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Soft-sleeper sales are hot tickets
23/4/2004 17:36

Before the May Day holiday, nearly all the soft-sleeper tickets have been sold out, as were most hard-sleeper tickets, according to the Shanghai Railway Station yesterday.
Nine or ten days before the May Day holiday, many locals waited in queues to buy railway tickets only to be disappointed to learn that the tickets, especially those to popular destinations, were sold out.
The long-distance railway tickets to Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang and Xi'an,
leaving around April 30, have also been sold out.
"Nearly all the long-distance railway tickets leaving as of tomorrow have been sold out," said an employee with the Shanghai Railway Station.
Railway tickets to favorite western tourist cities are proving very popular this year, with many tickets sold out soon after going on sale, the employee said, adding that some out-of-town tourists groups visiting the city will return to their hometown around the weeklong May Day holiday, driving up the demand for railway tickets.
The Shanghai Railway Station is currently drawing up plans to open temporary passenger trains for local travelers, mainly for short-trips.


 Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news