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Xiannü to Nanjing

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Xiannü to Nanjing. From €12.99, fastest 1h 29m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Xiannü to Nanjing runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €12.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 29m over 97 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.99, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€12.99

  • 171%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Xiannü

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.

  • 06:21First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

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Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Xiannü to Nanjing on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €32.24Fri18
  2. about €28.94Sat19
  3. about €30.04Sun20
  4. about €21.24Mon21
  5. about €21.24Tue22
  6. about €20.69Wed23
  7. about €26.19Thu24
  8. about €19.59Fri25
  9. about €21.77Sat26
  10. about €18.49Sun27
  11. about €16.84Mon28
  12. about €15.74Tue29
  13. about €14.64Wed30
  14. about €20.69Thu1
  15. about €16.84Fri2
  16. about €15.74Sat3
  17. about €15.19Sun4
  18. about €12.99Mon5
  19. about €14.64Tue6
  20. about €13.54Wed7
  21. about €16.84Thu8

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 train 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 train 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 Xiannü to Nanjing

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

  1. €14.6490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €12.9945 days
  4. €14.6430 days
  5. €16.8421 days
  6. €20.6914 days
  7. €26.197 days
  8. €30.043 days
  9. €32.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €32.24, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€32.24€11.88137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Xiannü 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

97 km

84 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

83,9369,314,685

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

XiannüXiannüNanjingNanjing
The journey

What the journey 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 97 km against 84 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 Zhenzhou, Taixing, Jiangyan, Jiangyin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.

Who runs this route

The train 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 Xiannü 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 Xiannü to Nanjing?

The fastest journey from Xiannü to Nanjing takes 1h 29m door to door, of which 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 32m, 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 Xiannü to Nanjing?

The cheapest fare from Xiannü to Nanjing is €12.99, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €18.49. 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 Xiannü to Nanjing?

The cheapest way from Xiannü to Nanjing is by train, at €12.99 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 1h 31m 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 Xiannü to Nanjing?

Fares from Xiannü to Nanjing bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Xiannü to Nanjing, at €14.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Xiannü to Nanjing?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Xiannü to Nanjing, at €12.44 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 Xiannü to Nanjing?

No operator record names Xiannü to Nanjing directly. China Railway publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Xiannü to Nanjing?

20 percent of the services we sell from Xiannü to Nanjing are direct. The rest connect at Zhenzhou, Taixing, Jiangyan, Jiangyin, with about 54 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 Xiannü to Nanjing use?

Services from Xiannü to Nanjing by train leave from Xiannü station and arrive at Nanjing 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 Xiannü to Nanjing?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Xiannü 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.

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.

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 Xiannü to Nanjing on September 17, 2026: 97 km of route against 84 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 1h 29m 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

Xiannü reaches 12 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 209 km. Nanjing reaches 121 places in 14 countries, from 44 to 11,363 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Xiannü

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  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Nanjing

Leaving Nanjing

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  • 14Countries
  • 41Operators

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