Travel to Shantou

Every way to reach Shantou: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Shantou is reachable from 13 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin is 52 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Shantou

Every mode that actually calls at Shantou, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train26€11.881h 14m872 km1
  • 13Places you can arrive from
  • 13Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Shantou sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Shantou?

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km415%Puning, 52 km
200 to 600 km1246%Huizhou, 233 km
600 to 1,500 km1038%Wenzhou, 653 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Shantou that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
China26100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Shantou

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Shantou

Rail
  • Shantou Railway Station
  • Shantou University Station
  • Shantoubei Railway Station
Bus
  • 西湖车站
  • 中旅汽车站
Ferry
  • 广场码头
  • Xidi Pier
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Shantou

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Shantou, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Puning to Shantou train€11.881h 14m52 km
Xiamen to Shantou train€34.992h 21m190 km
Huizhou to Shantou train€39.382h 44m233 km
Shenzhen to Shantou train€47.083h 10m282 km
Putian to Shantou train€55.343h 37m331 km
Ganzhou to Shantou train€59.183h 42m329 km
Fuzhou to Shantou train€66.894h401 km
Nanchang to Shantou train€100.445h 48m598 km
Wenzhou to Shantou train€105.395h 50m653 km
Pujiang to Shantou train€122.996h 35m750 km
Hangzhou to Shantou train€124.097h 28m845 km
Ningbo to Shantou train€125.747h 36m872 km
Shaoxing to Shantou train€135.097h 11m834 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Shantou?

Most of the points near Shantou Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Shantou

Common questions about Travel to Shantou

How can I get to Shantou?

Shantou is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 13 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Shantou?

The cheapest way into Shantou is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 13 origins we sell into Shantou over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Shantou?

The fastest journey into Shantou is by Train, at 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 52 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Shantou have?

Shantou has 7 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Shantou Railway Station, Shantou University Station, Shantoubei Railway Station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Shantou from within 200 km?

4 of the routes we sell into Shantou start within 200 km. The nearest is Puning, 52 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Shantou in China?

Shantou connects to 13 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 872 km away in a straight line. China routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in China

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Shantou and elsewhere in China. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Shantou before you go?

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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