Hard seat
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The Hard seat (Chinese: 硬座; pinyin: yìng zuò), short for YZ, is the lowest class of seating in China Railway. It is the basic fare, somewhat similar to the economy class on an airplane.
Hard seat derives its name from the hard, wooden seats in the Mao era on regular passenger trains. Since the 1990's, "hard seat" on modern trains is not in fact, hard. Many hard seats are quite comfortable, but with respect to soft seat, hard seat carriages are usually more crowded (2+3 vs. 2+2), and people without seats may stand in hard seat carriages.
[edit] Coaches
The coaches current in use include:
- YZ-21 (no air conditioner)
- YZ-22 (no air conditioner)
- YZ-22B (no air conditioner)
- YZ-25B (no air conditioner)
- YZ-25G
- YZ-25K
- YZ-30
- YZ-32
- SYZ-25B (double-decked)
- Others...
[edit] Price
As of 2006, the following ticket price used in most regular lines, but some special lines different price.
| Distance (km) | 普通硬座 Regular |
新型空调硬座 New type air-conditioned |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 普快 (pǔ kuài, lit. Normal fast) |
快速 (kuài sù, lit. Fast) |
普快 (pǔ kuài, lit. Normal fast) |
快速 (kuài sù, lit. Fast) |
|
| 1–20 | 2.50 | 3.50 | 7.00 | 9.00 |
| 21–30 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 8.00 | 10.00 |
| 31–40 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 8.00 | 10.00 |
| 41–50 | 4.50 | 5.50 | 10.00 | 12.00 |
| 51–60 | 4.50 | 5.50 | 10.00 | 12.00 |
| 61–70 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 11.00 | 13.00 |
| 71–80 | 5.50 | 7.00 | 11.00 | 13.00 |
| 81–90 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 13.00 | 15.00 |
| 91–100 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 14.00 | 16.00 |
| 101–110 | 8.00 | 9.00 | 15.00 | 17.00 |
| 111–120 | 9.00 | 10.00 | 17.00 | 19.00 |
| 121–130 | 10.00 | 11.00 | 18.00 | 20.00 |
| 131–140 | 11.00 | 13.00 | 19.00 | 22.00 |
| 141–150 | 12.00 | 14.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 |
| 151–160 | 12.00 | 14.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 |
| 161–170 | 13.00 | 15.00 | 22.00 | 25.00 |
| 171–180 | 14.00 | 16.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 |
| 181–190 | 14.00 | 16.00 | 26.00 | 29.00 |
| 191–200 | 15.00 | 17.00 | 27.00 | 30.00 |
| 201–220 | 17.00 | 19.00 | 30.00 | 33.00 |
| (incomplete) | ||||
