Can I sleep on the soft seat?

Nowadays, transportation is becoming more and more convenient, with trains, planes, and cars being available for people to choose from. Among them, train is the most popular mode. When traveling by train, people can choose between soft sleeper, hard sleeper, soft seat, hard seat and standing ticket. Among them, soft sleeper is too expensive, hard seat and standing ticket are too tiring, hard sleeper and soft seat are people's favorite. When hard sleeper berths are sometimes unavailable, people will choose soft seats. So can you sleep on the soft seat?

A soft seat is a train seat with armrests and an automatically adjustable backrest. Generally speaking, soft seats are more comfortable than hard seats. They have special carriages with assigned seats. Not all passenger trains have soft seats, and the ticket price is more expensive than hard seats. The carriages are controlled and passengers without soft seat tickets are not allowed to enter.

If you want to know whether you can sleep on a soft seat, you need to check the seat number first. If it is No. XX in Car X, it is an ordinary soft seat, one seat per person, with armrests and wide leg room, but the backrest is usually not adjustable, and it will definitely be very uncomfortable to sit there for 24 hours;

If it is X car XXa, XXb, XXc, with a letter at the end, it is probably a soft sleeper instead of a soft seat. There are 4 beds in a compartment, and three people can sit on each lower berth. This is actually a soft sleeper compartment, without bedding (such as quilts and pillows), and 3 people sit on the lower berth (seat numbers are ABC), and the upper berth can be used for luggage. Although this type of seat uses soft sleeper or dynamic sleeper cars, passengers are actually still sitting, and the ticket price is comparable to that of ordinary soft seats or second-class seats.

In short, neither of the two types of soft seats mentioned above will sell standing tickets, the space will be more spacious, it will be slightly more comfortable for long-distance travel, and sleeping will be relatively more convenient. In addition, it is best to bring enough food for long-distance travel.