page_title: Hard seat
hierarchical_section_title: Hard seat
caption_attribution_description: China Railway Hard seat　coache Interior 中国铁路硬座客车
context_page_description: The Hard seat, abbreviated YZ, is the cheapest class of seating in China Railway. It is available on non-high-speed trains.
  Hard seat derives its name from the hard, wooden seats in the Mao era on regular passenger trains. Modern "hard seats", however, are upholstered.
  Each carriage provides the most basic services common to all Chinese trains, namely toilets, wash basins and a boiling water dispenser.
  Compared to soft seat, hard seat carriages have more seats per row and are usually more crowded, and people without seats may stand in hard seat carriages.
context_section_description: The Hard seat (Chinese: 硬座; pinyin: yìng zuò), abbreviated YZ, is the cheapest class of seating in China Railway.  It is available on non-high-speed trains.
  Hard seat derives its name from the hard, wooden seats in the Mao era on regular passenger trains.  Modern "hard seats", however, are upholstered.
  Each carriage provides the most basic services common to all Chinese trains, namely toilets, wash basins and a boiling water dispenser.
  Compared to soft seat, 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.
caption: Normal Hard seat coach
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