The hard seat () or semi-cushioned seat, abbreviated YZ, is a

train seat A train seat is a seat used in a passenger train's passenger railroad car allowing passengers to sit during their travels. Features and amenities A train seat design has a seat base height, seating angle, seat depth (the distance from ...

that is the cheapest class of seating in

China Railway China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the China, People's Republic of China. China Railway operates passenger and freight Rail transport in Chi ...

. It is available on non-

high-speed train High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single def ...

s. The term "hard seat" comes from the hard, wooden seats of regular

passenger trains A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line, as opposed to a freight train that carries goods. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) push-pull train, ...

in the Mao era; modern "hard seats" are upholstered. Several different tickets and prices can be obtained . Each carriage provides the most basic services common to all Chinese trains, namely toilets, wash basins, and a boiling water dispenser. This demonstrates the importance of the ticket prices and the ability for them to change over time. Compared to

soft seat Soft may refer to: * Softness, or hardness, a property of physical materials Arts and entertainment * ''Soft!'', a novel by Rupert Thomson, 1988 * Soft (band), an American music group * ''Soft'' (album), by Dan Bodan, 2014 * ''Softs'' (album), ...

, hard seat carriages have more seats per row (2+3 vs. 2+2) and are usually more crowded, and people without seats may stand in hard seat carriages.

Coaches

The coaches currently in use include: * YZ-21 (no air conditioner) * YZ-22 (no air conditioner) *

YZ-22B China Railways 22B is a type of Chinese-built railway passenger coaches operated by China Railway China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the C ...

(no air conditioner) * YZ-25B (no air conditioner) * YZ-25G * YZ-25K * YZ-25T * YZ-30 * YZ-32 * SYZ-25B (double-decked) * SYZ-25K (double-decked)

Price

, the following ticket price used in most regular lines, but some special lines have different prices.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hard Seat Passenger rail transport in China