Changsha High Speed Trains

Railway Stations: Changsha South Railway Station – Beijing West Station

Distance: 1,591km (989miles)

Duration: 5 hours 21 minutes ~ 7 hours 54 minutes

From Changsha to Beijing, there are more than 20 daily G-trains starting between about 07:08-23:39 every day for your choices, and the trains travel for about 5 hours and 21 minutes to 7 hours 54 minutes for with different stops in the middle way. Among them, there are two direct trains departing from Changsha and arriving in Beijing, which would stop at Wuhan, Zhengzhou, etc. You could get off the train to have fun with the highlights in those two cities on the half way. From Beijing to Changsha, there are over 20 G-trains available as well. You could arrive in Changsha after a travel of about 5.5 to 8 hours.

After you arrive at Beijing West Railway Station, you could take the Beijing Metro Line 9 and Line 1 to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, take Line 7 and Line 8 to the Temple of Heaven, take Metro Line 9 and Line 4 to the Summer Palace, etc. To visit the Great Wall, you could take a taxi or drive for about 1 hour and 50 minutes.

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Beijing West Railway Station

Beijing Great Wall

Railway Stations: Changsha South Station – Shanghai Hongqiao Station

Distance: 1,083km (673 miles)

Duration: 4 hours 22 minutes ~ 6 hours 30 minutes

About 33 G-trains start from Changsha South Station to Shanghai Hongqiao Station every day, departing from 06:58-17:40 usually. Choose the most suitable one for your trip, and you could arrive in Shanghai for only about 4.5 to 6.5 hours. For going to Changsha from Shanghai, there are also about 30 high speed G-trains starting every day, from 06:10 to 17:38. The trains usually run about 4.5 to 7 hours to get to Changsha South. As the bullet train would stop at Hangzhou Railway Station, you could plan a leisure tour to this heavenly city Hangzhou to admire more eye-pleasing sceneries in the half way.

From Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, you could take Shanghai Metro Line 2 to Hongqiao Airport, Pudong Airport, Nanjing Road, and many super high buildings like Shanghai Tower, Oriental Pearl Tower, etc., take Line 10 to Yu Garden & Bazaar, Xintiandi, etc., take Line 10 and Line 11 to Shanghai Disney Resort, etc., take Line 2 and Line 13 to Jade Buddha Temple, etc.

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The Bund in Shanghai

Railway Stations: Changsha South Station – Xian North Station

Distance: about 1,421km (883 miles)

Duration: 4 hours and 48 minutes ~ 6 hours and 41 minutes

From Changsha South Station, you could take a high speed train to the famous ancient capital city - Xian. Every day, there are about 10 G-trains departing during 09:05-16:32, which would arrive at Xian North Station after travelling for about 5-7 hours. Furthermore, there are about 10 bullet trains from Xian to Changsha, which start during 09:57-17:26, for about 5-6.5 hours. Since the bullet trains between Changsha and Xian make a short stay in Wuhan, Luoyang, Luoyang Longmen Station, travellers on the train could embark to enjoy more historical and cultural sites before reaching the final stop.

Traveling in Xian from Xian North Railway Station, you could take Xian Metro Line 2 to Xian Ancient City Wall, take Line 2 and Line 3 to Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, and take local bus No. 723 and No. 618 to the Muslim Quarter to taste multiple sorts of delicious snacks, etc. If you want to visit the Terracotta Warriors first from this station, you could take Line 2 and Line and transfer to bus 307, the whole trip may take about 2.5 hours, and if you drive there, it usually needs about 50 minutes.

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Xian North Railway Station

Xian Terracotta Warriors

Railway Stations: Changsha South Station – Wuhan Station

Distance: 362km (225 miles)

Duration: 1 hour and 12 minutes ~ 2 hour and 4 minutes

There are more than 110 G-trains departing during 07:08 and 22:06 from Changsha South Station to Wuhan Station and the trains run for only about 1.5-2 hours covering the whole distance. In reverse, there are about 120 G-trains available from 06:54 to 22:13 from Wuhan.

About transferring from Wuhan Railway Station, you could take Wuhan metro line 4 and line 2 to the downtown area, take line 4 and transfer by local bus to the Yellow Crane Tower, take line 4 to Hubei Provincial Museum, Guiyuan Temple, etc.

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Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower

Railway Stations: Changsha South Station – Hangzhou East Station

Distance: about 924km (574 miles)

Duration: 3 hours and 34 minutes ~ 5 hours and 35 minutes

Changsha South Station has about 40 daily G-trains to Hangzhou East Station every day, and the trains are available during about 06:58 and 18:53, running for about 3.5-5.5 hours, so you could arrive at Hangzhou East Station at night. To go from Hangzhou to Changsha, you could choose one bullet train from all the 40 daily trains during 06:13 and 18:42.

After reaching Hangzhou, you could take Metro Line 1 to the accommodation area near the West Lake. Moreover, from this station, you could take Metro Line 1 and bus No 7 to Lingyin Temple, etc. Local taxi is a convenient way for traveling in Hangzhou, and it usually needs about 35 minutes to the Six Harmony Pagoda, 50 minutes to Meijiawu Longjing Tea Plantation, 35 minutes to Leifeng Tower, 25 minutes to the Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine, etc.

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Hangzhou West Lake Cruise

Railway Stations: Changsha South Station – Chengdu East Station

Distance: about 1,551km (964 miles)

Duration: 7 hours 1 minutes ~ 7 hours 53 minutes

There are about 10 G-trains departing during 07:57 and 16:16 from Changsha South Station to Chengdu East Station. This train trip takes about 7-8 hours to cover 1551km. Since the Changsha Chengdu high speed trains mostly start in the morning and arrive during afternoon, you could spend the daytime enjoy the sightseeing along the way.

After you reach Chengdu, you could take the Metro Line 2 to the downtown area where a lot of different levels of accommodations are easy to be found. On the next day, you could take time to savor the leisure charm of Chengdu in a slower pace, visiting the adorable Giant Panda, worshipping in the historical ancient Wenshu Monastery, sipping a cup of Bowl Covered Tea in Renmin Park, wandering in the old-featured Jinli Old Street. Besides, you could go to Jinsha Site Museum to know more about the mysterious culture and knowledge of the world existing there about 3,000 years ago, enjoy the poetic romance in Dufu Thatched Cottage, and do some wonderful shopping at Chunxi Road, etc.

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Chengdu Giant Pandas

From August 2017, the especially advanced Fuxing trains also are available in Changsha South Railway Station. The Train G65/ G68 between Beijing and Guangzhou are rightly Fuxing Trains, so travellers on those trains can enjoy such new kind of bullet train with many new experiences, such as Wi-Fi, more spacious seats, a lot of new technologies, etc. In the following months, there would be more Fuxing trains put into use for high speed raiways to/via/from Changsha. You could check the latest news for the information, and also we will keep up with the newest data.

Fuxing High Speed Trains

Changsha South Railway Station is mainly serving for high speed train to / through / from Changsha. It is located at Huahou Road, Yuhua District, Changsha City, Hunan Province (湖南省长沙市雨花区花侯路 长沙南站), which is about 13km’s driving distance to the downtown area and needs about 45 minutes to get there. Besides, it is about 16km away to Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

Transportation from Changsha South Railway Station:

From Changsha South Railway Station, you could arrive at the downtown area by Changsha Metro Line 2 and Line 1 for about 50 minutes, to Changsha Huanghua Airport by the local Maglev Express for about 1 hour and 10 minutes. And for traveling in Changsha, you could take a local taxi that is easy and convenient for foreign people to the Orange Island for about 55 minutes, to Mount Yuelu and Yuelu Academy for about 55 minutes, to Mawangdui Mausoleum for about 25 minutes, etc.

To Zhangjiajie

Near Changsha South Railway Station, in Changsha Lituo Express Bus Terminal (长沙黎托高速汽车站), there are some long distance coaches to Zhangjiajie Central Coach Station (张家界中心汽车站), and the whole trip takes about 4 to 5 hours. Apart from that, there are some K-trains and T-trains from Changsha Railway Station to Zhangjiajie Railway Station during 04:26 ~ 22:16, riding for about 4.5 to 6 hours. Therefore, travellers can visit the highlights in Zhangjiajie (张家界), such as Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajia National Forest Park, Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, etc. to marvel at the unbelievable landscapes made by out nature.

Changsha Orange Island

Zhangjiajie Tianzi Mountain