Shantou to Hong Kong train

Trains from Shantou to Hong Kong start at €53.14 and take 6h at their fastest.

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Serene view of Hong Kong's skyline and Victoria Harbour at sunset.

The Trains from Shantou to Hong Kong starts at €53.14 and takes 6h door to door, run by 2 operators over 672 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6hDoor to door
  • 2h 27mMoving
  • €70.19 to €191.74From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 107.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 13 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€70.19 to €191.74 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 €191.74Thu24
  2. about €174.69Fri25
  3. about €175.24Sat26
  4. about €142.24Sun27
  5. about €97.69Mon28
  6. about €92.19Tue29
  7. about €89.99Wed30
  8. about €108.14Thu1
  9. about €80.09Fri2
  10. about €89.99Sat3
  11. about €75.69Sun4
  12. about €71.84Mon5
  13. about €70.19Tue6
  14. about €86.14Wed7

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 October 2026

Cheapest€53.14
  1. China Railway CR575707:301h 25m08:55Shantou Railway StationXiamen railway station
  2. Cathay Pacific CP866310:311h 2m11:33Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport XMNHong Kong International Airport HKG

Changes at Xiamen, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6hCO2 107.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

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.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
China Railway140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
Cathay Pacific740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • China Railway
  • Cathay Pacific

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A hotel room

A room in Hong Kong for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Shantou to Hong Kong

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

  1. €66.8990 days
  2. €64.1460 days
  3. €64.1445 days
  4. €64.1430 days
  5. €63.5921 days
  6. €86.1414 days
  7. €89.997 days
  8. €175.243 days
  9. €191.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €63.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 202 percent. The dearest point is €191.74, 1 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. €75.69Sun
  2. €71.84Mon
  3. €70.19Tue
  4. €86.14Wed
  5. €108.14Thu
  6. €80.09Fri
  7. €89.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Shantou

Rail
  • Shantou Railway Station
  • Shantou University Station
  • Shantoubei Railway Station

Hong Kong

Rail
  • Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station
  • May Road
  • The Peak
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 672 km against 283 km in a straight line, a detour of 137 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Xiamen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 96 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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 Shantou at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Shantou to Hong Kong

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 Shantou to Hong Kong take?

The Train from Shantou to Hong Kong takes 6h door to door, of which 2h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 672 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 Shantou to Hong Kong cost?

The Train from Shantou to Hong Kong starts at €53.14 for one passenger, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare is €53.14. 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 Shantou to Hong Kong?

2 operators run the Train from Shantou to Hong Kong: China Railway, Cathay Pacific. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Shantou to Hong Kong use?

The Train from Shantou to Hong Kong leaves from Shantou Railway Station and arrives at Hong Kong International Airport HKG. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Shantou to Hong Kong?

Fares for the Train from Shantou to Hong Kong bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €63.59. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 202 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Shantou to Hong Kong produce?

The Train from Shantou to Hong Kong produces about 107.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 672 km, which works out at roughly 159 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 Shantou to Hong Kong?

Operators on the Train from Shantou to Hong Kong publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 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 Shantou to Hong Kong on 23 September 2026: 672 km of route against 283 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €53.14, and 6h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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