Beijing or Shanghai to Guilin & Nanning by train

Beijing or Shanghai ► Guilin, Nanning

Nanning, Guilin ► Beijing or Shanghai

Train number:

K21

T5

T189

K537

K181

Train number:

T6

T190

K22

K538

K960

Beijing West depart

08:58 day 1

15:45 day 1

18:50 day 1

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-

Nanning depart

08:30 day 1

10:30 day 1

-

10:55 day 1

08:15 day 1

Shanghai South depart

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16:52

15:57 day 1

Guilin depart

13:28 day 1

15:36 day 1

19:02 day 1

17:24 day 1

14:05 day 1

Guilin arrive

12:26 day 2

14:51 day 2

17:52 day 2

14:25

15:28 day 2

Shanghai  South arrive

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15:37 day 2

17:14 day 2

Nanning arrive

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20:10 day 2

23:30 day 2

21:05

21:30 day 2/3

Beijing West arrive

12:07 day 2

14:35 day 2

22:28 day 2

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All trains run daily, and have 4-berth soft sleepers, hard sleepers & restaurant car.  You can check times for other routes at www.chinatravelguide.com.

Train T189/T190 also has 2-berthd eluxe soft sleepers.

Beijing to Guilin is 2,135km (1,334 miles), Beijing to Nanning is 2,566km (1,603 miles).  Beijing metro map.  Street map of Beijing showing stations.

Fares
Beijing-Guilin one-way per person	Hard sleeper	Soft sleeper
Bought at reservations office in Beijing:	RMB 430 ($61)	RMB 658 ($97)
Beijing-Nanning one-way per person	Hard sleeper	Soft sleeper
Bought at reservations office in Beijing:	RMB 499 ($71)	RMB 770 ($113)
Shanghai-Nanning one-way per person	Hard sleeper	Soft sleeper
Bought at reservations office in Beijing:	RMB 418 ($55)	RMB 642 ($90)

Children under 120cm tall travel free, 120-150cm tall travel for half fare, over 150cm tall pay full fare (140cm was changed to 150cm in Dec 2008, and 110cm to 120cm in Dec 2010)

The sleeper fares shown here are for lower berths.  Upper berths (and middle berths in hard sleeper) are a fraction cheaper.