Ziyang to Zhaotong train

Trains from Ziyang to Zhaotong start at €42.14 and take 3h 29m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ziyang to Zhaotong starts at €42.14 and takes 3h 29m door to door, run by 1 operator over 374 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 29mDoor to door
  • 2h 45mMoving
  • €50.39 to €126.84From
  • 06:24 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 12.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€50.39 to €126.84 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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Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Ziyang to Zhaotong on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €126.84Sun20
  2. about €82.84Mon21
  3. about €93.29Tue22
  4. about €66.89Wed23
  5. about €96.04Thu24
  6. about €86.69Fri25
  7. about €85.04Sat26
  8. about €65.24Sun27
  9. about €58.64Mon28
  10. about €55.89Tue29
  11. about €50.39Wed30
  12. about €70.19Thu1
  13. about €65.24Fri2
  14. about €65.24Sat3

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€42.14
  1. China Railway CR761607:301h 33m09:03Ziyang railway stationShuifu Railway Station
  2. China Railway CR921710:331h 26m11:59Shuifu Railway StationZhaotong Railway Station

Changes at Shuifu, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 13mCO2 12.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€50.94
  1. China Railway CR463706:242h 45m09:09Ziyang railway stationZhaotong Railway Station

Door to door 3h 29mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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€44.343h 19m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

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

A hotel room

A room in Zhaotong for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ziyang to Zhaotong

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

  1. €49.8490 days
  2. €39.3960 days
  3. €36.6445 days
  4. €34.9930 days
  5. €60.2921 days
  6. €65.2414 days
  7. €85.047 days
  8. €93.293 days
  9. €126.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 263 percent. The most expensive point is €126.84, 1 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. €65.24Sun
  2. €58.64Mon
  3. €55.89Tue
  4. €50.39Wed
  5. €70.19Thu
  6. €65.24Fri
  7. €65.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ziyang

Rail
  • Ziyang railway station
  • Ziyang North Railway Station
  • Miaozigou Railway Station

Zhaotong

Rail
  • Zhaotong Railway Station
  • Zhaotongdong Railway Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 374 km against 325 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Yibin, Shuifu, Zigong, Baixi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Ziyang at 06:24 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.

Questions about Ziyang to Zhaotong

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 Ziyang to Zhaotong take?

The Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong takes 3h 29m door to door, of which 2h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 374 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 Ziyang to Zhaotong cost?

The Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong starts at €42.14 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €42.69. 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 Ziyang to Zhaotong?

1 operators run the Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong: 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 Ziyang to Zhaotong use?

The Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong leaves from Ziyang railway station and arrives at Zhaotong 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.

When should I book the Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong?

Fares for the Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €34.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 263 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong produce?

The Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 374 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 Ziyang to Zhaotong?

Operators on the Train from Ziyang to Zhaotong publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 29m 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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ziyang to Zhaotong on September 19, 2026: 374 km of route against 325 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €42.14, and 3h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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