Beijing Pingyao High Speed Railway & Train Route Map 2024

Still are fascinated by Chinese history and culture? Why not continue your exploration to an authentic ancient city after Beijing? Once you finishing travel in Beijing, a 4 hours’ high speed train journey will lead you to the most well-preserved old city of China - Pingyao Ancient City. This World Cultural Heritage in middle Shanxi Province has already stood more than 2800 years, with its complete scale and original layout as a perfect example of Chinese ancient cities during Ming and Qing Dynasties. Generally, Beijing runs about 3 daily high speed trains to Pingyao from 8:05 am to 15:29 pm. G627 is the first and the fastest train (3 hours & 54 minutes), while D2005 is the last train that travels the most time (4 hours & 12 minutes).

Beijing Pingyao High Speed Train Route Map

Beijing Pingyao High Speed Railway, at a distance of 606 kilometers, is a short-distance high speed railway connecting Beijing and Pingyao. This rail line is joined by three different sections, including the Beijing Shijiazhuang High Speed Railway (京石高铁) of Beijing Guangzhou High Speed Railway, Shijiazhuang Taiyuan High Speed Railway (石太高铁) and Datong Xian High Speed Railway (大西高铁). Beginning from Beijing West Railway Station, the route travels about 4 hours to Pingyao via 3 provinces, Beijing, Hebei and Shanxi Provinces and stops at 6~7 midway stations, and eventually goes to Yuncheng or Yongji City in Shanxi. Check Beijing Pingyao high speed train schedule 2024 >.

Beijing West Railway Station (北京西站)

Beijing West Railway Station is located in No.118, East Lianchi 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. It is one of the five major stations in Beijing, serving for high speed trains as well as normal slow trains. The station is an important terminal for the Beijing Guangzhou High Speed Railway, Beijing Kowloon (Hong Kong) High Speed Railway and Beijing Lhasa (Tibet) Railway. There are about 270 trains (180 high speed trains) running from this station to different destinations via the three lines, like Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Lhasa, Urumqi, Lanzhou, Kunming, Guiyang, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan and so on. For transportation to reach Beijing West Station, tourists can take Airport Bus No.7 at Beijing Capital International Airport, or take a taxi from scenic sites, your hotel, or take subway (Beijing Metro Line 7 and Line 9). Learn more about Beijing West Railway Station >

Pingyao Ancient City Railway Station (平遥古城站)

Pingyao Ancient City Station, once was called Pingyao East Station, is located in Houji Village, Pingyao County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province (山西省晋中市平遥县候冀村), about 8km (20 mins' driving)to Pingtao Ancient City, 3km to Shuanglin Temple and 120km (1.5 hours' driving) to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport (the nearest airport). Built as a specialized high speed train station on Datong Xian High Speed Railway, Pingyao Ancient City Station operates about 34 high speed trains (G trains & D trains) to Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, Qingdao and Jinan, and prefecture-level cities in Shanxi Province, like Taiyuan, Baoji, Linfen and Yuncheng. Pingyao Anicent City Station is well-connected with Pingyao Railway Station (平遥站) and Pingyao Ancient City by local bus No.108. The bus leaves every 15 minutes from 7:00 am to 20: 30 (in summer) or 20:10 (in winter).And you can also get to Pingyao Ancient City by taxi, which takes around minutes. Read more about Pingyao Railway Station Map >

Useful Beijing and Pingyao (Pingyao Ancient City) Travel Maps

Beijing and Pingyao both keep China’s long history well, especially for ancient architectures. Also Pingyao is an important stopover point between Beijing and Xian. Therefore, it would be a good choice to combine the two destinations together. After you fly to Beijing, you are recommended to spend 2 ~ 3 full days to discover the essences of Beijing, including Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Beijing Hutong. Here is our most popular 3 Days Beijing Visa-free Short Stay Tour that contains all highlights mentioned above. Then you can visit Pingyao, to truly touch and see a unique historical city where keeps the original old living environment in Pingyao Ancient City. If you like to celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year, Pingyao is also the perfect site to join in. Here is our most popular 6 Days Beijing and Pingyao Highlights Tour that selects the top attractions for you. To help you know better about the two destinations, we provide you the following useful travel maps of location, transportation, attraction and etc. Furthermore, you can click Beijing Maps and Pingyao Maps to read more large and clear maps.

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Other Popular China High Speed Train Routes You May be Interested in

In China, high speed train travel not only offers you fast and convenient transportation, but also gives you an unusual comfortable way to enjoy scenery along each route. Currently, there are more than 150 cities (including popular tourist destinations) and 32 of 34 provinces are connected by high speed trains. Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Chengdu, Hangzhou and more else cities have already developed high speed rail networks with major domestic cities. Below is a part of China high speed train route maps on our website, and you can check more high speed train routes or the overall high speed train maps here.