Kunming (Guiyang) Wuhan High Speed Train

Kunming is known as the Spring City, one of the hot tourist destinations and most livable cities in China for its comfortable and warm weather and beauty in all four seasons. It is still a vital transportation hub to Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La and other cities of Yunnan. While have a short stay in Kunming, you could visit the landmark - Stone Forest to appreciate the amazing landscape of Karst landform. Also, Dongchuan Red Land, a little far from the city downtown, is a must-go place to enjoy the gorgeous splendor of collision of colors and harmonious composition of lines. Besides, wandering in the Kunming Green Lake area and relaxing on the Western Hill spot would give you a more leisure tour experience. If you like to catch a glimpse of local culture and ethnic customs, the tea carving and batik are top folk arts you surely are interested in.

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Kunming South Railway Station

Address: West Foothill of Bailongtan Mountain, Wujiaying Street, Chenggong District, Kunming, Yunnan (云南省昆明市呈贡区吴家营街道白龙潭山脚之西 - 昆明南站); driving about 31km to the downtown

Transportation: Kunming South Railway Station is one of the major train stations of Kunming, which operates trains on Shanghai Kunming High Speed Railway, Chongqing Kunming High Speed Railway, Nanning (Guangxi) Kunming High Speed Railway, etc. Once arrival, there are subway (Kunming Metro Line 1), city buses, special high speed train express lines, taxi and long distance coach travelers can choose to transfer to downtown, the airport and your hotel, or attractions. Regularly, it takes about 1.5 hours’ driving to Stone Forest, 1 hour’s ride to Kunming Green Lake, Western Hill and Jingxing Bird and Flower Market and about 4 hours’ driving to Dongchuan Red Land. If you prefer a budget vehicle, the local long-distance coach close to the station is a good choices for your getting to hot attractions in and near Kunming.

Kunming Stone Forest

Dongchuan Red Land

Guiyang is the capital city of Guizhou Province, the famous “Forest City” and an excellent summer resort in southwest China. The city provides a large series of primitive natural sceneries and rich folk culture of more than 30 local minority ethnic groups, including Miao, Dong, Yi and other peoples. During your Kunming Wuhan high speed train journey, you can stop in Guiyang and arrange 1 to 2 days to tour in downtown, visit Jiaxiu Tower – the symbol of Guiyang and one of the must-go places, enjoy some relaxing moment in Huaxi Scenic Resort and see the beautiful landscape of flowers and streams there, go to Qingyan Ancient Town to feel the simple life and old structures of local styles and stroll in Qianling Park to encounter with some wild animals. Even you can travel further to visit more natural and cultural sites around Guiyang, including the Huangguoshu Waterfull, Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Chishui Danxia Landform and so on.

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Guiyang North Railway Station

Address: East side of Jiaxiu North Road, Guanshanhu District, Guiyang, Guizhou (贵阳市观山湖区甲秀北路东侧 贵阳北站); about 9kms’ driving distance to downtown.

Transportation: Guiyang North Railway Station is one of the major big rail hubs in Guiyang and southwest China. The station handles trains on Shanghai Kunming High Speed Railway, Guiyang Guangzhou High Speed Railway, Chongqing Guiyang High Speed Railway and Chengdu Guiyang High Speed Railway. After getting off at the station, tourists can take Guiyang Urban Rail Transit Line 1, public buses or taxies to get accommodate and attractions, for example Bus No.264 to Jiaxiu Tower. If you take a taxi or drive, it needs about 20 minutes to Qianling Park, 40 minutes to Huaxi Scenic Resort, 1 hour to Qingyan Ancient Town and so forth.

Riding westward from Guiyang, you can easily travel to Kaili to explore significant culture and custom of Miao and Dong People, in southeastern Guizhou Province. It is rated as the must-visit destination after Guiyang. This city is noted as the location of Xijiang Qianhu Miao Viallge and primitive treasury of prominent ethnic style arts, crafts, festivals, costume, buildings and featured cuisines. Want to escape from the hustle and bustle city life or travel further in Guizhou? The popular ethnic minority villages surrounded by gorgeous countryside in Kaili are perfect options. Don’t miss the most stunning symbol of Kaili - the Xijiang Miao Viallge, the largest Miao village in China, where you can view the thousands of wooden stilted houses, bridges and featured local traditions. The Upper Langde Miao Village is also a fantastic attraction surrounding Kaili. For Chinese ethnic village fans, there are plenty more less-known sites nearby Kaili you can pay a visit.

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Kaili South Railway Station

Address: Jinhui Avenue, Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou (贵州省黔东南苗族侗族自治州凯里市金汇大道 - 凯里南站)

Transportation: Put into use in 2015, the Kaili South Railway Station is a midway station on Shanghai Kunming High Speed Railway. It takes about half an hour from the station to Guiyang, Sansui (三穗), Tongren (铜仁) by high speed trains. If you want to get to Xijiang Miao Village by taxi or drive, the journey needs about 1 hour. Besides, there are several bus routes you can use to transfer to city center.

Kaili Xijiang Miao Village in Kaili

Changsha is the capital city in Hunan Province as well as a crucial transportation hub in south China. This city is often chosen as a stopover for its location on north-south Beijing Guangzhou High Speed Railway and Shanghai Kunming High Speed Railway. It has the famous Huxiang Culture with Mawangdui Han Tomb, lots of historical sites of Mao Zedong and the hot and spicy Hunan Cuisine and various kinds of delicious local snacks. Traveling in this city, you are recommended to visit the Yuelu Academy that is one of the four Great Academies in ancient China. Moreover, the Mawangdui Han Tombs built in the 2th century BC. is reputed as one of the World’s 10 Greatest Ancient Tombs with rare treasures. Besides, you could go to the Orange Island Park to admire the large head statue of Chairman Mao and fine views in four seasons.

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Changsha South Railway Station

Address: Huahou Road, Lituo Village, Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan (湖南省长沙市雨花区黎托乡花侯路 - 长沙南站)

Transportation: Changsha South Railway Station is a primary high speed train station of Changsha, which runs hundreds of high speed trains between Beijing and Guangzhou, Shanghai and Kunming. It is located about 10km to city center area. If you want to visit highlights in Changsha from Changsha South Station, you could take Changsha Metro Line 2 from there to Orange Island Park (getting off at Orange Island Station), Yuelu Academy , Yuelu Mountain (at Yingwan Town Station), and Mawangdui Mausoleum (at Wangjiali Plaza), etc. In addition, travelers can take lots of city bus lines and taxies to transfer to scenic sites in Changsha. There are also airport express (Airport Line 3) available to get to Changsha Huanghua International Airport for about 0.5 hour.

Changsha Organge Island

Located in the middle reaches of Yangtze River in central China, Wuhan is the so-called Eastern Chicago, the “River City” connecting nationwide through its highly developed transportation system. It is the birthplace of China’s democratic revolution, a famed national historical and cultural city and the important cradle of the Chu Culture. To seize its top city landscape and cultural highlights, you are highly recommended to visit the Yellow Crane Tower, the landmark and one of the 3 famous towers in Jiangnan area during ancient China, where you could enjoy the sightseeing of the Yangtze River and feel the historical and poetic flavor in this ancient architecture. Other major attractions like Guiyuan Temple, East Lake Scenic Area, Hubei Provincial Museum and the Ancient Lute Platform are also good choices to know more history and culture about Wuhan.

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Wuhan Railway Station

Address: Baiyun Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei (湖北省武汉市洪山区白云路- 武汉站); about 16kms' driving distance to the downtown.

Transportation: Wuhan Railway Station is one of the major train stations of Wuhan, together with Wuchang Railway Station and Hankou Railway Station. It is a high speed train station offering passenger service for Beijing Guangzhou High Speed Railway and three intercity railways between Wuhan and Jiujiang (in Jiangxi Province), Wugang and Huangshi (in Hubei Province). From the station, you can take Wuhan Metro Line 4 to the Yellow Crane Tower, Hubei Provincial Museum, Guiyuan Temple, and Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, etc. Also, the local taxi is another good means to get around. Also there are long distance coaches in the south side of east square you can take to get to other cities in Hubei Province.

1. Seats choosing & price comparing

On Kunming Wuhan high speed trains, there are three types of seats: the "Business Class Seats" like the first class seat in an aircraft and the most comfortable and expensive, with the price of about 2,000RMB per person, the "First Class Seats" of the middle class of about 1,100RMB per person and the "Second Class Seats" of the most economical class of over 650RMB per person.

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