China Train Schedule & Tickets Booking

The schedule is to be adopted in the first quarter of 2026, according to which 12,130 trains in total will run on China's railway network. Main adjustments are as follows:

1. Yan'an will be connected with the capital city of Beijing by high speed train for the first time. The shortest travel time is only 5h42m, reducing by 4h37m from the normal trains running now. Similarly, passengers shuttling between Fuzhou/ Xiamen - Zhuhai can take direct bullet trains for a more efficient trip.

2. Between Shanghai and Hong Kong, the overnight high speed sleeper trains that originally operated on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays will serve daily. What's more, two additional Shanghai - HK bullet trains will run in the daytime, with stops at Nanjing South, Hefei South, Wuxi East, etc. Since then, passengers will be able to transfer between Hong Kong West Kowloon Railway Station and 110 railway stations in Chinese Mainland by bullet train.

3. Four high speed G trains will be added between Changbaishan and Beijing Chaoyang, and 14 more will stop at Yabuli West.

4. It will take 9h37m to travel from Shanghai Hongqiao to Lanzhou West by bullet train, 57 minutes shorter than those operating at present, and 8h51m from Datong South to Shanghai Hongqiao, 2h33m shorter.

At the end of December 2025, five new high speed rail lines were put into operation, linking Shantou - Shanwei, Guangzhou - Zhanjiang, Wuhan - Yichang, Hangzhou - Quzhou, and Xi'an - Yan'an. As of now, China's high speed railway network totals over 50,000 km (31,069 mi), ranking first in the world and surpassing the combined total of all other countries'. By now, more than 97% of China's cities with populations over 500,000 in their urban areas can be reached by high speed train.

Bullet trains along the new 5 lines have a top running speed of 350 km/h (217 mph). Therefore, it now only takes 1h52m from Guangzhou East to Shantou, 1h39m from Shenzhen to Shantou, and 1h32m from Guangzhou Baiyun to Zhanjiang North. The travel time between Wuhan and Yichang has also been significantly reduced from 2h to 1h9m. For passengers shuttling from Hangzhou West to Quzhou West, only 73 minutes are needed onboard. The shortest duration of bullet trains running from Xi'an North to Yan'an is 68 minutes, reducing by 1 hour from normal speed trains in operation.

In addition, 2 high speed rail lines: Hefei - Sixian and Beijing - Tangshan high speed railways will be put into service before the arrival of 2026.