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Guangzhou Train Travel Guide
Here you will find useful information on Guangzhou train travel, including guide for Guangzhou Railway Stations (location, website address, how to get there), ticket booking hours, advance ticket reservation period, train schedules, and hotel information.
Guangzhou Railway Stations Guide
There are four passenger railway stations in Guangzhou city, naming Guangzhou Railway Station, Guangzhou East Railway Station, Guangzhou South Railway Station and Guangzhou North Railway Station respectively. Guangzhou Railway Station and Guangzhou East Railway Station are located in the urban area while Guangzhou South Railway Station and
Guangzhou North Railway Station are located in the outskirt area. Passengers choose Wuhan Guangzhou High Speed Railway (Wuguang Railway) should take their trains at Guangzhou South Railway Station or Guangzhou North Railway Station. Passengers take Guangzhou Kowloon Through Train for Hongkong Special Region should depart from Guangzhou East Railway Station.
Addresses
- Guangzhou Railway Station: No. 159, Huanshi West Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510010, People's Republic of China.
- Guangzhou East Railway Station: Lin He Zhong Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510610, People's Republic of China.
- Guangzhou South Railway Station: Shibi Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510150, People's Republic of China.
- Guangzhou North Railway Station: Xinhua Street, Huadu District, Guangzhou 510800, People's Republic of China.
Transportation Guide
How to Get to Guangzhou (Central) Railway Station from Baiyun Airport:
- by Airport Express
Passenger can take airport line 1 (5 to 15 minutes per) from the airport's Car Sitting Area and get off at Air-ticket Office Station. Guangzhou Railway Station is just 160 meters away from the Air-ticket Office Station. Airport buses are availiable from 7:00am until the airport's closing time. Journey time is about 45 minutes and ticket price is RMB 16 Yuan.
If you travel with big luggage, you can use this option as airport express is quite spacious.
- by Taxi
Distance between Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Guangzhou Railway Station is about 30 kilometers. Driving time for the taxi is about 30 minutes and cost is about RMB 80 Yuan (For reference only!)during daytime working hours.
This option is best for group of 2-3 people.
- by Metro
The two places are connected by metro lines directly. By making a transfering to metro line 2 at Jiahe Wanggang station, passenger can get to Guangzhou Railway Station from Guangzhou Baiyuan Airport in about 30 minutes. Ticket cost for metro travel is RMB 7 Yuan.
Don't select this option if you are traveling with big luggages during 7:30am-9:00am or 5:00pm-7:00pm.
- Useful Note:
Guangzhou Railway Station mainly serves normal trains including four-digital trains, K trains, T trains and ect.
How to Get to Guangzhou South Railway Station from Baiyun Airport:
- By Metro.
Passenger can take the metro rail from Baiyun Airport directly and get off at Jiahe Wanggang station and then transfer to metro line 2 for Guangzhou South Railway Station. Journey time is about 1 hour and ticket price is RMB 10 Yuan.
Don't select this option if you are traveling with big luggages during 7:30am-9:00am or 5:00pm-7:00pm.
- by Taxi
Distance between Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Guangzhou South Railway Station is about 58 kilometers. Riding time for the taxi is a bit more than 50 minutes and taxi fare is about RMB 190 Yuan (For reference only!) during daytime working hours.
This option is best for group of 2-3 people.
- Useful Note:
Guangzhou South Railway Station is a high speed train station. Passenger taking bullet train for Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Shunde direction should depart here. Passenger taking high speed train for Dongguan, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha direction can also choose to depart here.
How to Get to Guangzhou East Railway Station from Baiyun Airport:
- By Metro.
The metro can take you from Baiyun Airport to Guangzhou East Railway Station directly. Journey time is about half an hour and ticket price is RMB 7 Yuan.
Don't select this option if you are traveling with big luggages during 7:30am-9:00am or 5:00pm-7:00pm.
- by Taxi
Distance from Baiyun airport to Guangzhou East Railway Station is about 39 kilomters. It takes a bit more than 40 minutes to ride on taxi and taxi fare is about RMB 120 Yuan during daytime working hours.
- Useful Note:
Passenger taking Guangzhou-Kowloon through train for Hong Kong should depart from Guangzhou East Railway Station. Passenger taking high speed train for Dongguan and Shenzhen direction can also depart here.
How to Get to Guangzhou North Railway Station from Baiyun Airport:
- by Airport Express
Airport express line 9 can transport passenger from Baiyun Airport to Guangzhou North Railway Station directly. Working time is from 5:25am to 7:55pm and bus frequency is 30 minutes. Riding time is 45 minutes and ticket fare is RMB 10 Yuan.
If you travel with big luggage, you can use this option as airport express is quite spacious.
- by Taxi
Distance between Guangzhou North Railway Station and Baiyun Airport is about 18km and riding time on the taxi is about 30 minutes. Taxi fare would be about RMB 50 Yuan during daytime working hours.
- Useful Note:
Guangzhou North Railway Station serves both normal train and high speed train. Passenger taking high speed bullet train for Wuhan, Changsha can depart here.
Transport between Guangzhou East Railway Station and South Railway Station:
- By Bus
No. 302A bus connects Guangzhou East Railway Station with Guangzhou South Railway Station directly. Its operating hour is from 6:30am to 11:30pm. Journey time on the bus is about 70 minutes.
- By Metro
Passenger can take line 2 metro rail from Guangzhou South Railway Station and making a transfer at Gongyuan Qian station to transfer to line 1 for Guangzhou East Railway Station. Journey time is about 45 minutes and take price is RMB 7 Yuan.
Don't select this option if you are traveling with big luggages during 7:30am-9:00am or 5:00pm-7:00pm.
- By Taxi
Distance between the two place is 29km. It takes about 45 minutes to ride on a taxi and fare is about RMB 80 Yuan in daytime's working hours.
Guangzhou Train Ticket Booking Guide
Ticketing Hour:
Ticket windows of Guangzhou Railway Stations open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Ticket Reservation Period in Guangzhou
Advance train ticket reservation period in Guangzhou is 11 days, including the date of journey. That means, passengers can reserve tickets on September 6 if they want to start the rail travel on September 16.
Ticket reservation period may be shortened to 3 - 5 days during holiday seasons including May 1st holiday, China National Holiday (October 1st) and etc.
We have the busiest railway networks. If you buy the ticket on the date of journey, you will most likely get disappointed as tickets might have been sold out already. We recommend you to book your ticket in advance to make sure your journey will not be delayed.
Booking fee
We suggest you book tickets at the railway station's ticket windows or through an ticket booking agency. Ticket agency charge RMB 5 Yuan each as booking fee.
Railway Rules and Regulations You Should Know
Chinese rail industry has its own characters and railway rules and regulations are different with any other country in the world. Getting familiar with these rules will make your rail travel in China more successful and happy!
Luggage Rules:
- Inflammable or explosive dangerous goods, animal and pet are not allowed to take on the train.
- Luggage weight requirment:luggage weight should be under 10kg for of child passenger, luggage weight should be under 30kg for diplomatic personnel and luggage weight should be under 20kg for other adult passenger.
- Luggage size requirment: Total length of the luggage ( length+width+height) should be under 200cm.
Child Tickets: Requirments, Prices and etc.
Instead of age, China railway has special requirments on height to buy child ticket. Requirments on child ticket can be summarized as the follows:
- Children with the height under 120cm can enjoy free rail travel and don't need to pay.
- Children with the height between 120cm - 150cm have privileges to buy discounted train tickets. Price for child's seat ticket is about a half of that of adult ticket and price for sleeper ticket for child is about 70% of that of adult ticket.
- Child with the height above 150cm should buy full-priced train tickets no matter how old she/he is.
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