Tickets for "Bullet Head" trains hot now

April 18th is the first day of the 6th speed boost of railway transportation in China; and the new high-speed trains (or "Bullet Head") have become people's focus. And according to Hangzhou Railway Station, the tickets for high-speed trains are now extremely hot.

At around 7:00 a.m. of Wednsday, all the tickets for No.D658 high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai, including the standing tickets without seats, have already been sold out. The train starts from Hangzhou at 9:52 p.m., and was 20% overloaded. "It is the maximum overloading allowed by Chinese Railway Ministry." said an employee from Hangzhou Railway Station.

Besides No.D658, the tickets for D668 high-speed train in the afternoon from Hangzhou to Shanghai have also been sold out. Moreover, at 10:00 p.m., there were also only 100 tickets left for No.D95 train from Hangzhou to Nanchang, which means that about 83% have been sold.

Source: Zhejiang Online