Nanjing Train Stations - Nanjing South Railway Station & Nanjing Railway Station

There are a dozen of railway stations in Nanjing, including Nanjing Railway Station, Nanjing South Railway Station, Nanjing North Railway Station (under planning), Xianlin Railway Station, Jiangning Railway Station, Lishui Railway Station, etc. The first two are most chosen ones and both have convenient transportation connecting them with downtown. Nanjing Railway Station is the oldest railway station in Nanjing and serves both normal trains and some high speed trains, while Nanjing South Railway Station serves high speed trains only and it has more schedules of high speed trains.

Note: Nanjing Railway Station and Nanjing South Railway Station are about 15 km (30 minutes' drive) away. So extra attention should be paid when buying your train ticket and make sure you choose the correct one.

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Chinese: 南京南站 (Pinyin: nán jīng nán zhàn)

Address: No. 98 Yulan Road, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing City 南京市雨花台区玉兰路98号

Nanjing South Railway Station, or Nanjingnan Railway Station is an important part of Nanjing railway system. It’s the largest transportation hub in East China and the largest high-speed railway station in Asia. All trains passing here are high speed trains and it mainly serves Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Nanjing-Hangzhou High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway, etc. You can transfer between most cities in China and here by high speed train. Metro Line 1, Line 3, Line S1 and Line S3 all pass Nanjing South Railway Station.

• To Nanjing downtown (Xinjiekou): about 11 km, 40 minutes by car or metro.
• To Confucius Temple & Qinhuai River: about 9 km, 25 minutes by car or metro.
• To the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders: about 14 km, 30 minutes by car, 40 minutes by metro.
• To Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum: about 14 km, 45 minutes by car, 1.5 hours by metro and bus.
• To Nanjing Lukou International Airport: about 33 km, 30 minutes by car, 1 hour by metro.

Luggage Storage: Nanjing South Railway Station provides luggage storage lockers in the waiting room where you can enter with a train ticket. The fee is about CNY 3-5 for 12 hours. If you do not have a ticket, you can put your luggage in the shops nearby and the shop owners will charge you about CNY 20.

Connected Cities: Beijing (3.5-5h), Shanghai (1-3.5h), Hangzhou (1-4h), Suzhou (45min-2h), Ningbo (2-5h), Wuxi (45min-1.5h), Changzhou (30min-1h15min), Yangzhou (1h), etc.

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Chinese: 南京站 (Pinyin: nán jīng zhàn)

Address: No. 111 Longpan Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City 南京市玄武区龙蟠路111号

Nanjing Railway Station built in 1905 has served Nanjing people for over 110 years. It is just behind the beautiful Xuanwu Lake and is one of the most beautiful railway stations in China. It now mainly serves normal trains across China and some high speed trains in or near Jiangsu Province on Beijing-Shanghai Railway, Nanjing-Wuhu Railway, Nanjing-Xi'an Railway, and Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway. Metro Line 1 and Line 3 can get you there conveniently.

• To Nanjing downtown (Xinjiekou): about 8 km, 30 minutes by car, 20 minutes by metro.
• To Confucius Temple & Qinhuai River: about 11 km, 40 minutes by car, 25 minutes by metro.
• To the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders: about 13 km, 40 minutes by car, 30 minutes by metro.
• To Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum: about 12 km, 30 minutes by car, 70 minutes by metro and bus.
• To Nanjing Lukou International Airport: about 48 km, 70 minutes by car, 1.5 hours by metro.

Luggage Storage: You can leave your luggage at the left-luggage office (fee: about CNY 5-15 a day) or in the self-service locker (fee: CNY 3-7 every 6 hours), or in the nearby shops.

Connected Cities: Shanghai (1h40min-4h), Hangzhou (3h), Suzhou (1.5h), Ningbo (4h), Wuxi (1-1.5h), Yangzhou (46min-1h15min), Changzhou (40min-1h), etc.

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Generally, to explore the cultural and natural highlights of Nanjing, 2 ~ 3 days are needed. You can pay a visit to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Father of Modern China), take a walk in Confucius Temple Area along the Qinhuai River, climb up the ancient City Wall, and know a part of heavy history and cherish peace in the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre.

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