Fuzhou to Shenzhen train

Trains from Fuzhou to Shenzhen start at €87.79 and take 5h 13m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Fuzhou to Shenzhen starts at €87.79 and takes 5h 13m door to door, run by 1 operator over 659 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 13mDoor to door
  • 4h 29mMoving
  • €87.79 to €202.74From
  • 06:21 to 14:08First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 21.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€87.79 to €202.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €158.19Tue15
  2. about €168.64Wed16
  3. about €202.74Thu17
  4. about €129.59Fri18
  5. about €163.69Sat19
  6. about €175.24Sun20
  7. about €132.89Mon21
  8. about €108.14Tue22
  9. about €107.04Wed23
  10. about €142.24Thu24
  11. about €112.54Fri25
  12. about €115.84Sat26
  13. about €110.89Sun27
  14. about €87.79Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Lowest CO2€78.99
  1. China Railway CR542806:214h 38m10:59Fuzhou railway stationShenzhen North station

Door to door 5h 22mCO2 21.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
China Railway€66.895h 12m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

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A room in Shenzhen for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Fuzhou to Shenzhen

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €72.7190 days
  2. €63.5960 days
  3. €82.2945 days
  4. €66.2230 days
  5. €56.7821 days
  6. €72.7114 days
  7. €96.317 days
  8. €147.643 days
  9. €121.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €56.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 160 percent. The dearest point is €147.64, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €84.51Sun
  2. €72.71Mon
  3. €79.79Tue
  4. €76.79Wed
  5. €111.65Thu
  6. €88.05Fri
  7. €112.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fuzhou

Rail
  • Fuzhou railway station
  • Fuzhou South railway station
  • Duwu Railway Station

Shenzhen

Rail
  • Shenzhen North station
  • Shenzhen Railway Station
  • Shenzhen East railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 659 km against 659 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Putian, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Huizhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 79 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Fuzhou at 06:21 and the last at 14:08, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 27m1h 17m3h 10m€72.71167.0 kg3
Train5h 13m4h 29m44m€87.7921.7 kg6

Questions about Fuzhou to Shenzhen

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen take?

The Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen takes 5h 13m door to door, of which 4h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 659 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen cost?

The Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen starts at €87.79 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €83.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen?

1 operators run the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen: China Railway. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen use?

The Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen leaves from Fuzhou railway station and arrives at Shenzhen North station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Fuzhou to Shenzhen?

Travelling from Fuzhou to Shenzhen by Flight costs €72.71 and takes 4h 27m door to door, against 5h 13m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen?

Fares for the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €56.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen produce?

The Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen produces about 21.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 659 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen?

Operators on the Train from Fuzhou to Shenzhen publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 13m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Fuzhou to Shenzhen on 14 September 2026: 659 km of route against 659 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €87.79, and 5h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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