Released on: October 27, 2008, 8:58 pm

Press Release Author: Eric Duff

Industry: Internet & Online

Press Release Summary: Do you know the train condition of the Tibet Train tour? Read
my experience and get a deeper impression.

Press Release Body: For the entire trip we did not encounter a single car attendant
or crew member who smiled, was pleasant or even was in the same category as the crew
member on the Hong Kong train. When the lady car attendant came in to check our
tickets and had out the "token cards" that I could not understand what the purpose
was when they were then exchanged again before we arrived in Lhasa, she was able to
say "tickets". She was not pleasant nor was she in any way concerned that we were in
the process of cleaning up the compartment.

The cars each had a western toilet compartment that pleased us immensely. With my
really worn out knees and Elva's just very stiff from age, this was especially
welcome. However, the western toilet in our car was not functioning and was closed.
We then went one car forward to use that toilet. When Elva needed the use of the
toilet in the night there was no toilet paper available. The female car attendant
was in the small car attendant compartment and Elva asked for toilet paper. In the
ladies apparently normal "gruff" manner, she understood there was no toilet paper
available on the train. Here is a National Transportation Icon that took hundreds of
millions of Yuan to build and put into service, and the train does not have any
toilet paper? How doe the normal Chinese efficiency and attention to details that
we see every where in the country allow this necessary item to not be available?
The woman shut her door and left Elva to go to our compartment to obtain Kleenex
from her purse.

Apparently when the stop was made at Golmud very early in the morning for crew
change and engine change, there was toilet paper put on board. However, the supply
was totally used before noon. Again, why is such a necessity short supplied? I
realize that with open regular toilet paper rolls, where people can take the roll,
where there may be a shortage, the people will tend to take a roll so they will have
paper to use. This occur in any large public use facility. Like in airports,
stadiums, large museums and the like, locked paper containers with one or even two
large 1/3 meter across size giant rolls of paper. With all the engineering skill
that went into this planning of these trains and this essential public use need was
overlooked. This is a need that some one in a high position should see that is
addressed.


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