Beijing Railway Station

Beijing Railway Station is about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) from Tiananmen Square, 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) from South Station, 6.8 miles (11 kilometers) from North Station, 8 miles (13 kilometers) from West Station,16.8 miles (27 kilometers) from Capital International Airport and 31 miles (50 kilometers) from Daxing International Airport.

Address: South of Jianguo Gate and west of Dongbian Gate of Dongcheng District

Beijing Railway Station
 

Beijing Railway Station Train Schedule and Ticket Booking

 Schedule for Major Domestic Stations

 

High Speed Train Schedule

See detailed Beijing Train Schedule

(Last Update on Apr 29, 2025)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
First/ Second Class Seat
Shanghai
G103, G1, G105, G107...
45 departures from 06:20 to 19:00
4h18m - 7h50mCNY 884/ 526
USD 123/ 73
Guangzhou South
G335, G77, G1579...
8 departures from 07:26 to 14:00
7h17m - 10h40mCNY 1,379/ 862
USD 192/ 120
Xi'an North
G651, G87, G653, G91...
19 departures from 06:39 to 19:00
4h10m - 6h47mCNY 732.5/ 456
USD 102/ 63
Wuhan
G511, G485, G75...
38 departures from 06:20 to 18:00
3h48m - 6h18mCNY 831/ 520
USD 115/ 72
Xiamen North
G321, G323, G301, G325...
5 departures from 08:47 to 12:04
11h00m - 11h41mCNY 1,555/ 929.5
USD 216/ 129
Nanjing South
G103, G171, G1, G173...
63 departures from 06:20 to 19:08
3h13m - 4h56mCNY 673/ 401
USD 93/ 56
Tianjin
G171, G2551, G1083, G45...
54 departures from 06:30 to 22:02
0h31m - 1h44mCNY 85/ 50
USD 12/ 7
Jinan
G103, G171, G2551, G1083...
128 departures from 06:20 to 21:45
1h22m - 2h31mCNY 275/ 166
USD 38/ 23
Shenyang
G941, G957, G977, G959...
49 departures from 06:40 to 19:50
2h44m - 5h14mCNY 441/ 276
USD 61/ 38
 The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.
 

Normal Train Timetable

(Last Update on Apr 29, 2025)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
Soft/ Hard Sleeper
Shanghai
1461, Z281, T109 from 12:10 to 20:0312h59m - 18h35mCNY 476.5/ 304.5
USD 66/ 42
Xi'an
K545, T55, Z151...
8 departures from 12:50 to 18:46
11h49m - 17h28mCNY 415.5/ 272.5
USD 58/ 38
Hangzhou
Z281, K1275 at 19:21 and 23:3714h40m - 21h1mCNY 527.5/ 343.5
USD 73/ 48
Nanjing
1461, Z281, T109 from 12:10 to 20:039h50m - 14h46mCNY 397.5
USD 55
Huangshan
K1109 at 13:1519h53mCNY 497.5/ 325.5
USD 69/ 45
Harbin
T182, Z112, Z156, T297...
16 departures from 03:49 to 23:00
10h20m - 16h48mCNY 427.5/ 279.5
USD 59/ 39
Shenyang
T182, Z112, Z156, K429...
18 departures from 03:49 to 23:00
5h43m - 13h46mCNY 275/ 182
USD 38/ 25
Datong
K4607, Z351, K1277, Z183...
12 departures from 00:07 to 23:58
5h49m - 7h15mCNY 155.5/ 105.5
USD 22/ 15
 The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.
 

Station Plan

The station consists of a terminal and a front square.
 2F: waiting hall, central ticket checking hall
 1F: ticket hall
Map of Beijing Railway Station
1F Map of Beijing Railway Station
Map of 2F, Beijing Railway Station
2F Map
 

How to get to Beijing Train Station from downtown?

 Arrival by subway: Line 2

If you get to the station by subway, you arrive at the front square of the station. 
 

 Arrival by bus:
To Dongbian Gate Bus Stop: 142, 17, 20, 29, 39, 43, 44, 63, Night Line 10, 19, 24, 28
To West of Beijing Railway Station Bus Stop: 103, 104, 20, 9, Night Line 10, 17, 19, 21, 24, 28, 5
To Front Street of Beijing Railway Station Bus Stop: 126, 140, 142, 24, 63, 668, 9, Night Line 10, 28, 29
To East of Beijing Railway Station Bus Stop: 126, 637, 638, 639, 122, 403, 140, 20, 39, 622, 668, 9, Night Line 10, 17, 19, 21, 24, 28

 Arrival by taxi:

From/ To Duration (minute) Cost (CNY)
Tiananmen Square 10 30
Summer Palace 40 80
West Railway Station 25 50
South Railway Station 30 60
North Railway Station 30 60
Chaoyang Railway Station 30 60
Fengtai Railway Station 35 70
Capital International Airport 50-60 100-130
Daxing International Airport 70-80 180-210

Note: The above duration and costs may vary if journey times are prolonged by traffic lights and jams.

 

Ticket Check and Boarding

Beijing Railway Station Waiting Hall
Waiting for Departure
Passengers should find where they should go to have their tickets checked. The ticket booking information will tell the number of the checkpoints. Remember that overseas passengers need to go through the manual check channel with their passport. Paper ticket is not required anymore as China has adopted e-ticket thoroughly.
 

How to exit and leave the station?

Upon arrival, passengers will get off at the platform on 1F. After, follow the direction boards to get out of the station, then follow the boards to find buses, subway, and taxis to leave the station.

There are 5 bus stops in front of the front square and passengers can find them on the west and east. The airport shuttle bus is on the east side, beside Beijing Railway Station East Street Bus Park. The subway exit and entrance and taxi stands can be easily found on the front square. There is also a pick-up point near the overpass in front of the square, and a direction board will lead passengers to it.
 

Map of Beijing Station Square
Front Square Map
The Mural of Playing Polo
Subway Entrance/ Exit on the Front Square
 

Transportation to other places from the station

 Tiananmen Square
1. Take subway line 2 to Qianmen, get out through Exit C and then walk northward to get there. After visiting the square, one can keep walking northward to reach the Forbidden City or go southward to Qianmen Street.
2. Take bus no. 9 on the east of the station square to Qianmen east, and then walk to the square. 

 Badaling Great Wall
1. Take the subway line 2 to Gulou Street, transfer to line 8 and get off at Beitucheng station. Get out from Exit F and walk to Beitucheng bus stop to take bus 919.
2. Take subway line 2 to Xizhimen, transfer to line 13 to Qinghe Railway Station, and then take a high speed train there to Badaling.

 West Railway Station:
1. Take subway line 2 to Changchun Street station, and Exit A2 out. Walk to West Changchun Street Intersection to take city bus No.9. It takes about 40 minutes in total.
2. Take bus no. 9 and get off at West Railway Station with a duration of about 56 minutes.

 South Railway Station
 Take subway line 2 to Xuanwumen, and then change to line 4 to get there.

 East Station
Take subway line 2 to Jianguomen first and then change to line 1 to Dawanglu. After, walk about 1.5km (0.9 miles) southeastward to get there.

 Capital International Airport
Take subway line 2 to Dongzhimen, and then change to Airport Express Line to the airport.

 Daxing International Airport
1. Take subway line 2 to Jishuitan, transfer to line 19 to Caoqiao, and take Daxing Airport Express line to the airport.
2. Take Daxing Airport Shuttle Bus on the east side to the airport.

Bus / Subway Search

Ticket Office
Ticket Office
Platform
Platform
 

Facilities and Services

 Ticket Office: The ticket hall is located in the west of the terminal building, equipped with special windows for ticket purchase, changing, refund, etc. On two sides of the railway exit, there are also ticket windows for passengers' convenience. 

 Waiting Hall:
Four regular waiting rooms, two soft-seat waiting rooms, a bullet train waiting room, and an international waiting room can be found inside the station. Passengers should read their ticket booking information carefully and go to the correct waiting room. English service is provided in the international waiting room, soft seat waiting room and the central ticket checking hall. Besides, escalators, elevators, toilets, supermarkets, electronic storage cabinets, restaurants, coffee house, free drinking water, and direction boards showing locations, etc are all available here for passengers’ convenience.

 LED screens: LED screens can be found in the station showing the departure time, checkpoints, boarding platforms and arrival times, exits on 1F and 2F.

 Left Luggage:
Left luggage service is provided close to the ticket office at the west side of the station. Electronic storage cabinets are available at the Exit C of its subway station. In addition, the front square also has a deposit center where luggage needs to be checked before depositing. It usually charges based on the number of luggage and storage time.

 Inquiry Center:
The inquiry center is on the second floor, where passengers can ask for help with departures, boarding, and ticket issues, etc.

- Last updated on Apr. 30, 2025 by Sule Su -