Zitong to Zhonggulou runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €33.89 and €42.14, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 47m over 293 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€33.89 to €42.14
- 148%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zitong
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 Zitong to Zhonggulou 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
- about €78.44Wed16
- about €98.79Thu17
- about €80.09Fri18
- about €66.34Sat19
- about €70.19Sun20
- about €52.59Mon21
- about €60.29Tue22
- about €42.14Wed23
- about €60.84Thu24
- about €55.34Fri25
- about €53.14Sat26
- about €51.49Sun27
- about €44.34Mon28
- about €44.34Tue29
- about €33.89Wed30
- about €44.89Thu1
- about €42.14Fri2
- about €43.24Sat3
- about €40.49Sun4
- about €32.79Mon5
- about €32.79Tue6
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 Zhonggulou. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Zhonggulou for the night the train gets in
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When to book Zitong to Zhonggulou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €40.4990 days
- €32.2460 days
- €37.7445 days
- €40.4930 days
- €32.7921 days
- €44.3414 days
- €60.297 days
- €80.093 days
- €78.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €80.09, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zitong to Zhonggulou 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
293 km
255 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
212,819 → 85,873
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
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 293 km against 255 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 Guixi, Yunmen, Liangping, Guang’an. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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
Zhonggulou is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Zhonggulou
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Zitong to Zhonggulou
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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
The fastest journey from Zitong to Zhonggulou takes 2h 47m door to door, of which 2h 16m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 55m, 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
The cheapest fare from Zitong to Zhonggulou is €32.79, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €51.49. 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
The cheapest way from Zitong to Zhonggulou is by train, at €42.14 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
Fares from Zitong to Zhonggulou bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €32.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 148 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zitong to Zhonggulou, at €42.14. 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Zitong to Zhonggulou, at €32.79 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
1 operators sell services from Zitong to Zhonggulou 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
20 percent of the services we sell from Zitong to Zhonggulou are direct. The rest connect at Guixi, Yunmen, Liangping, Guang’an, with about 47 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou use?
Services from Zitong to Zhonggulou by train leave from Tongnan railway station and arrive at Zhonggulou 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Zitong to Zhonggulou 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 Zitong to Zhonggulou on September 15, 2026: 293 km of route against 255 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Zhonggulou is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Zhonggulou and across China
Day trips that leave Zhonggulou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Zitong reaches 25 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 255 km. Zhonggulou reaches 10 places in 1 countries, from 49 to 366 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zitong
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Arriving in Zhonggulou
Leaving Zhonggulou
- 10Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators