Buying train tickets in Beijing

If u want to travel by train in China, good luck! Because u will need it more than anything. Sometimes u get it easy, sometimes u never get to the train.
If u r in Beijing and u r about to buy a ticket or get any info, DONT ENTER THE STATION BUILDING! inside there are nothing u need. But also DONT STAY in one of the 45678 queues outside station. Stand in front of the station looking at it. On ur right side, oposide the Metro entrance - u will see separate door to the building (NOT THE maIn DOOR of the station) dont read any information in english at the side of the right entrance - they are useless. Enter the station there (again: on the right side - inside u will find many counters, one of them on ur right is the counter for foreigners, they speak english and this is ur only chance to get info or tickets. If u r traveling with the highspeed train towards Tianjing, dont even bother to the main station. Go straight to the south station (how - u have to find ur own way, no metro line going there, and buses - nobody knows where they are going. Maybe taxi?)
So good luck. sometimes good ppl will help u. But dont count too much on it in Beijing. ;)