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

The 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 Aug 12, 2025)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
First/ Second Class Seat
Shanghai South
D198, D196 at 19:16 and 20:2514h55m - 15h37mCNY 289
USD 40
Guangzhou South
G3747, D1891, D2985, G2949...
20 departures from 06:36 to 19:34
2h2m - 5h00mCNY 237/ 148
USD 33/ 21
Xi'an North
G3740 at 11:0510h23mCNY 1,192/ 745
USD 166/ 103
Shenzhen North
G2907, G3741, G2931, G2961...
6 departures from 09:27 to 19:34
3h3m - 3h40mCNY 397.5/ 260.5
USD 55/ 36
Chengdu South
D1796 at 15:106h2mCNY 691/ 432
USD 96/ 60
Chongqing West
G3740, D1794, D3576 from 11:05 to 17:064h23m - 5h11mCNY 442/ 277
USD 61/ 38
Nanning East
D195, D197, D8253, D3941...
32 departures from 04:00 to 20:40
2h5m - 3h19mCNY 181/ 88
USD 25/ 12
Kunming South
D3941, D3903, D3953, D3949...
5 departures from 06:58 to 09:34
6h20m - 7h30mCNY 643/ 402.5
USD 89/ 56
Guiyang North
D3564 at 11:472h33mCNY 278/ 174
USD 39/ 24
Zhangjiajie West
D3968 at 14:557h7mCNY 546/ 342
USD 76/ 48
Yangshuo
D2985, G2949, G3741, D8265...
11 departures from 07:50 to 20:40
0h22m - 0h25mCNY 36/ 22
USD 5/ 3
Dali
D3941, D3953, D3949, D3961 from 06:58 to 09:348h55m - 10h16mCNY 890.5/ 558
USD 124/ 78


Normal Speed Train Timetable: 
(Last Update on Aug 12, 2025)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
Soft/ Hard Sleeper
Beijing West
T22, Z6, K158, T290...
5 departures from 13:49 to 21:03
19h34m - 28h28mCNY 656/ 428
USD 91/ 59
Shanghai
K1558, K150 at 04:00 and 16:3023h30m - 25h12mCNY 537/ 351
USD 75/ 49
Sanya
K457 at 04:2118h6mCNY 611.5/ 399.5
USD 85/ 55
Nanning
K1137, K1523, K1557, Z5...
13 departures from 03:49 to 20:19
3h4m - 6h28mCNY 158.5/ 107.5
USD 22/ 15
Nanjing
K1558, K162, K1192 from 04:00 to 21:0921h9m - 22h37mCNY 484.5/ 317.5
USD 67/ 44
Qingdao North
K1138 at 19:2734h3mCNY 717.5/ 464.5
USD 100/ 65
Xuzhou
K162 at 16:0127h7mCNY 377
USD 52
Baotou
Z336 at 14:10 and 14:1032h8m - 32h26mCNY 822.5/ 533.5
USD 114/ 74
 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 Aug. 18, 2025 by Grace Yang -