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China High-Speed Railway Station Guide

Reference pages for 25 major HSR stations across mainland China: entry tips, security flow, food inside and nearby, and connections to the city.

North China

Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Shandong — the capital cluster and North China Plain stations.

Beijing

Beijing Railway Station

北京站

Beijing's historic 1959 station on Metro Line 2, handling conventional rail routes north and south.

2 lines

Beijing

Beijing South Railway Station

北京南站

Beijing's primary high-speed hub, built for the 2008 Olympics, served by Metro Lines 4 and 14 with direct trains to Shanghai, Tianjin, and Hong Kong.

3 lines

Beijing

Beijing West Railway Station

北京西站

Beijing's southwestern hub for Guangzhou high-speed trains and overnight services south, with Metro Lines 7 and 9 nearby.

3 lines

Tianjin

Tianjin Railway Station

天津站

Tianjin's central station on the Hai River, a metro interchange hub with direct intercity services to Beijing in under 30 minutes.

3 lines

Tianjin

Tianjin West Railway Station

天津西站

Tianjin's western high-speed stop, smaller and calmer than the main station, useful for Beijing–Shanghai services.

2 lines

Shijiazhuang

Shijiazhuang Railway Station

石家庄站

Hebei's provincial capital station, a key interchange on the Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed corridor with connections to Taiyuan and Jinan.

3 lines

Tai'an

Tai'an Railway Station

泰安站

Gateway station for Mount Tai pilgrimages, sitting on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed line in central Shandong.

1 line

Qingdao

Qingdao North Railway Station

青岛北站

Qingdao's primary high-speed hub in Chengyang district, connected by metro to the historic waterfront and the city's new international airport.

2 lines

Jinan

Jinan West Railway Station

济南西站

Shandong's provincial capital high-speed hub, an interchange for Beijing–Shanghai and east–west Shandong services.

3 lines

East & Central China

Shanghai, the Yangtze Delta, Anhui, Hubei, and Henan — the dense eastern and central rail corridor.

South & Southwest China

Guangdong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Yunnan — the southern coast and the Silk Road west.

Guangzhou

Guangzhou Railway Station

广州站

Guangzhou's historic central station for conventional rail, heavily used during the Spring Festival migration season, with Metro Lines 2 and 5.

2 lines

Guangzhou

Guangzhou South Railway Station

广州南站

Guangzhou's primary high-speed hub and one of the world's busiest stations, gateway to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and the southern high-speed network.

4 lines

Shenzhen

Shenzhen Railway Station

深圳站

Shenzhen's original border station at Lo Wu, the busiest China–Hong Kong land crossing, with Metro Line 1 to the CBD.

2 lines

Shenzhen

Shenzhen North Railway Station

深圳北站

Shenzhen's primary high-speed hub in Longhua, an interchange for the Beijing–Guangzhou and southbound routes toward Hong Kong.

3 lines

Xi'an

Xi'an North Railway Station

西安北站

Xi'an's high-speed hub north of the city walls, gateway to the Silk Road, Terracotta Warriors, and the Tang dynasty capital.

3 lines

Chengdu

Chengdu East Railway Station

成都东站

Chengdu's main high-speed hub, gateway to the Giant Panda Research Base, Sichuan cuisine, and the mountainous western Sichuan region.

3 lines

Chongqing

Chongqing North Railway Station

重庆北站

Chongqing's primary high-speed hub, gateway to a city of terraced hillside streets, cable cars over the Yangtze, and the world's spiciest hotpot.

3 lines

Kunming

Kunming South Railway Station

昆明南站

Yunnan's provincial capital high-speed gateway, connecting to Guizhou, Sichuan, and the future Laos–China Railway corridor, with crossing-the-bridge noodles inside.

3 lines