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Hangzhou Rail Travel Guide
Here you will find useful information on Hangzhou train travel, including Hangzhou Railway Station Guide, Railway Station working hours, advance ticket reservation period and Hangzhou train timetables.
Hangzhou Railway Stations Guide
There are three passenger railway stations in Hangzhou, naming Hangzhou Railway Station (Hangzhou Chengzhan Railway Station), Hangzhou East Railway Station and Hangzhou South Railway Station (the former Xiaoshan Railway Station) respectively.
Hangzhou Railway Station (Chengzhan Railway Station) is the main station with the largest traffic volume. It is an origin or a destination to many trains.
Hangzhou East Railway Station is closed for reconstruction. Located in the outskirt Xiaoshan district, Hangzhou South Railway Station is more of a middle-stop to most trains.
Passenger to Beijing, Tianjin, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Harbin, Hefei as well as other cities in North China should departs from Hangzhou Railway Station (Hangzhou Chengzhan Railway Station).
Addresses
- Hangzhou Railway Station: No. 1, Huancheng Dong Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Tel:0571-87829983
- Hangzhou East Railway Station: No. 1, Xinfeng Road, Jianggan District, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang China.
- Hangzhou South Railway Station: Chengxiang Town, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou 311200, Zhejiang China.
Transportation Guide
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to Hangzhou Railway Station
- Option 1. by Airport Express
Passengers can take airport bus (15-30 minutes per) from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Hangzhou Railway Station directly. Distance is 24 kilometers and Journey time is about 50 minutes. Ticket fare is RMB 20 Yuan.
The first airport bus leaves at 5:30am and the last bus follows up the schedule of the last flight.
- Option 2. by taxi
Passenger can also take taxi from the airport to Hangzhou Railway Station. Riding distance is about 28km and taxi fare is about RMB 100 Yuan (for reference only!)
Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport to Hangzhou South Railway Station
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There is no direct bus running between Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport and the South Railway Station. We suggest you take a taxi coz it's more convenient and fast. Shortest riding distance between the two places is about 21 kilometers, riding time is about half an hour and taxi fare is about RMB 70 Yuan (for reference only!)
Hangzhou Railway Station to Hangzhou South Railway Station
- Option 1. by Bus
Passengers can take No. 537 or No. K300 bus from Hangzhou Railway Station to get to Hangzhou South Railway Station, and vice versa. We recommend No. 537 bus as it's faster than K300 bus. Journey time is 40 to 60 minutes by No. 537 bus.
- Option 2. by taxi
Shortest riding distance is about 18km, riding time is about 40 minutes and taxi fare is about RMB 60 Yuan by a taxi.
Hangzhou Railway Station to Hangzhou West Lake
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You can take a cab to Hangzhou West Lake from Hangzhou Railway Station. Ticket fare is about RMB 17 Yuan and Journey time is about 15 minutes.
Hangzhou Train Ticket Booking Guide
Ticketing Hours:
Passengers can purchase ticket from any of Hangzhou Railway Stations at anytime. There are ticket windows that open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can also reserve ticket through ticket agency. There are more than 60 train ticket agencies in Hangzhou City. Most of these ticket agencies open at 7:00am and close at 5:00pm. To book tickets from ticket agency, you are required to pay addtional RMB 5 Yuan each ticket as booking fee.
Online Booking:
www.12306.cn provides online train ticket booking service mainly for local people. It is a Chinese website. To book ticket through this website, you should also have a bank account in some local bank as overseas credit card is not accepted by it.
Ticket Reservation Period in Hangzhou.
According to the latest official press release, Passengers can reserve train ticket for maximum 11 days (including the journey date) in advance in Hangzhou City. That means, if you want to leave Hangzhou on June 15th, you can reserve your ticket on June 5th.
Attention: during holidays (May 1st, October 1st, Spring Festival and etc), advance reservation period for train ticket in Hangzhou will be shortened to 3 - 5 days.
New Round of ticket selling begins at 3:00pm every day.
China has world's largest population and its railway networks are always very busy. China Train Guide.com advise you book your train ticket in advance if you can as you may get disappointed if you purchase ticket on the date of journey.
Tips to Buy Train Tickets in Hangzhou for Foreigners
- Please take the passport with you to purchase train ticket.
- Hangzhou Railway Station opened a bilingual service window at its ticketing hall on April 28, 2010. The window number is 12. Staffs working there have good command of English. They are also very kind and nice to communicate with.
- Only Renminbi cash is accepted at the ticketing window.
Railway Rules and Regulations You Should Know
the Chinese rail industry has its own characters and railway rules and regulations are quite 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 and 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.
- You should purchase a baggage ticket with overweight luggages.
Requirements for Child Tickets
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 under 120cm can enjoy free rail travel and don't need to pay for rail travel. In this case, you can let your kid share a same sleeper/seat with you.
- Children between 120cm - 150cm have privileges to buy discounted train tickets. Price for sleeper ticket for child is about 70% of that of adult. Price for seat ticket for child is about 50% of that of adult.
- Children above 150cm should buy full-priced train tickets no matter how old he/she is.
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