It was a 6am start as our train to Ningbo departs at 730am we finally flagged down a taxi about 655am. The driver set off towards the train station and it appeared like he was taking us to the dodgy train station we went to yesterday until Tony showed him the book again. We arrived at the station about eight minutes past seven, Tony setting off at a cracking pace to the platform. Luckily platform instructions were in English, so we found it quickly running down the stairs and onto the train at 715am. “Whew” said Tony, “We made it with five minutes to spare.” He thought the train departed at 720 not 730, no wonder he went so fast. The train is comfortable and I certainly have no complaints about Chinese trains although we never
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