Lowest CO2€61.94
- China Railway CR270206:213h 52m10:13Xi'an railway stationChongqing railway station
Door to door 4h 36mCO2 18.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Xi'an to Chongqing train
Trains from Xi'an to Chongqing start at €63.59 and take 4h 36m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Xi'an to Chongqing on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Xi'an to Chongqing starts at €63.59 and takes 4h 36m door to door, run by 1 operator over 568 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 36mDoor to door
- 3h 52mMoving
- €63.59 to €139.49From
- 06:21 to 19:07First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 18.7 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.
€63.59 to €139.49 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
- about €119.69Tue15
- about €122.44Wed16
- about €139.49Thu17
- about €118.04Fri18
- about €115.29Sat19
- about €109.79Sun20
- about €79.54Mon21
- about €77.89Tue22
- about €77.34Wed23
- about €97.69Thu24
- about €92.74Fri25
- about €114.19Sat26
- about €83.94Sun27
- about €63.59Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €56.99 | 4h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Chongqing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Xi'an to Chongqing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €59.1490 days
- €49.7060 days
- €58.5545 days
- €48.5230 days
- €50.8821 days
- €55.0114 days
- €65.047 days
- €99.853 days
- €91.001 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.52.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 106 percent. The dearest point is €99.85, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €71.53Sun
- €55.01Mon
- €62.09Tue
- €66.81Wed
- €80.38Thu
- €79.20Fri
- €79.20Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Xi’an
Rail
- Xi'an railway station
- Baqiao Railway Station
- Chanba Railway Station
Chongqing
Rail
- Chongqing railway station
- Chongqingdong Railway Station
- Chongqing West railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 568 km against 568 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 Guixi, Dazhou, Guang’an. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 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 Xi'an at 06:21 and the last at 19:07, across 8 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 19m | 1h 9m | 3h 10m | €55.01 | 143.9 kg | 16 |
| Train | 4h 36m | 3h 52m | 44m | €63.59 | 18.7 kg | 8 |
Questions about Xi'an to Chongqing
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 Xi'an to Chongqing take?
The Train from Xi'an to Chongqing takes 4h 36m door to door, of which 3h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 568 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 Xi'an to Chongqing cost?
The Train from Xi'an to Chongqing starts at €63.59 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €70.74. 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 Xi'an to Chongqing?
1 operators run the Train from Xi'an to Chongqing: China Railway. Between them they file around 8 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 Xi'an to Chongqing use?
The Train from Xi'an to Chongqing leaves from Xi'an railway station and arrives at Chongqing 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 Xi'an to Chongqing?
Travelling from Xi'an to Chongqing by Flight costs €55.01 and takes 4h 19m door to door, against 4h 36m 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 Xi'an to Chongqing?
Fares for the Train from Xi'an to Chongqing bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €48.52. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 106 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Xi'an to Chongqing produce?
The Train from Xi'an to Chongqing produces about 18.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 568 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 Xi'an to Chongqing?
Operators on the Train from Xi'an to Chongqing publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 36m 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 Xi'an to Chongqing on 14 September 2026: 568 km of route against 568 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €63.59, and 4h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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