Lowest CO2€77.89
- China Railway CR717006:334h 34m11:07Yantai Railway StationNanjing railway station
Door to door 5h 18mCO2 21.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Yantai to Nanjing train
Trains from Yantai to Nanjing start at €89.44 and take 5h 18m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Yantai to Nanjing on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Yantai to Nanjing starts at €89.44 and takes 5h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 649 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 18mDoor to door
- 4h 34mMoving
- €89.44 to €191.74From
- 06:33 to 14:46First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 21.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 4, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€89.44 to €191.74 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €143.89Tue15
- about €149.39Wed16
- about €191.74Thu17
- about €148.29Fri18
- about €151.59Sat19
- about €118.59Sun20
- about €120.24Mon21
- about €100.44Tue22
- about €89.44Wed23
- about €119.14Thu24
- about €110.89Fri25
- about €108.69Sat26
- about €130.69Sun27
- about €102.09Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 4, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €75.69 | 5h 11m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Nanjing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Yantai to Nanjing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.2590 days
- €66.3460 days
- €78.6145 days
- €65.2430 days
- €75.0721 days
- €76.2514 days
- €116.967 days
- €151.773 days
- €133.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €65.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €151.77, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €110.47Sun
- €76.25Mon
- €89.82Tue
- €89.44Wed
- €103.98Thu
- €101.03Fri
- €108.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Yantai
Rail
- Yantai Railway Station
- Yantaibei Railway Station
- Yantainan Railway Station
Nanjing
Rail
- Nanjing railway station
- Nanjingbei Railway Station
- Nanjingdong Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 649 km against 649 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 Huai'an, Qingdao, Yangzhou, Weifang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 Yantai at 06:33 and the last at 14:46, across 6 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 31m | 1h 21m | 3h 10m | €76.25 | 164.6 kg | 1 |
| Train | 5h 18m | 4h 34m | 44m | €89.44 | 21.4 kg | 6 |
Questions about Yantai 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 Yantai to Nanjing take?
The Train from Yantai to Nanjing takes 5h 18m door to door, of which 4h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 649 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 Yantai to Nanjing cost?
The Train from Yantai to Nanjing starts at €89.44 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €100.44. 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
1 operators run the Train from Yantai to Nanjing: 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 Yantai to Nanjing use?
The Train from Yantai to Nanjing leaves from Yantai 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.
Is the Train the best way from Yantai to Nanjing?
Traveling from Yantai to Nanjing by Flight costs €76.25 and takes 4h 31m door to door, against 5h 18m 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
Fares for the Train from Yantai to Nanjing bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €65.24. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Yantai to Nanjing produce?
The Train from Yantai to Nanjing produces about 21.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 649 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
Operators on the Train from Yantai to Nanjing publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 18m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Yantai to Nanjing on September 14, 2026: 649 km of route against 649 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €89.44, and 5h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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