Nanning to Beihai train

Trains from Nanning to Beihai start at €25.08 and take 3h 30m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Nanning to Beihai starts at €25.08 and takes 3h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 231 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 25 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 30mDoor to door
  • 1h 51mMoving
  • €27.28 to €66.34From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 7.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 12 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€27.28 to €66.34 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €66.34Sat26
  2. about €65.24Sun27
  3. about €36.64Mon28
  4. about €39.39Tue29
  5. about €40.49Wed30
  6. about €47.09Thu1
  7. about €36.64Fri2
  8. about €37.74Sat3
  9. about €30.59Sun4
  10. about €28.39Mon5
  11. about €27.28Tue6
  12. about €33.34Wed7
  13. about €42.69Thu8
  14. about €31.69Fri9

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 12 October 2026

Cheapest€25.08
  1. China Railway CR699307:3058m08:28Nanning railway stationQinzhou Railway Station
  2. 中国铁路南宁局 S-201909:4941m10:30Qinzhou Railway StationBeihai Railway Station

Changes at Qinzhou, with 81 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 44mCO2 6.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

The train gets you into Beihai. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Beihai for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Nanning to Beihai

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

  1. €34.9990 days
  2. €22.3360 days
  3. €22.8845 days
  4. €26.7430 days
  5. €30.5921 days
  6. €31.6914 days
  7. €36.647 days
  8. €36.643 days
  9. €66.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €66.34, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €30.59Sun
  2. €28.39Mon
  3. €27.28Tue
  4. €33.34Wed
  5. €42.69Thu
  6. €31.69Fri
  7. €37.74Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Nanning

Rail
  • Nanning railway station
  • Nanningnan Railway Station
  • Nanning East Railway Station

Beihai

Rail
  • Beihai Railway Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 231 km against 170 km in a straight line, a detour of 26 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Fangchenggang, Qinzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nanning at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Nanning to Beihai

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 Nanning to Beihai take?

The Train from Nanning to Beihai takes 3h 30m door to door, of which 1h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 231 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 Nanning to Beihai cost?

The Train from Nanning to Beihai starts at €25.08 for one passenger, as of 25 September 2026. A typical fare is €27.01. 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 Nanning to Beihai?

2 operators run the Train from Nanning to Beihai: China Railway, 中国铁路南宁局. Between them they file around 2 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 Nanning to Beihai use?

The Train from Nanning to Beihai leaves from Nanning railway station and arrives at Beihai 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.

When should I book the Train from Nanning to Beihai?

Fares for the Train from Nanning to Beihai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.33. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on 25 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Nanning to Beihai produce?

The Train from Nanning to Beihai produces about 7.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 231 km, which works out at roughly 31 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 Nanning to Beihai?

Operators on the Train from Nanning to Beihai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 30m 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nanning to Beihai on 25 September 2026: 231 km of route against 170 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €25.08, and 3h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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