Tianjin High Speed Trains

Railway Stations: Beijing South - Tianjin /Tianjin South

Distance: 120 km/75 miles

Duration: about 0.5 hour

The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity High Speed Railway, which runs in a southeast direction, is the first high speed railway of China as well as the best showcase of China’s high speed railway economy. This line has delivered more than 250,000,000 passengers, and recently increased the train speed to 350km/h marks as its 10th anniversary. Since August, all trains on the line will be changed to the newest Fuxing Trains, offering a better travel experience between the two destinations. Within half an hour, passengers can transfer from Beijing to Tianjin, the two economic axis of Bohai Economic Rim, for business, travel or daily life easily and efficiently.

Currently, there are more than 160 high speed trains (including over 100 C trains & more than 50 G trains) running from Beijing to Tianjin every day. All the trains are changed to Fuxing Trains recently, and they are scheduled between about 6:00am to 23:00pm. Now a train trip between Beijing and Tianjin has been reduced to around 30 minutes, compared to 2 hours on the normal trains.

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Beijing to Tianjin Train Schedule, Tickets & Fares | Tianjin to Beijing Train Schedule, Tickets & Fares

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Beijing Tianjin Intercity High Speed Train Map

Passengers Board Beijing Tianjin Intercity Train at Tianjin Railway Station

For travelling from Tianjin to Shanghai, there are many trains you can take, some starting from Tianjin to Shanghai and most of them are Beijing Shanghai High Speed Trains passing by Tianjin. The train travel time has been reduced from over 16 hours to the fastest 4 hours. Every day, Tianjin sends more than 20 high speed trains to Shanghai from 07:30am to 18:30pm. G5 train is the first train (a Fuxing Train) that leaves from Tianjin South Station at 07:33am to Shanghai Railway Station at 11:40am. G9 (12:33-16:36) and G15 (18:33-22:36) runs on Beijing Shanghai High Speed Railway only takes 4 hours and 3 minutes. Moreover, there is an extra overnight bullet train - D321 (22:21pm-09:09am) available. On the southeastward way to Shanghai, tourists could stop at Jinan (capital of Shandong Province), Nanjing (capital of Jiangsu Province), Suzhou, or extend China discovery to Hangzhou after 1 more hour’s ride.

Useful Links: China Fuxing Trains | Shanghai to Tianjin Train Schedule, Tickets & Fares | Tianjin to Shanghai Train Schedule, Tickets & Fares

Fantastic Skyscrapers of the Bound, Shanghai

Tianjin occupies the throat position of passes to Northeast China. Trains from Beijing, Shanghai Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan and Qingdao will all have stopovers at Tianjin. You could choose trains from about 08:00am to 15:54pm and have a good rest to prepare your winter holiday in Harbin. Traversing Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao, Shenyang and Changhun, you would finally terminate at Harbin West Railway Station after less than 6.5 hours’ train travel. Though there are still over 20 normal speed trains available with lower prices, it’s not recommended for most tourists, because the traditional trains take much longer duration, up to 17 hours. A warm tip for you: wear warm and do enough protections from the frozen cold weather and climate situation when you are going to tour Harbin and other cities in northeast China.

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Getting to the Home of Terracotta Warriors - Xian from Tianjin is entirely feasible within half a day by high speed train. Every day, Tianjin dispatches 5 G trains from Tianjin Railway Station, Tianjin West Railway Station to Xian North Railway Station, between 08:00am to 16:00pm. You will travel from north to central China via Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou (Shaolin Temple), Luoyang (Longmen Grottoes) on the fast, comfortable and advanced high speed trains. Don’t worry that you will arrive late in Xian, for latest train G1711 reaches Xian North Station at 22:25pm and the Xian Metro Line 3 (opening at 06:00am ~ 23:50pm) connects the station with Xian Ancient City Wall and downtown area directly. Once finishing tour of Xian, you can take the Xian Chengdu High Speed Railway to encounter the Giant Panda in and around Chengdu, or transfer to Chongqing to experience a Yangtze River Cruise tour along the China Three Gorges.

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Xian Tianjin High Speed Train Map

Tianjin has 7 train stations serving on different high speed rail lines, including Tianjin Railway Station, Tianjin West Railway Station, Tianjin South Railway Station, Binhai Railway Station, Yujiapu Railway Station, Junliangcheng Railway Station, Tanggu Railway Station and 2 railway stations for ordinary trains, Tianjin North Railway Station and Yangliuqing Railway Station. Among all, Tianjin Railway Station and Tianjin West Station are two major stations running the largest number high speed trains to/from Tianjin. Tourists could take Metro Line 2, Line 3 and Line 9 to Tianjin Railway Station. Check more details about Tianjin Transportation Guide