Trains from Zhaotong to Meishan start at €39.38 and take 3h 16m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Zhaotong to Meishan starts at €39.38 and takes 3h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 349 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€47.09 to €100.44 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.
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What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
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.
Changes at Leshan, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 12mCO2 11.5 kgChanges 1Refundable
Door to door 3h 16mCO2 11.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €41.59 | 3h 9m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Meishan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
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.
The Train from Zhaotong to Meishan takes 3h 16m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 349 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.
The Train from Zhaotong to Meishan starts at €39.38 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €46.54. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
1 operators run the Train from Zhaotong to Meishan: 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.
The Train from Zhaotong to Meishan leaves from Zhaotong Railway Station and arrives at Meishan 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.
Fares for the Train from Zhaotong to Meishan bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 223 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
The Train from Zhaotong to Meishan produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 349 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.
Operators on the Train from Zhaotong to Meishan publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Meishan is somebody else's catalog.
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