Shanghai - Nanning Train

If you want to make a rail travel between Shanghai and Nanning, you currently have 6 choices including 2 pairs of bullet trains and 4 pair of normal trains. The bullet ones take about 11.5 - 12 hours for the whole journey and the normal ones take 23 - 30.5 hours.

There is no need to say that this is a long journey, so if you want to make a quick trip between the two cities, flight will be the top choice, which just takes 3 – 3.5 hours. However, flight ticket usually costs more than railway tickets.
 G1501/ G1502 and G1505/ G1506 are the two pairs of high speed trains running in the daytime between Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Nanning East Railway Station for a distance of 1,224 miles (1,970 km). The bullet overnight sleeper trains are unavailable yet. Compared with normal types, they cost more, but shorter travel time is needed. Besides, the environment and facilities of bullet types are better than that of normal types. 
 (Last Update on Jun 20, 2025)

Train No.	Departure - Arrival	Travel Time
G1505	07:50 - 19:51	12h1m
G499	11:00 - 20:33	9h33m
G1615	11:25 - 23:23	11h58m

See more Shanghai Schedule
 (Last Update on Jun 20, 2025)

Train No.	Departure - Arrival	Travel Time
G1616	07:10 - 19:21	12h11m
G500	09:40 - 19:30	9h50m
G1506	11:03 - 22:47	11h44m

See more Nanning Schedule 

Note: The timetable is for reference only and you can obtain the real-time schedule by the search tool on page top.
 (Last Update on Jun 20, 2025)

Business Class Seat	First Class Seat	Second Class Seat
CNY 2,523 - 2,996.5 USD 354 - 421	CNY 1,388 - 1,636.5 USD 195 - 230	CNY 856.5 - 986 USD 120 - 138

Except the above-mentioned two stations, the following stations are also important ones which you will have a short stop-by:
Songjiang South, Jiaxing South, Hangzhou East, Zhuji, Yiwu, Jinhua, Jiangshan, Shangrao, Yingtan North, Nanchang West, Xinyu North, Pingxiang North, Changsha South, Zhuzhou West, Hengyang East, Qidong, Qiyang, Yongzhou, Dong'an East, Quanzhou South, Xing'an North, Guilin, Yongfu South, Luzhai North, Liuzhou, and Laibin North
 (Last Update on Jun 20, 2025)

Train No.	Departure - Arrival	Travel Time
K1556	10:13 - 15:35+	29h22m
T81	15:22 - 21:10+	29h48m
K149	17:30 - 19:32+	26h2m

 (Last Update on Jun 20, 2025)

Train No.	Departure - Arrival	Travel Time
T82	09:50 - 14:00+	28h10m
K150	10:26 - 16:00+	29h34m
K1558	22:50 - 05:12++	30h22m

Note: The timetable is for reference only and you can obtain the real-time schedule by the search tool on page top.
 (Last Update on Jun 20, 2025)

Soft Sleeper	Hard Sleeper	Hard Seat
CNY 640 - 684 USD 90 - 96	CNY 416 - 444 USD 58 - 62	CNY 229 - 243 USD 32 - 34

Four pairs of normal speed trains are running between the two cities. One pair of them numbered as K1556/K1558 are running from/to Shanghai Railway Station which is closer to the city center and operates both bullet and ordinary types, and other 3 pairs of them T77/T78, T381/T382, and T25/T26 are from/to South Railway Station which only operates ordinary types. And all of them arrive at/depart from Nanning Railway Station.

Besides, compared with K types, T types take less time. So if possible, T types should be your top choice. Besides, you'd better purchase a sleeper because it's a long and tiring journey. And owing to sleeper tickets are always in a great demand, you should buy one in advance.

Because it is a long journey, they also pass by those stations along the way:
Songjiang, Jiaxing, Haining, Kunshan, Suhzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou East, Zhuji, Yiwu, Jinhua, Yushan, Shangrao, Changzhou, Nanjing, Maanshan, Wuhu, Tongling, Chizhou, Dongzhi, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Xinyu, Yichun, Xinyu, Zhangshu, Fengcheng, Xiangtang, Pingxiang, Yingtan, Dongxiang, Ji'an, Jinggangshan, Yanling, Chaling South, Youxian South, Liling, Zhuzhou, Hengshan, Hengyang, Qidong, Qiyang, Yongzhou, Dong'an East, Quanzhou South, Xing'an North, Daozhou, Jiangyong, Jianghua, Hezhou, Wuzhou, Cenxi, Rongxian, Yulin, Guigang, Guilin North, Liuzhou, Litang, Laibin Major Rail Lines from Shanghai to:
Major Rail Lines from Nanning to: