Gone are those days when you have to ride a slow overnight sleeper train to travel between Shenzhen and Guilin. Now it is possible to ride a direct high speed train to travel between since the operation of Guiyang – Guangzhou High Speed Railway in December 2014. See the options below:
- 1. Direct Shenzhen – Guilin High Speed Trains (3 trains daily)
- 2. Connecting Train: Shenzhen – Guangzhou – Guilin
- 3. Normal Sleeper Train
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Distance between Shenzhen and Guilin: 613 km (380 miles).
How long from Shenzhen to Guilin by train: from .3.5 hours by high speed train.
Direct High Speed Trains
Currently, there are 3 high speed trains daily operating between Shenzhen and Guilin using Shenzhen North and Guilin North as the departure or arrival station.
- Train type: G train (300 km/h), high speed.
- CRH type: CRH380A and CRH380B (CRH trains).
- Seat class: 1st, 2nd cls, VIP cls.
- High spee rail: Guiyang – Guangzhou High Speed Railway (links Guiyang, Guilin and Guangzhou), and Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong Express Rail Link (links Guangzhou and Shenzhen)
- Travel time one-way: from 3h30m.
- Ticket price one-way: CNY212 in 1st cls, CNY264 in 2nd cls; and CNY367 in VIP cls.
- Stations used: Guilin North Railway Station (桂林北站, GuilinBei), and Shenzhen North Railway Station (深圳北站, ShenzhenBei) (Location on Google Map) .
Shenzhen North (ShenzhenBei): Line 4 (Longhua line), Line 5 (Huanzhong line), Line 6 (not open yet).
Guilin North (GuilinBei): by bus 1, 32.
Guilin has three train stations serving high speed trains: 1 Guilin Railway Station, 2 Guilin North, 3 Guilin West. The high speed train from Shenzhen to Guilin is using Guilin North.
Map of Stations & High Speed Rail Route
| Shenzhen to Guilin high speed trains ( 3 trains daily) | ||||||
| Trains | From – To | Dept – Arri | Duration | Ticket Fares (CNY) | ||
| 1st Cls | 2nd Cls | VIP Cls | ||||
| G2902 | Shenzhen North to Guilin North | 07:20 – 10:49 | 3h29m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
| G2904 | Shenzhen North to Guilin North | 11:48 – 15:20 | 3h32m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
| G2906 | Shenzhen North to Guilin North | 14:53 – 18:21 | 3h28m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
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For a live schedule & ticket availability, please refer to http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/
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| Guilin to Shenzhen high speed trains ( 3 trains daily) | ||||||
| Trains | From – To | Dept – Arri | Duration | Ticket Fares (CNY) | ||
| 1st Cls | 2nd Cls | VIP Cls | ||||
| G2901 | Guilin North – Shenzhen North | 11:10 – 14:31 | 3h21m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
| G2903 | Guilin North – Shenzhen North | 16:12 – 19:56 | 3h44m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
| G2905 | Guilin North – Shenzhen North | 18:45 – 22:09 | 3h24m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
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For a live schedule & ticket availability, please refer to http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/
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Connecting Trains: Shenzhen North – Guangzhou South – Guilin North
Compared with 3 direct high speed trains from Shenzhen to Guilin, Guangzhou has 5 direct high speed trains daily to Guilin (see Guangzhou – Guilin High Speed Train page). So, if all the 3 direct high speed trains from Shenzhen to Guilin sell out, you may travel from Shenzhen to Guangzhou (From Futian Station or Shenzhen North to Guangzhou South) first, then a connecting train from Guangzhou to Guilin. See Shenzhen to Guangzhou Train page for information on how to travel to Guangzhou.
You may also be interested in traveling from Guangzhou or Shenzhen to Yangshuo by high speed train.
How to Buy Train Tickets Online Ticket
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Normal Overnight Sleeper Trains
I don’t think it is practical way to travel Guilin and Shenzhen using the slow overnight sleeper trains as it is not cheap and the journey time is too long.
Shenzhen = Shenzhen Railway Station
| Shenzhen – Guilin North normal train ( 1 train daily in each direction) | ||||||
| Trains | From – To | Dept – Arri | Duration | Ticket Fares (CNY) | ||
| Soft sleeper | Hard sleeper | Hard seat | ||||
| K952 | Shenzhen to Guilin North | 16:52 – 06:00 (Day 2) | 13h08m | 264 | 212 | 367 |
| K950 | Guilin North to Shenzhen | 21:30 – 10:10 | 12h40m | 415.5 | 222.5 | 128.5 |
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For a live schedule & ticket availability, please refer to http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/
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How do I get to Yangshuo from Guilin? If I take the high speed tgrain from SZ to Guilin? I don’t want the Li River tour
Hi, if you take the high speed train from Shenzhen, your train will arrive at Guilin North Railway Station. Then, you need to transfer to Guilin Bus Station, where there are lots of buses to Yangshuo.
You can get from Guilin North train station to Guilin bus station by the public bus 100 (get off at Qichezhan 汽车站 namely Guilin Bus Station), which takes 30-40 mins and costs 2 yuan.
You can also take a taxi to Guilin bus station.
Yangshuo is between Shenzhen and Guilin. And if you want to go from Shenzhen to Yangshuo directly, you can travel on this route: Shenzhen north to Guangzhou South to Yangshuo, then bus from Yangshuo to Guilin. First take a high speed train from Shenzhen North to Guangzhou South, then a connecting bullet train to Yangshuo directly. You can visit this page for more information: http://chinatrain12306.com/travel/guangzhou-yangshuo-train.htm