Guilin North Railway Station

First built in Oct. 1927, Guilin North Railway Station is 5 miles (9 kilometers) from Guilin Railway Station, 5 miles (8 kilometers) from Seven Stars Park, and 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Liangjiang International Airport. It is nowadays the second largest station after Nanning East Station in Guangxi.

Address: Beichen Road in Diecai District

 

Schedule and Ticket Booking of Guilin North Railway Station

Guilin North Train Station operates most of the trains of Hengyang-Pingxiang Railway and Guiguang Railway passing by the city. Currently one can reach Guangzhou, Guiyang, and Nanning using high speed services from the station in around 2 hours. Bullet trains to Xi'an, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Kunming are also in service. In addition, there are ordinary services to Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xuzhou, etc.

 Major Rail Lines from Guilin to:

High Speed Train Schedule: 
(Last Update on Jul 8, 2026)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
First/ Second Class Seat
Shanghai South
D198, D196 at 19:16 and 20:2514h59m - 15h39mCNY 289
USD 43
Guangzhou South
G3747, G3875, D1891, G2949...
20 departures from 06:00 to 19:35
2h1m - 5hCNY 298/ 186
USD 44/ 28
Xian North
G3740 at 11:0410h24mCNY 1,253/ 784
USD 187/ 117
Shenzhen North
G2907, G3741, G2931, G2961...
6 departures from 09:24 to 19:35
3h8m - 3h47mCNY 439.5/ 286.5
USD 66/ 43
Chengdu South
D1796 at 15:106h2mCNY 759/ 474
USD 113/ 71
Chongqing West
D1792, G3740, D1794, D3576 from 08:59 to 17:064h25m - 5h20mCNY 494/ 309
USD 74/ 46
Nanning East
D195, D197, D8253, D3941...
32 departures from 04:05 to 20:09
2h5m - 3h18mCNY 209/ 88
USD 31/ 13
Kunming South
D3941, D3903, D3953, D3949...
5 departures from 06:58 to 09:34
6h20m - 7h32mCNY 643/ 402.5
USD 96/ 60
Guiyang North
D3564 at 11:472h33mCNY 316/ 197
USD 47/ 29
Zhangjiajie West
D3968 at 14:557h12mCNY 546/ 342
USD 81/ 51
Yangshuo
D2985, G2949, G3745, G3741...
13 departures from 07:50 to 20:40
22m - 25mCNY 41/ 26
USD 6/ 4


Normal Speed Train Timetable: 
(Last Update on Jul 8, 2026)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
Soft/ Hard Sleeper
Beijing West
Z6, T290, Z286 from 14:25 to 21:0319h32m - 21h59mCNY 656/ 428
USD 98/ 64
Sanya
K457 at 04:2117h56mCNY 611.5/ 399.5
USD 91/ 60
Nanning
Z5, Z285...
5 departures from 11:21 to 20:26
3h4m - 4h5mCNY 158.5/ 107.5
USD 24/ 16
Baotou
Z336 at 14:1032h26mCNY 822.5/ 533.5
USD 123/ 80
 The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.

See detailed Guilin Train Schedule
Normal Train at the Platform
Normal Train Stopping at the Platform
Entrance of Railway Station
Entrance
 

Station Plan

The station is made up of a two-storey terminal building and a front square. There are 28 escalators as well as 8 barrier-free elevators inside the station, which make travelers' moving very convenient.
 2F: waiting hall, check points, toilets, hot drinking water
 1F: ticket office, platforms, entrance

 Front Square: bus stops, taxi stands
 

How to get to north train station from downtown area?

 Arrival by bus:
Guilin North Railway Station bus stop: 100, 1, 303, 32, 83
Intersection of Guilin North Railway Station bus stop: 100, 18, 302, 32, 83, D1, K99

Passengers arriving by bus will get off at the front square. Ticket holders can enter the station directly and find the correct waiting area to wait for departure. Passengers without tickets should go to the ticket office on 1F to purchase one first and then go to the waiting hall.

 Arrival by taxi:
If arriving at the station by taxi, passengers will be dropped off at the front square.
From Duration (Minutes) Cost (CNY) 
Guilin Railway Station 30 25
Liangjiang International Airport 45 75
Elephant Trunk Hill 30 25
Zhujiang Dock 50 65
Reed Flute Cave 30 25
 

Ticket Check and Boarding

Check points are available inside the waiting hall. Passengers should read their tickets carefully to know exactly where to have the tickets checked. After that, follow the direction boards to the platform to board. The station is equipped with automatic ticket check machines, but passport holders need to be checked manually.
 

How to exit and leave the station?

Upon arriving, passengers will get out of the terminal building from an underground passage. Afterwards, they can follow the direction signs to find buses or taxis to leave the station.
Transportation Map of Guilin North Railway Station
Transportation Map of Guilin North Railway Station

 Leave by bus:
Bus stops can be found at the west side of the front square.

 Leave by taxi:
Taxi stands are located at the front square, close to the exit.

 Leave by long-distance bus:
When getting out, passengers can walk eastward for about 700 yards to North Coach Station to take a coach and leave the station. The coach station has coaches to Lingchuan, Xing'an, Quanzhou, Ziyuan, and other cities located to the north of Guilin.

 Transportation to other places:
 Guilin Railway Station:
Take bus line K99 or 100 to get there.

 West Railway Station
Take bus no. 303 to the West Station.

 Elephant Trunk Hill:
Take bus line 100 to Yangqiao stop and then walk southeast to the destination.

 Seven Stars Park:
Take bus line 18 to get there.

 Reed Flute Cave:
Take bus 36 to First North Ring Road stop. After, take bus line 3, and then get off at the destination.

 Liangjiang International Airport:
Take airport shuttle bus to the destination directly. It is available daily from 09:30 to 17:30 every 1 hour. It usually takes 1h20m and the ticket fare is CNY 30 per person.
Airport Shuttle Bus
Airport Shuttle Bus
Waiting Hall of Guilin North Railway Station
Waiting Hall
 

Facilities and Services

 Ticket Office:
12 ticket windows are in operation in the ticket office on the first floor. Here, passengers can buy, change or refund their tickets easily.

 Waiting Hall:
The station now has five waiting rooms with an area of 5,980 square yards (5,000 square meters) on 2F; four of them are for ordinary use, and the other one for business class ticket holders. Wash rooms and drinking water rooms are accessible in the waiting rooms.

 Left luggage service:
Passengers can store their luggage at the shops at the entrance or the self-service lockers at the exit. 
- Last updated on Jul. 08, 2026 by Rachel Hou -