Guangzhou South Railway Station

Guangzhou South Train Station

Guangzhou South Railway Station (Guangzhounan, Guangzhou Nan, 广州南站) is a train station for high speed train service in Guangzhou, which is located in Shibi Town, Panyu District. As one of the largest rail hub in South China, Guangzhou South serves frequenct high speed train service to or from Shenzhen, Changsha, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanning, Guilin, Kunming, Zhengzhou East Train Station, etc. The station has about 28 platforms and 3 levels and is well connected by metro service, public bus, taxi.

• Station name: Guangzhou South Railway Station (Guangzhou Nan, Guangzhounan, 广州南站)
• Location: Shibi, Panyu District of Guangzhou, see on Google map
• Platforms: 28

Making a Train Connection

Sometimes your rail journey requires you to make a connection at Guangzhou South in order to change onto another train. However, many foreigners don’t know how to make such a connection and how much connection time should they allow for as they don’t get familar with the station. Here are some information that may help you.

How to Make a Connection / Transfer within Guangzhou South Station

If your connecting train leaves from the same station (Guangzhou South) that you arrive at, you don’t have to exit from the station then rejoint but simply follow the sign “Transfer” to go upstairs to level 3, where you’ll need to show your two tickets (previous trip & next trip) to the staffs when entering the gate. After you get into the waiting room (level 3), just look for the information screen which writes the Check-in gate (someting like A3, B3, sometimes can be seen at the right top corner of your ticket) for your connecting train, then go to the right check-in gate to wait for your connecting train’s departure.

Sometimes your ticket writes where to check-in at Guangzhou South: Check-in Gate 25A at leve 3. If your ticket has no this, just see the information screen.

When getting off train, just look for this \\\\\\\"Transfer\\\\\\\" sign which directs you to go upstairs to Level 3, where to look for your check-in gate.

This "Transfer" sign directs you to go upstairs to Level 3, where to look for your check-in gate.

this "Transfer" sign which directs you to go upstairs to Level 3, where to look for your check-in gate.

Just go upstairs.

When entering the gate, you need to show your two tickets (your previous trip and next trip) to the station staff (It depends). Then, they will let you come in.

After entering, see the information screen to look for which is the right check in gate for your connecting train.

Then, go to your check-in gate (A6 OR 7A)

Then, go to your check-in gate (B6 OR 7B)

After checking-in, you will go downstairs again to level 2, where your train is awaiting for you.

Remember that Guangzhou South Railway Station has 4 levels, and the level 2 is for platforms & level 3 for waiting area, which means that your train always departs and leaves from the platform level (level 2), and your tickets are always check at the level 3. All you need to do is to go upstairs from level 2 to level 3, where to look for your next train, then go downstairs again to level 2 (changing platforms) to take your connecting train.

Example: Taking a train from Guilin North to Shenzhen North with a change of train at Guangzhou South. Since the direct high speed trains from Guilin to Shenzhen are limited (3 daily), you can go from Guilin North to Guangzhou South first, then a connecting train from Guangzhou South to Shenzhen North, which gives you more train options.

Here is how-to guide: Take a high speed train from Guilin North to Guangzhou South arriving at level 2, then get out from train & look for the “Transfer” sign (seen on screen & ground) which directs you go upstairs to level 3 where you look for the right check-in gate for your connecting train.

Guangzhou South – Baiyun Airport

By taxi: around 166 – 200 yuan, 1hour.

Train Connection to Hong Kong

Guangzhou South has no trains to Hong Kong, and usually you’ll have to make a transfer to Guangzhou East Railway Station (by metro line 2 and line 1, 40-50 mins), where you can catch the Guangzhou – Kowloon Through Train which arrives at Hung Hom Station in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Use https://exploregz.com/metro/ for metro route plan.

For buying train tickets from Guangzhou East to Hung Hom HK online, you may contact http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/.

Transfer: Guangzhou South to Guangzhou East

Guangzhou East Train Station (GuangzhouDong, 广州东站) operates the through train service to Hung Hom Station in Kowloon of Hong Kong. Many passengers from Guangzhou South who wants to enter Hong Kong by direct trains (You can also go to Shenzhen to enter into Hong Kong) will have to make a transfer to Guangzhou East first. Just take metro line 2 at Guangzhou South (metro station) to Gongyuanqian (metro station), then change onto metro line 1 to reach at Guangzhou East, journey time 40 – 50mins.

Other Rail Guides You Maybe Interested

Guangzhou to Yangshuo, Guangzhou to Kunming, Guangzhou to Guilin, Guangzhou to Shenzhen, Guangzhou to Fenghuang, Guangzhou to Yiwu, West Kowloon Station

Trains from Guangzhou South

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