Beijing Guilin High Speed Train & Rail Route Map 2024
China has lots of looks to show its diversity, and the most obvious feature comes to the contrast of tough northern China and soft southern China, just like Beijing and Guilin. As an ancient capital with over 800 years’ history, Beijing has numerous grand imperial architectures built in spectacular style, but in Guilin, countryside scenery of karst landforms and peak forest presents an idyllic world in every tender heart. Conveniently, you can have a joined tour package of both, while resting yourself on a daytime high speed train from Beijing to Guilin. Later, you can travel further to Guiyang from Guilin by taking a 2.5 hours' high speed train, a Karst landscape journey ranked one of the most beautiful rail routes in China. (Read more China's Top 8 Beautiful High Speed Railways>)
For the moment, there are 2 pairs of high speed trains running between Beijing and Guilin. G529 and G421 trains leave from Beijing in the morning and arrive in Guilin at late evening, so do the two returning trains (G422 and G530). All the trains takes around 11 hours.
Beijing Guilin High Speed Train Route Map
Beijing Guilin High Speed Railway is one of the longest railways in China, connecting Beijing and Guilin (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region). The railway starts from Beijing West Railway Station, and stretches 2,110km (1,311miles) to Guilin Railway Station, crossing Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan and Changsha within 6 provinces. The total train journey needs 8 hours 3 minutes to 11 hours 14 minutes. Besides, this railway line extends 368 km longer to south China and finally ends in Nanning, capital of Guangxi. As a major gateway city of the Maritime Silk Road, Nanjing offers convenient transportation to Southeast Asian countries, which you can use to travel far and more. Check (Beijing Guilin high speed train schedule 2024 >.
Beijing West Railway Station (北京西站)
Beijing West Railway Station is located at No.118, East Lianhuachi Road, Fengtai District, Beijing (北京市丰台区莲花池东路118号), about 25 mins’ driving to Forbidden City and 1 hour’s driving to Beijing Capital International Airport. Linked by Beijing Guangzhou High Speed Railway, Beijing Lhasa (Tibet) Railway and Beijing Kowloon (Hong Kong) Railway, the station handles around 270 trains (including over 190 high speed trains) to major domestic cities, e.g. Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa, Kunming, Guangzhou and Lanzhou. Opened in 1996, the station has been worked as an important railway hinge with taxi, bus, subway and Beijing Underground Diameter Line (to Beijing Railway Station). Learn more about Beijing West Railway Station >
Guilin Railway Station (桂林站)
Guilin Railway Station is located at No.39, South Zhongshan Road, Xiangshan District, Guilin City, Guangxi Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区桂林市象山区中山南路39号), about 45 mins’ driving to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport, 20mins’ driving to Downtwon and Li River and 1.5 hours’ driving to Yangshuo. It is the first train station that operates high speed trains in Guilin. Located on the Hunan-Guangxi Railway, Hengyang-Liuzhou High Speed Railway and Guiyang Guangzhou High Speed Railway, the station handles nearly 100 trains to Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanjing, Kunming, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Wuhan, Guiyang and Nanning. And it takes only about 2.5 hours from Guilin to Guangzhou. Tourist can get to there by local bus and taxi. The latter is most recommended for it is very efficient and convenient to transfer to any scenic spots in Guilin. Learn more about Guilin Railway Station >
Useful Beijing and Guilin Travel Maps
A travel to Beijing with Guilin contains the great cultural highlights together with typical natural beauty in China. For your short stay in Beijing, landmarks like Forbidden City, Mutianyu Great Wall and Beijing Hutongs should not be missed. Here is our 4 Days Classic Beijing Tour that includes all essences mentioned above. While in Guilin, Li River Cruise, Yangshuo countryside sightseeing, Longji Terrace photography are top favorites for all travelers. The 10 Days Visual Feast Tour from Beijing is designed specifically for such a combined interest. Below are the location, travel guide and metro map of Beijing and Guilin. You can click Beijing Maps and Guilin Maps to get more detailed tourist maps.
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With the longest, the largest scale and number of high speed railways, China owns the leading position in the world. So far, China high speed railways spread up to 25,000 kilometers, connecting more than 150 cities in 32 of 34 provinces. Major tourist cities, like Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, have developed high speed rail for tourism convenience. Still, China plans to construct much more high speed railways to complete our national transportation network. In the near future, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High Speed Railway will be opened to the public for faster and closer connection between mainland and Hong Kong. The following maps are some of the most popular high speed train travel routes. If you want more, check the China High Speed Train Routes and China High Speed Train Cities Maps to get more.
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