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A “soft sleeper”, as the name suggests, has a softer bed than a “hard sleeper”. But more importantly, the compartment is more spacious with only four berths inside a closed compartment as opposed to 6 berths in an open compartment for the hard sleeper. In the soft sleeper compartment there are two upper and two lower beds; the berth is wider and longer, about 30 inches (75cm) wider and 75 inches (190cm) longer. The soft sleeper compartment also has a door, which separates it from the aisle and provides a quiet and private room for the passengers inside.
The soft sleeper ticket price is about 1.5 times that of a hard sleeper ticket, and a lower berth costs more than an upper berth.
A soft sleeper train carriage has a luggage closet above the door in each compartment. The luggage rack inside the compartment is about 16 inches (40 cm) high and 20 inches (50 cm) wide, just large enough for a 20-inch suitcase. The larger luggage can be put under the lower berth or under the table between the two lower berths.
Quality comforters, sheets and pillows are provided. Each bunk has a reading lamp. Some trains also have an LCD TV screen and a headphone for each soft sleeper bunk. Radio and temperature controls are alongside the door.
On a small table between the two lower bunks, there is a tray for litter and a hot water thermos. On some routes, you may also find a plug under the table for your laptop and mobile phone. Disposable slippers are also provided for passengers. Foldable seats are also available by the windows in the aisle of each train car.
A soft sleeper train carriage in China has 9 compartments. With four bunks inside each compartment, soft sleeper beds inside a carriage are numbered from 1 to 36. The even numbers are the upper bunks while the odd numbers are the lower bunks. If you travel with friends, remember to notify the conductor that you all wish to stay in the same compartment. As with other carriage types, the dustbin, toilet, smoking area, washbasins, mirror, drinkable water heater and fire extinguisher are located at the end of each carriage. Please note that all D (bullet type) trains do not have smoking areas as smoking is not allowed anywhere on the trains, not even in the toilets. Some trains such as the D trains have sit-down toilets with toilet paper provided, but this is not universal and soft sleeper carriages in most trains still only have the squat-type toilets and toilet paper is not provided.
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