Kangding to Damxung

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Kangding to Damxung. From €131.79, fastest 8h 48m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Kangding to Damxung costs €131.79 at the cheapest and takes 8h 48m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,200 km. Cheapest is by train, fastest is by train.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,200 km
Fastest
8h 48m
Average
9h 20m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€131.79
CO2 per passenger
39.6 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.

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
Train8h 56m8h 12m44m€169.1939.6 kg5
  • 8h 56mFastest, by Train
  • €169.19Cheapest, by Train
  • 39.6 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 1,200 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€131.79
  1. China Railway CR218106:108h 12m14:22Kangding stationDamxung Railway Station

Door to door 8h 56mCO2 39.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Checking the live timetables.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Kangding to Damxung
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Kangding to DamxungSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Train€338.59€282.49€185.14€224.19€329.79€262.14€220.89€225.29€171.94€192.29€169.19€243.44€219.24€192.29

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €131.79

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

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Damxung Railway Station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Kangding to Damxung

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

  1. €202.7490 days
  2. €116.3960 days
  3. €103.7445 days
  4. €108.1430 days
  5. €170.2921 days
  6. €192.2914 days
  7. €220.897 days
  8. €185.143 days
  9. €338.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €103.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 226 percent. The most expensive point is €338.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€338.59€103.741371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €225.29Sun
  2. €171.94Mon
  3. €185.14Tue
  4. €169.19Wed
  5. €243.44Thu
  6. €219.24Fri
  7. €192.29Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €185.14Sep
  2. €157.09Oct
  3. €137.84Nov
  4. €132.34Dec
  5. €126.84Jan
  6. €133.44Feb

The route

KangdingKangdingDamxungDamxung
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,200 km against 1,043 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nyingchi, Lhoka, Lhünzhub, Maizhokunggar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Kangding at 06:10 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kangding

Bus
  • Kangding Bus Terminal
  • 康定新城客运中心
Air
  • KGT

Damxung

Rail
  • Damxung Railway Station
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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€131.798h 48m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest train fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€118.0090%
Taxes€11.809%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€131.79100%

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Damxung

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Kangding to Damxung

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Kangding to Damxung?

The fastest journey from Kangding to Damxung takes 8h 48m door to door, of which 8h 12m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 9h 20m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Kangding to Damxung?

The cheapest fare from Kangding to Damxung is €131.79, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €192.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Kangding to Damxung?

The cheapest way from Kangding to Damxung is by train, at €169.19 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 8h 56m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Kangding to Damxung?

Fares from Kangding to Damxung bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €103.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 226 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kangding to Damxung?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kangding to Damxung, at €169.19. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kangding to Damxung?

January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kangding to Damxung, at €126.84 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Kangding to Damxung?

1 operators sell services from Kangding to Damxung across 1 mode: China Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Kangding to Damxung?

20 percent of the services we sell from Kangding to Damxung are direct. The rest connect at Nyingchi, Lhoka, Lhünzhub, Maizhokunggar, with about 80 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Kangding to Damxung use?

Services from Kangding to Damxung by train leave from Kangding station and arrive at Damxung Railway Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Kangding to Damxung?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Kangding to Damxung allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kangding to Damxung on September 12, 2026: 1200 km of route against 1043 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €131.79, and 8h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Damxung and elsewhere in China. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Damxung before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Damxung, with free cancellation on most of it.

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