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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 Railway Station
北京站
Beijing's historic 1959 station on Metro Line 2, handling conventional rail routes north and south.
2 lines
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
Shanghai Railway Station
上海站
Shanghai's central rail hub for conventional and intercity services, served by Metro Lines 1, 3, and 4.
3 lines
Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station
上海虹桥站
China's largest station by floor area, the western end of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed line, integrated with Hongqiao Airport and Metro Lines 2 and 10.
4 lines
Hangzhou East Railway Station
杭州东站
Hangzhou's high-speed hub in Jianggan district, a major junction for Zhejiang services, connected by metro to West Lake.
4 lines
Suzhou Railway Station
苏州站
The central station for Suzhou's classical garden district, on the Shanghai–Nanjing intercity line with Metro Line 4 access.
2 lines
Nanjing South Railway Station
南京南站
Nanjing's primary high-speed hub and one of China's largest stations, an interchange for the Beijing–Shanghai line with Metro Lines 1 and 3.
3 lines
Hefei South Railway Station
合肥南站
Anhui's provincial capital high-speed station, a junction for east–west and north–south routes through central China.
3 lines
Wuhan Railway Station
武汉站
China's central-south high-speed interchange, where the Beijing–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Chengdu corridors cross, with hot dry noodles inside.
3 lines
Zhengzhou East Railway Station
郑州东站
China's central crossroads station where the Beijing–Guangzhou and east–west Xuzhou–Lanzhou high-speed lines intersect.
3 lines
South & Southwest China
Guangdong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Yunnan — the southern coast and the Silk Road west.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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