China by Rail [Paperback]

Douglas Streatfeild-James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997

The guide to China for rail travellers. Most visitors use the comprehensive rail system to get around. This guide takes in all the main attractions, with full details of where to stay and where to eat - for all budgets. Beijing, Hong Kong and 32 towns covered in detail.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Trail Blazer Pubns (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1873756151
• ISBN-13: 978-1873756157
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 4.8 x 7.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,248,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good Travel Book, November 10, 1998

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Allen T. Zagel "Popcorn Lover" (Elgin, Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: China by Rail (Paperback)

For a travel guide, I rate this book 5 stars. A book on China Rail, it's not! There's 1 chapter on the history of Railways in China but no photos of trains. I was looking for a book on "China Rail" and found this.

Well laid out with Rail Maps showing different sections of the country and then the chapters following give the "travel guide" for that section. The usual "where to go, what to do and see" stuff.

A more appropriate title should have been "Traveling China by Rail" It's misleading for someone looking for a railroad book.

5.0 out of 5 stars rail travel in China, August 10, 2008

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Kevin John Westwood (Maple Ridge, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: China by Rail (Paperback)

This was an excellent little book that I used on my first trip to China, it is compact and full of useful information about buying tickets and the idiosyncracies of rail travel in China. It doesn't contain as much tourist information as the bigger guide books but does give the traveller all the information that is needed get to get anywhere in China by rail. I used this book to travel by rail from HongKong to Guilin, Kunming, Dali,Chengdu, Xian and Beijing. Obviously the new rail route to Tibet had not been built when this edition was published so a revised edition would be a useful guide

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good book at all, August 3, 2001

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Chen Xu (Columbus, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: China by Rail (Paperback)

Pretty shallow book. Not good for railfan or travellers. For travellers, one can find much better information some where else. For railfans, it is more disappointing. I don't recommend this book.