Shenzhen to Xiamen train

Trains from Shenzhen to Xiamen start at €58.09 and take 3h 53m at their fastest.

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A breathtaking view of Xiamen's skyline with skyscrapers and urban structures at dusk.

The Trains from Shenzhen to Xiamen starts at €58.09 and takes 3h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 462 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 53mDoor to door
  • 3h 9mMoving
  • €58.09 to €142.79From
  • 06:21 to 14:08First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 15.2 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.

€58.09 to €142.79 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 €118.59Wed16
  2. about €142.79Thu17
  3. about €91.64Fri18
  4. about €115.84Sat19
  5. about €124.09Sun20
  6. about €93.84Mon21
  7. about €76.24Tue22
  8. about €75.14Wed23
  9. about €100.44Thu24
  10. about €79.54Fri25
  11. about €81.74Sat26
  12. about €78.44Sun27
  13. about €61.94Mon28
  14. about €58.09Tue29

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

Fastest€55.89
  1. China Railway CR150106:213h 9m09:30Shenzhen North stationXiamen railway station

Door to door 3h 53mCO2 15.2 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€47.643h 53m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Xiamen for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Shenzhen to Xiamen

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

  1. €44.3990 days
  2. €43.8060 days
  3. €44.3945 days
  4. €49.1130 days
  5. €43.2121 days
  6. €48.5214 days
  7. €58.557 days
  8. €83.333 days
  9. €81.561 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €43.21.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 93 percent. The dearest point is €83.33, 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. €62.09Sun
  2. €53.83Mon
  3. €48.52Tue
  4. €55.60Wed
  5. €80.97Thu
  6. €64.45Fri
  7. €81.56Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Shenzhen

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

Xiamen

Rail
  • Xiamen railway station
  • Xiamen Gaoqi Railway Station
  • Xiamen North 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 462 km against 462 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 Puning, Jieyang, Shantou, Chaozhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Shenzhen 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
Train3h 53m3h 9m44m€58.0915.2 kg6
Flight4h 13m1h 3m3h 10m€48.52117.1 kg3

Questions about Shenzhen to Xiamen

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 Xiamen take?

The Train from Shenzhen to Xiamen takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 3h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 462 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 Xiamen cost?

The Train from Shenzhen to Xiamen starts at €58.09 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €62.77. 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 Xiamen?

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

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

Travelling from Shenzhen to Xiamen by Flight costs €48.52 and takes 4h 13m door to door, against 3h 53m 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 Xiamen?

Fares for the Train from Shenzhen to Xiamen bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €43.21. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 93 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Shenzhen to Xiamen produces about 15.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 462 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 Xiamen?

Operators on the Train from Shenzhen to Xiamen publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 53m 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 Xiamen on 15 September 2026: 462 km of route against 462 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €58.09, and 3h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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