Atlas of China
Nanjing to Tianjin 南京 – 天津
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3½ hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥473. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainNanjing South 南京南 → Tianjin South 天津南 | 2 h 58 minG22, fastest | 3½ hours | ¥473standard class | 5107:17–23:56 |
By train
51 direct high-speed trains a day run from Nanjing South to Tianjin South, between 07:17 and 23:56. The fastest, G22, takes 2 h 58 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥473. Coming back, 49 trains a day, the fastest 2 h 52 min (G3, 05:50 to 23:19).
Tianjin: Intercity trains from Beijing South reach Tianjin station in about 30 minutes.
By air
No nonstop flights. The planner's best way by air changes at Hangzhou, about 6½ hours door to door.
At the other end
Featured places around Tianjin.
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Five Great Avenues 五大道
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Around Nanjing: Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River, City Wall of Nanjing.
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.