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These pictures are from May 2005 and February 2008 on various trips between Suzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou. As I had little to no time to take pictures, please excuse me for the quality of the pictures. | |||
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Distant signal. See also Chinese colour light signals and Chinese semaphore signals |
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Post plate for the above signal. The characters say 下行预告 (xià xíng yù gaò), literally "next movement advance notice", so this post plate identifies it as a distant signal (thanks to Judy for this translation!). | |||
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This may be an exit signal announcer, but I am not sure. | |||
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Entry signal announcer | |||
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Switch-Off announcing signal on fast line: Expect a switch-off signal
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Don't stop on next 29m.
I saw this board usually mounted before catenary tensioners. The character 停 (Tíng) means "Stop" |
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A loco is passing a shunting signal at clear (Chinese railways use left-hand running, so the signals are mounted to the left of the track) | |||
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After the loco has passed, the signal changes to stop. | |||
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The red board behind the buffer is a line blocked signal and looks very similar to it German counterpart, the Sh 2 board. | |||
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Shunting signals | |||
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Gradient marker | |||
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Old train ticket. Click image for details and explanation | |||
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Boarding a hard seater to Shanghai in the station of Suzhou | |||
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Hard seater. Chinese trains come in four classes: Hard seater, soft
seater, hard sleeper, soft sleeper.
Despite the name of the hard seater, there is a definite chance of not getting a seat... |
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Soft seater. With a ticket there is a seat reservation, so you have a chance of getting a seat... | |||
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