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Chongqing to Zhengzhou 重庆 – 郑州
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 5 hours against about 4½ hours by flight, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run ¥504 against about ¥570. 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 → Zhengzhou East 郑州东 | 4 h 33 minG332, fastest | 5 hours | ¥504standard class | 3407:21–23:02 |
| FlightChongqing Jiangbei (CKG) → Zhengzhou Xinzheng (CGO) | 1 h 45 minin the air | 4½ hours | about ¥570varies by day | 707:55–21:20 |
By train
34 direct high-speed trains a day run from Chongqing North to Zhengzhou East, between 07:21 and 23:02. The fastest, G332, takes 4 h 33 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥504. Coming back, 33 trains a day, the fastest 4 h 36 min (G329, 08:55 to 23:59).
Chongqing: Chongqing North is the busiest station; many trains to Guizhou, Yunnan and Yibin use Chongqing West, and Chongqing East opened in 2025.
By air
7 nonstop flights a day from Chongqing Jiangbei (CKG) to Zhengzhou Xinzheng (CGO), 1 h 45 min in the air, 07:55 to 21:20, with China Southern Airlines, West Air and Sichuan Airlines. 7 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4½ hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥570.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Chongqing and on to Zhengzhou, so the trip can be broken there.
- Shiyan 十堰 530 km from Chongqing · 4 h 18 min there, 3 h 14 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Zhengzhou.
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Henan Museum 河南博物院
Zhengzhou's treasure house of Central Plains bronzes, jades and Neolithic finds
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.