Shenzhen to Nanchang train

Trains from Shenzhen to Nanchang start at €95.49 and take 5h 44m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Shenzhen to Nanchang starts at €95.49 and takes 5h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 706 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 44mDoor to door
  • 5hMoving
  • €95.49From
  • 23.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€65.79
  1. Guangshen Railway Company GR364607:301h 1m08:31Shenzhen North stationGuangzhou railway station
  2. China Southern Airlines CS781909:361h 21m10:57Guangzhou CANNanchang KHN

Changes at Guangzhou, with 65 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 24mCO2 174.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€89.99
  1. China Railway CR924207:302h 39m10:09Shenzhen North stationGanzhou Railway Station
  2. China Railway CR612011:002h 28m13:28Ganzhou Railway StationNanchang railway station

Changes at Ganzhou, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 42mCO2 23.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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€82.295h 31m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

The train gets you into Nanchang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Nanchang railway station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Shenzhen to Nanchang

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

  1. €94.3990 days
  2. €82.2960 days
  3. €67.4445 days
  4. €59.1430 days
  5. €84.4921 days
  6. €91.0014 days
  7. €90.417 days
  8. €114.603 days
  9. €114.011 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 94 percent. The most expensive point is €114.60, 3 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. €90.41Sun
  2. €92.77Mon
  3. €78.02Tue
  4. €90.41Wed
  5. €103.74Thu
  6. €96.90Fri
  7. €96.90Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Shenzhen

Rail
  • Shenzhen North station
  • Shenzhen Railway Station
  • Shenzhen East railway station

Nanchang

Rail
  • Nanchang railway station
  • Nanchangbei Railway Station
  • Nanchang East railway station
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.

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 706 km against 706 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ganzhou, Huizhou, Guangzhou, Puning. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Shenzhen at 06:26 and the last at 14:13, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 38m1h 28m3h 10m€78.02178.8 kg1
Train5h 44m5h44m€95.4923.3 kg6

Questions about Shenzhen to Nanchang

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 Shenzhen to Nanchang take?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang takes 5h 44m door to door, of which 5h is spent moving. The route runs 706 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang cost?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang starts at €95.49 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €92.47. 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang?

1 operators run the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang: China Railway. Between them they file around 6 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang use?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang leaves from Shenzhen North station and arrives at Nanchang 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.

Is the Train the best way from Shenzhen to Nanchang?

Traveling from Shenzhen to Nanchang by Flight costs €78.02 and takes 4h 38m door to door, against 5h 44m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang?

Fares for the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €59.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 94 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang produce?

The Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang produces about 23.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 706 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 Shenzhen to Nanchang?

Operators on the Train from Shenzhen to Nanchang publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 44m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Shenzhen to Nanchang on September 13, 2026: 706 km of route against 706 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €95.49, and 5h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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