Lowest CO2€158.74
- China Railway CR278906:238h 23m14:46Shenzhen North stationNingbo railway station
Door to door 9h 7mCO2 36.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Shenzhen to Ningbo train
Trains from Shenzhen to Ningbo start at €139.49 and take 8h 31m at their fastest.
The Trains from Shenzhen to Ningbo starts at €139.49 and takes 8h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,105 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 8h 31mDoor to door
- 7h 47mMoving
- €139.49From
- 36.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €113.09 | 8h 9m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Ningbo for the night the train gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Shenzhen to Ningbo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €121.6890 days
- €82.7460 days
- €78.0245 days
- €82.1530 days
- €114.0121 days
- €154.7214 days
- €175.967 days
- €168.293 days
- €242.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €78.02.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 210 percent. The most expensive point is €242.04, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €144.69Sun
- €114.60Mon
- €111.06Tue
- €122.27Wed
- €157.67Thu
- €139.38Fri
- €154.72Sat
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
Ningbo
Rail
- Ningbo railway station
- Ningbobei Railway Station
- Ningbo East railway station
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
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,105 km against 1,105 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Puyang, Wenzhou, Huizhou, Jieyang. 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 Shenzhen at 06:23 and the last at 18:07, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 2m | 1h 52m | 3h 10m | €111.06 | 279.9 kg | 9 |
| Train | 8h 31m | 7h 47m | 44m | €139.49 | 36.5 kg | 8 |
Questions about Shenzhen to Ningbo
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 Ningbo take?
The Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo takes 8h 31m door to door, of which 7h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 1,105 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 Ningbo cost?
The Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo starts at €139.49 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €155.72. 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 Ningbo?
1 operators run the Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo: China Railway. Between them they file around 8 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 Ningbo use?
The Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo leaves from Shenzhen North station and arrives at Ningbo 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 Ningbo?
Traveling from Shenzhen to Ningbo by Flight costs €111.06 and takes 5h 2m door to door, against 8h 31m 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 Ningbo?
Fares for the Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €78.02. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 210 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo produce?
The Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo produces about 36.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1105 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 Ningbo?
Operators on the Train from Shenzhen to Ningbo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 31m 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 Ningbo on September 12, 2026: 1105 km of route against 1105 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €139.49, and 8h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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