Atlas of China
Songpan to Leshan 松潘 – 乐山
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3 hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥197. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHuanglong Jiuzhai 黄龙九寨 → Leshan 乐山 | 2 h 46 minC5774, fastest | 3 hours | ¥197standard class | 211:05–13:33 |
By train
2 direct high-speed trains a day run from Huanglong Jiuzhai to Leshan, between 11:05 and 13:33. The fastest, C5774, takes 2 h 46 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥197. Coming back, 2 trains a day, the fastest 3 h 3 min (C5786, 15:07 to 17:45).
Songpan: C and D trains from Chengdu East take about 1.5 hours; Huanglong Jiuzhai station, one stop north, is nearer Huanglong, Jiuzhaigou and Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport. Leshan: Leshan's new airport had not opened by October 2026; fly into Chengdu, about an hour away by high-speed train.
By air
No nonstop flights.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Songpan and on to Leshan, so the trip can be broken there.
At the other end
Featured places around Leshan.
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Leshan Giant Buddha 乐山大佛
A 71-metre Buddha carved from a riverside cliff where three rivers meet
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Mount Emei 峨眉山
A sacred Buddhist mountain of mist, monasteries and a golden summit above the clouds
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Jiayang Little Steam Train 嘉阳小火车
A coal-era steam train puffing through rapeseed fields to an old mining town
Around Songpan in Aba: Huanglong Scenic Area, Songpan Ancient Town.
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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Aba, with Songpan · About Leshan · All routes
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.