上海火车站西南出口 — Local services in Shanghai

The flow of this railway stations is odd. If you are arriving, make sure you take west exits if you are going to the metro Line 1 and city center. For those that are leaving, you can buy tickets in a separate building to the right while facing the main railway station building. It is across the street and you will see TICKETS sign. Also, a lot of buses leaving constantly for almost all directions, so use maps to check which bus can take you to a desired location from there. DO NOT take shady looking taxi people that keep asking you if you need taxi to a hotel. Just...

One of the oldest railway station sites around. All trains passed by this station years ago. Current limited fast tracks as railway industry and demands progresses. Still Suzhou/nanjing routes are still regular routes available. Station as compared to those mega new fast trains station is relatively small due to limited expansion space as surround already built up. Fast food available inside train station. Station is most crowded at all times, take care of own belongings. Take note manual issued tickets are available not in station but in building across road...

Quite easy to move around except to find the ticket counter, which is not clearly indicated and is across the street. Getting to the train is easy keeping in mind the rush of people. Train was good and fairly quiet. Was traveling with a VIP ticket which was not much cheaper than class 2 to class 1. Would recommend the upgrade. My headrest cover was not super clean but the seat would recline and be quite comfortable....