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Xi'an Rail Travel Guide
Here you will find useful information on Xi'an Train travel, including Xi'an Railway Stations Guide, Railway Station's opening hours, ticket booking notes, Xi'an train schedules, luggage rules on China train, age requirements for child tickets and etc.
Xi'an Railway Stations Guide
There are three passenger railway stations in Shaanxi Xi'an, naming Xi'an Railway Station, Xi'an North Railway Station and Xi'an South Railway Station respectively.
Xi'an Railway Station is the city's main railway station. it's also the terminal for many trains. With annual passenger traffic volume of about 24 million, Xi'an Railway Station ranks No. 4 in terms of traffic handling capacity in China.
Xi'an North Railway Station locates Lijiajie Village in Weiyang District. Passengers take Zhengzhou Xi'an high speed train for Weinan, Huashan Mountain, Henan Sanmenxia, Luoyang and Zhengzhou should depart here.
Xi'an South Railway Station, with the former name Chang'an Station, is a middle-stop for Chongqing-Taiyuan, Chongqing-Urumqi, Chongqing-Xi'an, Xi'an-Guiyang, Chengdu-Tianjin, Xi'an-Ankang trains. The South Station locates in the city's outskirt area.
Addresses
- Xi'an Railway Station: No. 151, Huancheng Road, Xincheng District, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710005, China.
Tel: 029-95105688
- Xi'an South Railway Station: Yinzhen Town, Changan District, Xi'an, 710100, Shaanxi, China.
Transportation Guide
- By Airport Express
Passengers can take No. 2 line airport bus at the ground floor of No. 2 terminal of Xianyang Airport to Xi'an Railway Station directly. Operating hours are from 10:15 to 19:15. Journey time is about 1 hour and costing is RMB 25 Yuan.
- By Taxi
The distance between Xi'an Railway Station and Xi'an Airport is about 43 kilometers. Journey time to take taxi is about 50 minutes and costing is about RMB 120 Yuan (for reference only!).
Get to Terracotta Army Museum from Xi'an Railway Station:
- By Bus
Passengers can take travel bus No. 5 (306) at the East Square of Xi'an Railway Station for Terracotta Army Museum directly. The bus departs every 5 minutes from 07:00 to 18:30. One-way ticket fare is RMB 7 Yuan.
Xi'an Train Ticket Booking Guide
Ticketing Hours:
Passengers can purchase ticket from any of the railway stations in Xi'an at anytime. Some ticket booking windows at the railway station open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are also 84 ticket booking agencies in Xi'an. Open hours for train ticket agencies in Xi'an are 8:00-11:30 in the morning and 13:00-16:00 in the noon. To book tickets from these agenices, you are required to pay addtional RMB 5 Yuan each ticket as booking fee. Ticket agencies in Xi'an also work at weekends.
Ticket Reservation Period in Xi'an.
Advance ticket reservation period in Xi'an is 11 days (including the journey date). That means, if you want to leave Xi'an on May 14, you can reserve the ticket on May 4.
Please note:
- During holiday seasons, advance reservation period may be shortened to 3 - 5 days.
- Passengers can also buy train tickets for different places. For example, passenger can buy tickets of Beijing to Shenzhen trains through Xi'an railway station's ticket windows.
No. 24 (24 hours service) and No. 3 ticket windows at the ticketing hall of the ground floor are specilized in issuing of tickets for different places. Reservation period is 12 days.
- Maximum reservation period for D train, Z train and G train (Xi'an-Zhengzhou High Speed Train) is 21 days.
New Round of ticket issuing in Shaanxi Xi'an starts at 12:00 every day.
China has world's busiest railway network. If you buy the ticket on the date of journey, you will most likely get disappointed as tickets may be sold out. We recommend you to book your ticket in advance to make sure your journey will not be delayed.
Telephone Bookings
Passengers can call number wizard 96688 to book train tickets in Xi'an. Reservation period is same with that of train ticket agencies. Chinese Citizen ID is required to successfully book tickets from them.
As an expatriate, you are suggested to book tickets at the railway station's ticket windows or through ticket booking agencies.
Railway Rules and Regulations You Should Know
the Chinese rail industry has its own characters. China 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 and explosive dangerous goods, animal and pet are not allowed to taken 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.
 Requirements for Child Tickets
Instead of age, China has special requirments on child's height to buy child ticket. Requirments on child ticket can be summarized as the follows:
- Child with the height under 120cm can enjoy free rail travel and doesn't need to pay.
- Child with the height between 120cm - 150cm has privileges to buy a half-price train ticket.
- Child with the height above 150cm should buy full-price train ticket, no matter the age.
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