Do the trains in China have the same luggage limits as internal flights, i.e. one piece large size luggage plus a good size carryon? Thanks.

Shanghai,

Don't know the official answer but when we took the train from Beijing to Xian we took two bags each. Luckily we had our own deluxe soft sleeper compartment or we wouldn't have known where to stow luggage.

I noticed most everyone(Chinese locals) had only one carry on bag
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Aloha!

The limit is really how much you feel like lugging around, but in a regular compartment there's not a whole lot of space for stowing it - basically under the bottom bunks and over the door.

I brought lots of "stuff" with me last month. One huge suitcase, two carry-ons, a few paintings and a large statue. The problem is carrying all the stuff down to the tracks and through the train, along with storing it in the small comaprtments. I had my own compartment partially for that reason, which I recommend if you have tons of stuff. I don't think there is any official limit..no one seemed to care that I had all that..

Thanks to all for the info. Someone mentioned there is luggage check-in and the bags all get stored in one car, doesn't sound like it. I won't want to be separated from my luggage.

EK: Don't know how you managed to schelp all that!

S. I have to tell you that when I was at the top of the long, long flight of stairs, looking down at the tracks, I was close to tears thinking about how I was going to get all the stuff down. But in about one minute a very nice man came up to me (a passenger, not a rr worker) and helped me carry the montrous large bag down.... And the train lady (not sure what they are called) then carried the huge bag to my compartment. I really felt like an idiot but how can you get around it if you go shopping and it is so expensive to send things home...???

EK: I can just picture you at the top of the stairs with all the stuff ...

HT and wife waited in a lounge at the train station for his trip from BJ to Xian, and had porters carry the bags to his compartment.

Yes..porters! But I did not spy even one in Beijing. I am not saying they do not exist, just that I did not see any and, believe me, I was looking for the entire hour that I was standing amidst my pool of belongings waiting for the track to be announced! In the end, it all worked out!

I forgot to add: After the very kind man helped me lug the stuff down the steps and to the track, and after I found my carriage, as I was dragging everything onboard with the help of the nice railroad attendant, a large black car with tinted windows pulls up right next to the tracks!! How the heck did it get there??? the door opens to deposit a sun-glassed suit-wearing man who rushes onto the train! Now that is what I call service!

The porter service desk is to the right as you enter Beijing train station. You can miss it as the baggage xray machines all lead you to the left.

I also saw another small stand in the main hall maybe half way down the hall.....small desk with guys in red uniforms and hats standing around. Just point to your bags and show them your tickets pay their fee and your all set.

Aloha!

I did not enter through the main entrance but rather from the parking lot, accompanied by the driver from the Peninsula who helped me get to the platform above the track. (Grateful for small favors!) I wish I had been alerted to the existence of porters: even the concierge at the hotel did not know they exist, as it appears that most Peninsula guests depart from the airport.