Shenzhen to Nanchang train

Trains from Shenzhen to Nanchang start at €97.14 and take 5h 44m at their fastest.

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Panoramic view of Nanchang's skyline across the harbor with modern skyscrapers and river.

The Trains from Shenzhen to Nanchang starts at €97.14 and takes 5h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 706 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 44mDoor to door
  • 5hMoving
  • €97.14 to €155.99From
  • 06:26 to 14:13First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 23.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€97.14 to €155.99 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 €155.99Mon14
  2. about €132.89Tue15
  3. about €144.99Wed16
  4. about €135.09Thu17
  5. about €130.69Fri18
  6. about €126.84Sat19
  7. about €119.14Sun20
  8. about €97.69Mon21
  9. about €101.54Tue22
  10. about €97.14Wed23
  11. about €103.74Thu24
  12. about €120.79Fri25
  13. about €105.94Sat26
  14. about €123.54Sun27

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 29 September 2026

Cheapest€65.79
  1. Guangshen Railway Company GR364607:301h 1m08:31Shenzhen North stationGuangzhou railway station
  2. China Southern Airlines CS781909:361h 21m10:57Guangzhou CANNanchang KHN

Changes at Guangzhou, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 24mCO2 174.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€89.99
  1. China Railway CR924207:302h 39m10:09Shenzhen North stationGanzhou Railway Station
  2. China Railway CR612011:002h 28m13:28Ganzhou Railway StationNanchang railway station

Changes at Ganzhou, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 42mCO2 23.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

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€82.295h 31m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

The train gets you into Nanchang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Nanchang for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Shenzhen to Nanchang

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

  1. €94.3990 days
  2. €82.2960 days
  3. €67.4445 days
  4. €59.1430 days
  5. €84.4921 days
  6. €107.5214 days
  7. €110.477 days
  8. €139.383 days
  9. €131.121 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 136 percent. The dearest point is €139.38, 3 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.
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. €107.52Sun
  2. €92.77Mon
  3. €78.02Tue
  4. €90.41Wed
  5. €103.74Thu
  6. €96.90Fri
  7. €96.90Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Shenzhen

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

Nanchang

Rail
  • Nanchang railway station
  • Nanchangbei Railway Station
  • Nanchang East railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 706 km against 706 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 Ganzhou, Huizhou, Guangzhou, Puning. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Shenzhen at 06:26 and the last at 14:13, 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 38m1h 28m3h 10m€78.02178.8 kg1
Train5h 44m5h44m€97.1423.3 kg6

Questions about Shenzhen to Nanchang

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 Shenzhen to Nanchang take?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang takes 5h 44m door to door, of which 5h is spent moving. The route runs 706 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang cost?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang starts at €97.14 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €92.47. 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang?

1 operators run the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang: 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang use?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang leaves from Shenzhen North station and arrives at Nanchang 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang?

Travelling from Shenzhen to Nanchang by Flight costs €78.02 and takes 4h 38m door to door, against 5h 44m 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang?

Fares for the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.14. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang produces about 23.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 706 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang?

Operators on the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 44m 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang on 13 September 2026: 706 km of route against 706 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €97.14, and 5h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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