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Chongqing to Hong Kong 重庆 – 香港
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5 hours against about 7½ hours by high-speed train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥680 against ¥788.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainChongqing West 重庆西 → Hong Kong West Kowloon 香港西九龙 | 7 h 13 minG905, fastest | 7½ hours | ¥788standard class | 108:44 |
| FlightChongqing Jiangbei (CKG) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 h 20 minin the air | 5 hours | about ¥680varies by day | 408:40–17:15 |
By train
One direct high-speed train a day runs from Chongqing West to Hong Kong West Kowloon, at 08:44. The fastest, G905, takes 7 h 13 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥788. Coming back, one train a day, the fastest 7 h 7 min (G906, at 11:52).
Chongqing: Chongqing North is the busiest station; many trains to Guizhou, Yunnan and Yibin use Chongqing West, and Chongqing East opened in 2025. Hong Kong: Hong Kong has its own immigration controls; high-speed trains from Shenzhen and Guangzhou arrive at West Kowloon.
By air
4 nonstop flights a day from Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG) to Hong Kong (HKG), 2 h 20 min in the air, 08:40 to 17:15, with Hong Kong Airlines, Air China and Chongqing Airlines. 4 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥680.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Chongqing and on to Hong Kong, so the trip can be broken there.
- Guangzhou 广州 980 km from Chongqing · 5 h 46 min there, 47 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Hong Kong.
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Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
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Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
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Victoria Peak 太平山顶
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.