Atlas of China
Chongqing to Wuhan 重庆 – 武汉
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 4 hours against about 4 hours by flight, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run ¥419 against about ¥470. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
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| High-speed trainChongqing North 重庆北 → Hankou 汉口 | 3 h 53 minG3982, fastest | 4 hours | ¥419standard class | 4006:01–18:36 |
| FlightChongqing Jiangbei (CKG) → Wuhan Tianhe (WUH) | 1 h 30 minin the air | 4 hours | about ¥470varies by day | 710:40–23:00 |
By train
40 direct high-speed trains a day run from Chongqing North to Hankou, between 06:01 and 18:36. The fastest, G3982, takes 3 h 53 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥419. Coming back, 43 trains a day, the fastest 3 h 54 min (G3981, 05:12 to 23:54).
Chongqing: Chongqing North is the busiest station; many trains to Guizhou, Yunnan and Yibin use Chongqing West, and Chongqing East opened in 2025. Wuhan: Hankou and Wuchang stations also have high-speed trains.
By air
7 nonstop flights a day from Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG) to Wuhan Tianhe (WUH), 1 h 30 min in the air, 10:40 to 23:00, with China Southern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. 7 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥470.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Chongqing and on to Wuhan, so the trip can be broken there.
- Enshi 恩施 290 km from Chongqing · 2 h 17 min there, 3 h 33 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Wuhan.
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Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼
A tower rebuilt many times over, made immortal by a single Tang poem
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Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物馆
Marquis Yi's ancient bronze bells, played live, and the sword of King Goujian
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.