Nantong to Nanjing train

Trains from Nantong to Nanjing start at €26.19 and take 2h 30m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Nantong to Nanjing starts at €26.19 and takes 2h 30m door to door, run by 1 operator over 227 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 30mDoor to door
  • 1h 46mMoving
  • €31.69 to €74.59From
  • 06:24 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 7.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€31.69 to €74.59 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.

China Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Nantong 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 €74.59Sat19
  2. about €67.44Sun20
  3. about €51.49Mon21
  4. about €47.09Tue22
  5. about €41.04Wed23
  6. about €59.19Thu24
  7. about €53.69Fri25
  8. about €41.59Sat26
  9. about €40.49Sun27
  10. about €35.54Mon28
  11. about €34.44Tue29
  12. about €31.69Wed30
  13. about €43.24Thu1
  14. about €39.94Fri2

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€26.19
  1. China Railway CR736407:3046m08:16Nantong Railway StationTaixing station
  2. China Railway CR867809:181h 1m10:19Taixing stationNanjing railway station

Changes at Taixing, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 33mCO2 7.6 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€31.69
  1. China Railway CR617106:241h 46m08:10Nantong Railway StationNanjing railway station

Door to door 2h 30mCO2 7.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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€27.842h 20m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

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 Nantong to Nanjing

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

  1. €37.7490 days
  2. €23.4460 days
  3. €20.6945 days
  4. €25.0930 days
  5. €30.5821 days
  6. €39.9414 days
  7. €53.697 days
  8. €51.493 days
  9. €74.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 261 percent. The most expensive point is €74.59, 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.
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. €40.49Sun
  2. €35.54Mon
  3. €34.44Tue
  4. €31.69Wed
  5. €43.24Thu
  6. €39.94Fri
  7. €41.59Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Nantong

Rail
  • Nantong Railway Station
  • Nantongdong Railway Station
  • Nantong West Railway Station

Nanjing

Rail
  • Nanjing railway station
  • Nanjingbei Railway Station
  • Nanjingdong Railway Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 227 km against 198 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 Zhenjiang, Taixing, Changzhou, Jiangyin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Nantong at 06:24 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.

Questions about Nantong 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 the Train from Nantong to Nanjing take?

The Train from Nantong to Nanjing takes 2h 30m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 227 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 Nantong to Nanjing cost?

The Train from Nantong to Nanjing starts at €26.19 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €28.38. 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 Nantong to Nanjing?

1 operators run the Train from Nantong to Nanjing: China Railway. Between them they file around 5 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 Nantong to Nanjing use?

The Train from Nantong to Nanjing leaves from Nantong Railway Station and arrives at Nanjing 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.

When should I book the Train from Nantong to Nanjing?

Fares for the Train from Nantong to Nanjing bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.69. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 261 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Nantong to Nanjing produce?

The Train from Nantong to Nanjing produces about 7.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 227 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Nantong to Nanjing?

Operators on the Train from Nantong to Nanjing publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 30m 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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nantong to Nanjing on September 18, 2026: 227 km of route against 198 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €26.19, and 2h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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