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Taiyuan to Nanjing

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Taiyuan to Nanjing. From €70.35, fastest 4h 41m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Taiyuan to Nanjing runs about 25 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 19:41. One passenger pays between €70.35 and €89.23, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 41m over 884 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€70.35 to €89.23

  • 137%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Taiyuan

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:00First departure
  • 19:41Last departure
  • 25Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €162.39Wed16
  2. about €175.37Thu17
  3. about €166.52Fri18
  4. about €139.38Sat19
  5. about €127.58Sun20
  6. about €112.83Mon21
  7. about €109.88Tue22
  8. about €98.67Wed23
  9. about €121.68Thu24
  10. about €110.47Fri25
  11. about €113.42Sat26
  12. about €103.98Sun27
  13. about €93.95Mon28
  14. about €89.23Tue29
  15. about €80.97Wed30
  16. about €94.54Thu1
  17. about €85.10Fri2
  18. about €87.46Sat3
  19. about €81.56Sun4
  20. about €72.12Mon5
  21. about €70.35Tue6

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 flight gets you into Nanjing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Nanjing for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Nanjing railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Taiyuan to Nanjing

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

  1. €75.0790 days
  2. €73.8960 days
  3. €74.4845 days
  4. €80.3830 days
  5. €70.3521 days
  6. €89.2314 days
  7. €109.887 days
  8. €166.523 days
  9. €162.391 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €70.35.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €166.52, 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.
€166.52€70.351371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Taiyuan to Nanjing and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

884 km

859 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

5,305,0619,314,685

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

TaiyuanTaiyuanNanjingNanjing
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 884 km against 859 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Nanjing railway station

Most of the points near Nanjing railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Taiyuan to Nanjing

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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

The fastest journey from Taiyuan to Nanjing takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 47m, 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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

The cheapest fare from Taiyuan to Nanjing is €70.35, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €122.86. 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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

The cheapest way from Taiyuan to Nanjing is by flight, at €89.23 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 42m 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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

Fares from Taiyuan to Nanjing bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €70.35. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 137 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Taiyuan to Nanjing?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Taiyuan to Nanjing, at €89.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Taiyuan to Nanjing?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Taiyuan to Nanjing, at €64.45 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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

5 operators sell services from Taiyuan to Nanjing across 1 mode: China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Juneyao Airlines, Longjiang Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines. 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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

Every service we sell from Taiyuan to Nanjing is direct, with around 25 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 41m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Taiyuan to Nanjing use?

Services from Taiyuan to Nanjing by flight leave from Taiyuan TYN and arrive at Nanjing NKG. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Taiyuan to Nanjing?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Taiyuan to Nanjing 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Taiyuan to Nanjing on September 15, 2026: 884 km of route against 859 km in a straight line, 25 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €70.35, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Nanjing a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Nanjing and across China

Day trips that leave Nanjing in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Taiyuan reaches 47 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 194 to 2,201 km. Nanjing reaches 121 places in 14 countries, from 44 to 11,363 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Taiyuan

  • 47Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 25Operators

Arriving in Nanjing

Leaving Nanjing

  • 121Places you can leave for
  • 14Countries
  • 41Operators

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