Fastest€32.24
- China Railway CR299906:262h 7m08:33Yan'an Railway StationXi'an railway station
Door to door 2h 51mCO2 8.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Yan’an to Xi'an train
Trains from Yan’an to Xi'an start at €37.74 and take 2h 51m at their fastest.
The Trains from Yan’an to Xi'an starts at €37.74 and takes 2h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 265 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 51mDoor to door
- 2h 7mMoving
- €37.74From
- 8.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 | €32.24 | 2h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Yan’an to Xi'an
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.9090 days
- €32.5960 days
- €29.4945 days
- €29.4930 days
- €32.7921 days
- €44.3914 days
- €45.577 days
- €52.063 days
- €56.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €29.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 91 percent. The most expensive point is €56.19, 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.
- €44.39Sun
- €44.34Mon
- €42.14Tue
- €37.74Wed
- €43.80Thu
- €40.26Fri
- €52.65Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Yan’an
Rail
- Yan'an Railway Station
Xi’an
Rail
- Xi'an railway station
- Baqiao Railway Station
- Chanba 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 265 km against 265 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 Tongchuanshi, Yanliang, Tongchuan, Yintai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Yan’an at 06:26 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 51m | 2h 7m | 44m | €37.74 | 8.7 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 57m | 47m | 3h 10m | €40.26 | 67.2 kg | 1 |
Questions about Yan’an to Xi'an
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 Yan’an to Xi'an take?
The Train from Yan’an to Xi'an takes 2h 51m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 265 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 Yan’an to Xi'an cost?
The Train from Yan’an to Xi'an starts at €37.74 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €40.49. 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 Yan’an to Xi'an?
1 operators run the Train from Yan’an to Xi'an: 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 Yan’an to Xi'an use?
The Train from Yan’an to Xi'an leaves from Yan'an Railway Station and arrives at Xi'an 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 Yan’an to Xi'an?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Yan’an to Xi'an, at €37.74 and 2h 51m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Yan’an to Xi'an?
Fares for the Train from Yan’an to Xi'an bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €29.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 91 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Yan’an to Xi'an produce?
The Train from Yan’an to Xi'an produces about 8.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 265 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 Yan’an to Xi'an?
Operators on the Train from Yan’an to Xi'an publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 51m 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 Yan’an to Xi'an on September 13, 2026: 265 km of route against 265 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.74, and 2h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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