Atlas of China

Where to go from Beijing by train 北京

From Beijing, direct trains and single changes in the timetable reach 53 of the atlas's 185 hubs within 6 hours and 63 within 9, as far as Jingbian; 78 more have nonstop flights but no practical train. The map colours each city by its time on the train.

Tianjin: 25 min by trainBaoding: 35 min by trainZhangjiakou: 47 min by trainChengde: 49 min by trainTangshan: 55 min by trainShijiazhuang: 1 h by trainJinan: 1 h 22 min by trainQinhuangdao: 1 h 30 min by trainTai'an: 1 h 34 min by trainHandan: 1 h 37 min by trainDatong: 1 h 45 min by trainAnyang: 1 h 48 min by trainQufu: 2 h 4 min by trainHohhot: 2 h 9 min by trainZhengzhou: 2 h 11 min by trainTaiyuan: 2 h 18 min by trainXuzhou: 2 h 21 min by trainShenyang: 2 h 29 min by trainChifeng: 2 h 30 min by trainWeifang: 2 h 30 min by trainLuoyang: 2 h 59 min by trainBenxi: 3 h 3 min by trainQingdao: 3 h 7 min by trainNanjing: 3 h 14 min by trainBaotou: 3 h 17 min by trainXinyang: 3 h 21 min by trainTonghua: 3 h 33 min by trainPingyao: 3 h 35 min by trainDalian: 3 h 36 min by trainChangchun: 3 h 36 min by trainHefei: 3 h 36 min by trainWuhan: 3 h 48 min by trainDandong: 3 h 54 min by trainChangzhou: 3 h 56 min by trainXiangyang: 4 h by trainKaifeng: 4 h 4 min by trainXi'an: 4 h 10 min by trainHuai'an: 4 h 13 min by trainHangzhou: 4 h 17 min by trainShanghai: 4 h 18 min by trainJincheng: 4 h 19 min by trainChangzhi: 4 h 23 min by trainJilin City: 4 h 26 min by trainYuncheng: 4 h 28 min by trainWeihai: 4 h 29 min by trainYancheng: 4 h 32 min by trainHarbin: 4 h 33 min by trainLianyungang: 4 h 36 min by trainLinfen: 4 h 40 min by trainYantai: 4 h 48 min by trainYangzhou: 5 h 8 min by trainChangsha: 5 h 10 min by trainYan'an: 5 h 44 min by trainYinchuan: 6 h 24 min by trainLüliang: 6 h 29 min by trainShiyan: 6 h 52 min by trainChongqing: 7 h by trainGuangzhou: 7 h 17 min by trainChengdu: 7 h 28 min by trainShenzhen: 7 h 50 min by trainHong Kong: 8 h 12 min by trainGuiyang: 8 h 19 min by trainJingbian: 8 h 41 min by trainXiamen: 10 h 40 min by trainKunming: 10 h 49 min by trainPingliang: 11 h 10 min by trainYulin: 11 h 34 min by trainOrdos: 12 h 41 min by trainHancheng: 15 h 12 min by trainHailar: 28 h 9 min by trainÜrümqi: 29 h 50 min by trainHaikou: 34 h 32 min by trainSanya: 38 h 27 min by trainLhasa: 39 h 58 min by trainZhongwei: nonstop flight onlyErdaobaihe: not in the timetableBaoji: not in the timetableQiqihar: nonstop flight onlySuzhou: nonstop flight onlyChizhou: nonstop flight onlyAnqing: nonstop flight onlyHuzhou: not in the timetableJiaxing: nonstop flight onlyTianshui: nonstop flight onlyYichang: nonstop flight onlyHanzhong: nonstop flight onlyJiujiang: nonstop flight onlyYanji: nonstop flight onlyHuangshan City: nonstop flight onlyLanzhou: nonstop flight onlyJingdezhen: nonstop flight onlyWuyuan: not in the timetableMudanjiang: not in the timetableWuwei: not in the timetableYueyang: nonstop flight onlyNingbo: nonstop flight onlyZhoushan: nonstop flight onlyQuzhou: nonstop flight onlyEnshi: nonstop flight onlyJinhua: nonstop flight onlyBazhong: nonstop flight onlyNanchang: nonstop flight onlyGuangyuan: nonstop flight onlyDazhou: nonstop flight onlyShangrao: nonstop flight onlyHezuo: not in the timetableLishui: nonstop flight onlyZhangjiajie: nonstop flight onlyLangzhong: nonstop flight onlyXining: nonstop flight onlyTaizhou: nonstop flight onlyYichun: nonstop flight onlyWuyishan: nonstop flight onlyZhangye: nonstop flight onlyGuang'an: not in the timetableNanchong: nonstop flight onlyWenzhou: nonstop flight onlySongpan: nonstop flight onlyMianyang: nonstop flight onlySuining: not in the timetableJi'an: nonstop flight onlyDeyang: not in the timetableFenghuang: nonstop flight onlyShaoyang: not in the timetableHengyang: nonstop flight onlyNingde: not in the timetableDujiangyan: not in the timetableSanming: nonstop flight onlyZiyang: nonstop flight onlyNeijiang: not in the timetableJiayuguan: nonstop flight onlyFuzhou: nonstop flight onlyGanzhou: nonstop flight onlyMeishan: not in the timetableZigong: not in the timetableLuzhou: nonstop flight onlyChenzhou: nonstop flight onlyZunyi: nonstop flight onlyLeshan: not in the timetableYa'an: not in the timetableYibin: nonstop flight onlyEmeishan: not in the timetableLongyan: not in the timetableKaili: not in the timetableQuanzhou: nonstop flight onlyShaoguan: nonstop flight onlyKangding: not in the timetableGuilin: nonstop flight onlyMeizhou: nonstop flight onlyAnshun: nonstop flight onlyChaozhou: nonstop flight onlyShantou: nonstop flight onlyDunhuang: nonstop flight onlyLiuzhou: nonstop flight onlyXichang: nonstop flight onlyDaocheng: not in the timetableXingyi: nonstop flight onlyMacau: nonstop flight onlyBaise: nonstop flight onlyPanzhihua: nonstop flight onlyLuoping: not in the timetableShangri-La: nonstop flight onlyNanning: nonstop flight onlyYuanmou: not in the timetableLijiang: nonstop flight onlyQiubei: not in the timetableChongzuo: not in the timetableZhanjiang: nonstop flight onlyBeihai: nonstop flight onlyDali: nonstop flight onlyJianshui: not in the timetableTurpan: nonstop flight onlyBaoshan: not in the timetableNyingchi: nonstop flight onlyTengchong: not in the timetableQionghai: nonstop flight onlyAltay: nonstop flight onlyLancang: not in the timetableJinghong: nonstop flight onlyBurqin: not in the timetableKorla: nonstop flight onlyShigatse: not in the timetableYining: nonstop flight onlyAksu: nonstop flight onlyKashgar: nonstop flight onlyBeijing

Under 2 hours by train 12

2 to 4 hours by train 23

4 to 6 hours by train 18

6 to 9 hours by train 10

Over 9 hours by train 11

By air only 78

Nonstop flights from Beijing, with no direct train and no single change in the timetable.

On the map

Times are the fastest direct train, or the quickest single change with its wait, on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, from the main station at each end; the atlas's 186 hubs only, and pairs the timetable was not asked about (most over 1,000 km apart) are not shown. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28. Cities with a route page link to it; the others open on the map.