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Ürümqi to Jiayuguan 乌鲁木齐 – 嘉峪关
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 6½ 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 ¥336 against about ¥630.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainÜrümqi 乌鲁木齐 → Jiayuguan South 嘉峪关南 | 6 h 6 minD576, fastest | 6½ hours | ¥336standard class | 2007:00–23:00 |
| FlightÜrümqi Tianshan (URC) → Jiayuguan (JGN) | 2 h 5 minin the air | 4½ hours | about ¥630varies by day | 118:55 |
By train
20 direct high-speed trains a day run from Ürümqi to Jiayuguan South, between 07:00 and 23:00. The fastest, D576, takes 6 h 6 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥336. Coming back, 21 trains a day, the fastest 6 h 26 min (D2711, 05:02 to 22:51).
By air
One nonstop flight a day from Ürümqi Tianshan (URC) to Jiayuguan (JGN), 2 h 5 min in the air, at 18:55, with 9 Air. One flies back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4½ hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥630.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Ürümqi and on to Jiayuguan, so the trip can be broken there.
- Turpan 吐鲁番 160 km from Ürümqi · 51 min there, 5 h 6 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Jiayuguan.
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Jiayuguan Pass 嘉峪关
The Great Wall's mighty western fortress, framed by the snowy Qilian Mountains
Around Ürümqi: Heavenly Lake of Tianshan.
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.