Train travels around Beijing in the weekend

1. Tianjin Xi – Beijing Xi, 125 km: Departed at 02:37 Saturday, the taxi arrived at Tianjin Xi railway station in an 8 minutes, 6.8 kilometers long trip. The train 2598 arrived at the station at 02:54:27, 01m27s behind schedule, and departed from the station at 03:07:23, 08m23s behind schedule. Before arriving at its destination, the train would stop at Langfang and Huangcun stations, and also Liying station for over one hour without opening the doors. It arrived 01m51s early at 06:06:09. The price was 18.00 yuan.
2. Beijing Xi – Changxindian, 17 km: The train L801 stoped just next door at platform 2, so I don't have to go out of the station after taking off from the train 2598. The train L801 departed from Beijing Xi railway station 02m56s late at 06:41:56, and arrived at Changxindian railway station 01m27s early at 07:20:33. The price was 1.50 yuan.
3. Changxidian – Fengtai, 10 km: The train L804 arrived at Changxindian station 01m50s late at 07:38:50, stoped via Xidaokou station, and arrived at Fengtai station 01m34s late at 07:56:34. The price was 1.50 yuan.
4. Fengtai – Beijing, 17 km: We had breakfast near Fengtai, walked around the station, and then took the train L818 to Beijing railway station. The train departed from Fengtai station 11m25s late at 09:59:25, and arrived at Beijing station 09m45s late at 10:15:45. The price was 1.50 yuan.
5. Beijing – Changping, 55 km: Since the train L818 was late, so we must catch the next train, the train L809, in a hurry. It departed from Beijing station 00m37s early at 10:24:23, and arrived at Changping station 00m18s late at 11:30:18. The price was 5.50 yuan.
6. Changping – Beijing Bei, 32 km: Discussed with the train crew, and they agreed to prepare lunch for us in the train. The lunch costed 10 yuan for each one. After lunch, we waited in the train L809 for the next train, the train 4450. The train 4450 departed 02m24s early at 13:03:36, and arrived at Beijing Bei station 01m17s early at 13:49:43. The price was 3.50 yuan.
7. Beijing – Huairou Bei, 80 km: Beijing Bei station is near Xizhimen. Xizhimen to Beijingzhan by subway, we took the next train from Beijing station, the train 2189. The train 2189 was crowded, but we bought ticket early and had a seat. It departed from Beijing station 00m48s early at 15:09:12, and arrived at Huairou Bei station 01m32s early at 16:44:28. The price was 5.50 yuan.
8. Huairou Bei – Shunyi, 35 km: The train L812 departed from Huairou Bei station 02m30s early at 17:22:30, and arrived at Shunyi station 00m48s late at 18:23:48. I only bought a ticket from Huairou Bei to Huairou, and took the train without a ticket from Huairou to Shunyi. The ticket costed 2.50 yuan, 1.00 yuan cheaper than a ticket to Shunyi.
9. Shunyi – Beijing Dong, 40 km: After having supper in Shunyi, we took the train L822 to Beijing Dong station. The train departed from Shunyi station 02m45s early at 20:29:15, and arrived at Beijing Dong station 00s57s early at 21:30:03. The price was 3.50 yuan.
10. Beijing – Tianjin Xi, 135 km: Beijing Dong station is near Dawanglu. Dawanglu to Beijingzhan by subway, I got a ticket for 22.00 yuan in Beijing railway station. The train K51 departed from Beijing station 01m23s early at 23:41:37, and arrived at Tianjin Xi station 03m13s late at 01:22:13.

Statistics as of April 8 in 2007: 4146 km on rails; With air conditioner: 1935 km; Without air conditioner: 2211 km; Hard sleeper: 1175 km; Hard seat: 1529 km; No seat: 1442 km; On-schedule time: 62h26m00s; Actual time: 64h30m32s; 644.00 yuan; 0.1553 yuan per kilometer.