriage 15 is YZ-25T 351020. The train leaves Dongfang station at 20:47:36, 00m24s early, and due to the single track, it stops somewhere on the way at 19.2331 degrees north, 108.9436 degrees east, from 21:09:45 to 21:11:20, to wait for train K511 from the opposite direction. The train arrives Haikou station at 22:48:20, 07m20s late. With the ticket bought at Haikou on September 21, get off train from carriage 15 hard-seat and get on train to carriage 13 hard-sleeper. The serial number of carriage 13 is YW-25T 676461. The train leaves Haikou at 22:58:41, 05m41s late. It stops at 23:04:53 for classification and prepare to cross the sea. Carriage 1 to 9 is separated from the rest of the train and starts moving for 0.5 km at 23:12:31 toward northwest, then stops at 23:17:22. Carriage 5 to 9 is separated from carriage 1 to 4 and starts moving for 0.2 km at 23:18:54 toward southeast, then stops at 23:21:24. Carriage 5 to 9 starts moving again at 23:21:56 for 0.3 km toward northwest, then gets into the ship, and stops inside the ship at the second of four tracks count from right at 23:26:53. The ship leaves the island at 23:37, cross the strait, and arrives the mainland at 00:45 the second day. The train arrives Guangzhou railway station at 10:10:06, 38m06s late, stops at the south side of platform 2.
Day Five - September 23, 2007 - Guangzhou to Guangzhou east by D741
* D741 is a train line from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, Guangzhou east is one of the stations it stops on the way.
* On timetable: 00h10m from Guangzhou to Guangzhou east, depart at 2007-09-23 10:58, arrive at 2007-09-23 11:08
* Actual time: 00h09m25s from Guangzhou to Guangzhou east, depart at 2007-09-23 10:55:05, arrive at 2007-09-23 11:04:30
* Distance: 8 km (5 mi)
* Travel class: EMU second-class seat
* Cost: ¥10.00 (bought onboard)
Walk to platform 1 from platform 2 via entry way in Guangzhou railway station. Train D740 arrives its terminal Guangzhou station at 10:33:32, 01m28s ahead schedule, stops at platform 1, and then change its train number to D741 and prepare for its next trip back to Shenzhen. The serial number of the train is CRH1-015A. Train D741 leaves Guangzhou station at 10:55:05, 02m55s ahead schedule, and arrives Guangzhou east station at 11:04:30, 03m30s ahead schedule, stops at the north side of platform 5. Get a ticket on the train at 10:58, cost ¥10.00. It is the 130th time travel on a China Railway High-speed train since April 18, 2007.
Day Five - September 23, 2007 - Guangzhou east to Guangzhou by D760
* D760 is a train line from Shenzhen to Guangzhou, Guangzhou east is one of the stations it stops on the way.
* On timetable: 00h10m from Guangzhou east to Guangzhou, depart at 2007-09-23 11:12, arrive at 2007-09-23 11:22
* Actual time: 00h09m25s from Guangzhou east to Guangzhou, depart at 2007-09-23 11:11:55, arrive at 2007-09-23 11:21:20
* Distance: 8 km (5 mi)
* Travel class: EMU second-class seat
* Cost: ¥0.00 (no ticket, or cheat)
Walk to platform 4 from platform 5 via exit way underground tunnel in Guangzhou east railway station. Train D760 arrives Guangzhou east station at 11:08:45, 00m15s ahead schedule. The serial number of the train is CRH1-004A. Train D760 leaves Guangzhou east station at 11:11:55, 00m05s ahead schedule, and arrives at Guangzhou station at 11:21:20, 00m40s ahead schedule, stops at platform 1. It is the 131st time travel on a China Railway High-speed train since April 18, 2007.
Day Five - September 23, 2007 - Guangzhou to Guangzhou north by N612
* N612 is a train line from Guangzhou to Pingshi, stops at 4 stations on its way.
* On timetable: 00h25m from Guangzhou to Guangzhou north, depart at 2007-09-23 13:13, arrive at 2007-09-23 13:38
* Actual time: 00h21m30s from Guangzhou to Guangzhou north, depart at 2007-09-23 13:13:14, arrive at 2007-09-23 13:34:44
* Distance: 27 km (17 mi)
* Travel class: new-type-air-conditioned, hard-seat (double-deck)
* Cost: ¥10.00
Exit from Guangzhou railway station. Get a ticket at window 18 in Guangzhou station ticket office at 11:50: N612, Guangzhou to Guangzhou north, depart at 2007-09-23 13:13, new-type-air-conditioned fast train, hard-seat, carriage 4 upper-floor seat 1, cost ¥10.00. Walk to nearby China Merchants Bank at 12:10, then have lunch at McDonald's 12:19 to 12:45, cost ¥13.00. Get some more food at 12:58 near the railway station, cost ¥24.50. Enter the station at 13:00, via first-floor middle-gate check-in gate, get on the train at the north side of platform 4. The serial number of carriage 4 is SYZ-25B 342147. Train N612 leaves Guangzhou station at 13:13:14, 00m14s late, and arrives Guangzhou north station at 13:34:44, 03m16s early, stops at the west side of platform 2. Get some food on the train at 13:28, cost ¥3.00.
Day Five - September 23, 2007 - Guangzhou Baiyun Airport to Tianjin Binhai Airport by HU7202
Find an electrical socket on the wall in the underground tunnel under the tracks inside Guangzhou north railway station, recharge MacBook and mobile phones, and surfing the Internet on MacBook via mobile phone GPRS connection. Leave the tunnel at 14:30 and get out of the station. Get a cab at 14:56 near the railway station, and arrive Baiyun airport at 15:19, cost ¥62.00 include airport expressway fee. The plane is a B737-300, take off from runway 02L at 17:33:08 at speed of 280 km/h, then climb to cruise altitude of 9600 meters at 18:02, 29 minutes after taking off. The highest altitude is 9690 meters along the way, and the fastest speed is 888 km/h. At 19:59:15, the plane touch the ground at Binhai airport east to Tianjin city and then stops at 39.1219 degrees north, 117.3417 degrees east at 20:03, 00h03m late as claimed by the airline.
As of the end of this trip, the writer had travelled 53,241 kilometers (33,082 miles) on 265 train rides (rapid transit not count) in 2007, costed ¥11,922.30, ¥0.2239 per kilometer on average.
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