Putian to Hong Kong train

Trains from Putian to Hong Kong start at €50.39 and take 5h 19m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Putian to Hong Kong starts at €50.39 and takes 5h 19m door to door, run by 4 operators over 636 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 19mDoor to door
  • 1h 52mMoving
  • €60.84 to €177.44From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 98.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€60.84 to €177.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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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 €177.44Thu24
  2. about €155.44Fri25
  3. about €135.09Sat26
  4. about €102.09Sun27
  5. about €93.29Mon28
  6. about €77.89Tue29
  7. about €78.99Wed30
  8. about €92.74Thu1
  9. about €71.29Fri2
  10. about €73.49Sat3
  11. about €65.24Sun4
  12. about €63.03Mon5
  13. about €60.84Tue6
  14. about €81.19Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€50.39
  1. China Railway CR866307:301h 22m08:52Putian railway stationXiamen railway station
  2. Cathay Pacific CP866310:211h 2m11:23Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport XMNHong Kong International Airport HKG

Changes at Xiamen, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 50mCO2 106.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€61.93
  1. China Railway CR167107:3042m08:12Putian railway stationQuanzhou railway station
  2. Xiamen Airlines XA346009:421h 10m10:52Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport JJNHong Kong International Airport HKG

Changes at Quanzhou, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 19mCO2 118.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€65.79
  1. China Railway CR620907:303h10:30Putian railway stationJieyang Railway Station
  2. China Southern Airlines CS362912:0647m12:53Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport SWAHong Kong International Airport HKG

Changes at Jieyang, with 96 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 20mCO2 70.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

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.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
China Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
China Southern Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Xiamen Airlines740 km/hFixed fareNot published
Cathay Pacific740 km/hFixed fareNot published

The train gets you into Hong Kong. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Hong Kong for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Hong Kong West Kowloon 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 Putian to Hong Kong

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

  1. €56.4490 days
  2. €59.7360 days
  3. €61.3945 days
  4. €52.5930 days
  5. €59.7421 days
  6. €81.1914 days
  7. €78.997 days
  8. €135.093 days
  9. €177.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 237 percent. The most expensive point is €177.44, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €65.24Sun
  2. €63.03Mon
  3. €60.84Tue
  4. €78.99Wed
  5. €92.74Thu
  6. €71.29Fri
  7. €73.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Putian

Rail
  • Putian railway station
  • Putiandong Railway Station
  • Hanjiang railway station

Hong Kong

Rail
  • Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station
  • May Road
  • The Peak
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 636 km against 604 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Quanzhou, Xiamen, Jieyang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 90 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Putian at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Putian to Hong Kong

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 Putian to Hong Kong take?

The Train from Putian to Hong Kong takes 5h 19m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 636 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 Putian to Hong Kong cost?

The Train from Putian to Hong Kong starts at €50.39 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €61.93. 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 Putian to Hong Kong?

4 operators run the Train from Putian to Hong Kong: China Railway, China Southern Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Cathay Pacific. Between them they file around 3 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 Putian to Hong Kong use?

The Train from Putian to Hong Kong leaves from Putian railway station and arrives at Hong Kong International Airport HKG. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Putian to Hong Kong?

Fares for the Train from Putian to Hong Kong bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 237 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Putian to Hong Kong produce?

The Train from Putian to Hong Kong produces about 98.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 636 km, which works out at roughly 154 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 Putian to Hong Kong?

Operators on the Train from Putian to Hong Kong publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 19m 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Putian to Hong Kong on September 23, 2026: 636 km of route against 604 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €50.39, and 5h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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