Cheapest€26.74
- China Railway CR279806:261h 38m08:04Kangding stationChengdu railway station
Door to door 2h 22mCO2 7.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kangding to Chengdu train
Trains from Kangding to Chengdu start at €31.14 and take 2h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Kangding to Chengdu starts at €31.14 and takes 2h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 216 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 22mDoor to door
- 1h 38mMoving
- €31.14From
- 7.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €26.74 | 2h 16m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Kangding to Chengdu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €36.1390 days
- €26.1960 days
- €20.6945 days
- €20.1430 days
- €31.4121 days
- €39.6714 days
- €55.607 days
- €40.853 days
- €66.811 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 232 percent. The dearest point is €66.81, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €38.29Sun
- €36.64Mon
- €31.41Tue
- €31.14Wed
- €41.44Thu
- €44.34Fri
- €39.67Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chengdu
Rail
- Chengdu railway station
- Chengdu East railway station
- Chengdu West Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 216 km against 216 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Leshan, Meishan, Ya'an, Linqiong. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Kangding at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 22m | 1h 38m | 44m | €31.14 | 7.1 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 53m | 43m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 54.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Kangding to Chengdu
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 Kangding to Chengdu take?
The Train from Kangding to Chengdu takes 2h 22m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 216 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 Kangding to Chengdu cost?
The Train from Kangding to Chengdu starts at €31.14 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €35.53. 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 Kangding to Chengdu?
1 operators run the Train from Kangding to Chengdu: China Railway. Between them they file around 5 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 Kangding to Chengdu use?
The Train from Kangding to Chengdu leaves from Kangding station and arrives at Chengdu railway 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 Kangding to Chengdu?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Kangding to Chengdu, at €31.14 and 2h 22m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Kangding to Chengdu?
Fares for the Train from Kangding to Chengdu bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €20.14. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 232 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kangding to Chengdu produce?
The Train from Kangding to Chengdu produces about 7.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 216 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 Kangding to Chengdu?
Operators on the Train from Kangding to Chengdu publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kangding to Chengdu on 12 September 2026: 216 km of route against 216 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.14, and 2h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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