Kunming Bus Stations, Location with Schedule, Ticket Fares

This page is about major bus stations in Kunming, Yunnan Province with bus schedule, ticket fares and travel time from Kunming to Shilin, Mengzi, Hekou, Jianshui, Lijiang, Dali, Yuanyang, Shangri La, etc.You can find more details by click the quick links below:

Kunming East Bus Station

The buses from Kunming to Shilin, Hekou, Mengzi, Gejiu, Luoping, Yinliang, etc, depart from Kunming East Bus Station.

You may also want to travel by train: Kunming – Hekou Train; Kunming to Shilin Train; Kunming to Mengzi Train

You can buy train tickets at http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/

Kunming East Bus Station Schedule

The schedule, tiket fares & durations below are for reference & subject to changes
From Kunming East Bus Station to Service Time Frequency Ticket Price (CNY) Travel Time
Shilin (石林景区) Stone Forest 08:00 – 18:40 27 2 hrs
Luoping (罗平) 07:00 – 18:20 Depart: every 40 mins 68 4.5 hrs
Yiliang (Jiuxiang) 07:00 – 20:50 17 1
Gejiu (个旧) 08:30 – 21:00 20 daily 86 – 104 5 – 6
Mengzi (蒙自) 06:45 – 21:00 21 daily 95 – 104 5 – 6
Hekou (河口) 09:40 – 19:30 7 daily 140 – 149 8
Qiubei (丘北) 09:00 – 21:20 7 daily 114 – 137 6
Wenshan (文山) 07:20 – 20:40 Depart: every 30 mins 107 – 130 6.5
Luliang (陆良) 07:00 – 18:30 34 – 39 3

Kunming West Bus Station

The buses from Kunming to West Yunnan including destinations of Lijiang, Dali, Diqing, Nujiang, Dehong, Baoshan and Linchang depart from Kunming West Bus Station.

Why not travel by train? Kunming – Dali – Lijiang Train. Check live schedule & ticket availability at http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/

Kunming West Bus Station Schedule

The schedule, tiket fares & durations below are for reference & subject to changes
From Kunming West Bus Station to Service Time Frequency Ticket Price (CNY) Travel Time
Lijiang (丽江) 08:50 – 14:40 (Dept: every hour)
19:00 – 22:10 (Dept: every 30 mins)
202 8 – 12 hrs
Dali (大理) 07:20 – 20:00 Dept: every 15 mins 111 – 138 4 hrs
Chuxiong (楚雄) 07:00 – 18:40 Dept: every 40 mins 52 2 – 3 hrs
Xianggelila (香格里拉 Shangri La) 08:30, 09:30, 14:00, 18:30, 19:00, 20:00, 20:30 212 – 243 10 hrs
Ruili (瑞丽) 08:30, 19:00 – 21:00 266 – 293 12 hrs
Tengchong (腾冲) 9:00, 9:50, 11:00, 18:30, 19:30, 20:30, 21:00 230 – 259 10 hrs
Liuku (六库) 9:30, 11:00, 14:30, 18:00, 19:00, 19:30,20:00 176 – 258 10 hrs
Lincang (临沧) 8:30 – 21:50 199 – 229 9 hrs
Fugong (福贡) 18:30, 19:00 2 daily 236 14 hrs
Ninglang (宁蒗) 9:30, 18:00, 18:30 3 daily 195 – 230 12 hrs

Kunming South Bus Station

Kunming South Bus Station mainly handles buses from Kunming to South Yunnan, including places of Xishuangbanna, Pu’er, Yuxi, Jianshui, Shiping, Yuangyang, Mohan, etc.

Check train schedule: Kunming to Jianshui Train & buy tickets at http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/

Kunming South Bus Station Schedule

The schedule, tiket fares & durations below are for reference & subject to changes
From Kunming South Bus Station to Service Time Frequency Ticket Price (CNY) Travel Time
Jinghong (景洪) 8:00 – 21:30 28 daily 226 – 259 10 hrs
Pu’er (普洱) 7:40 – 22:00 24 daily 182 – 197 8 hrs
Shiping (石屏) 8:00 – 20:00 Dept: every 1 hour 90 – 96 4 hrs
Yuangyang (元阳) 10:20, 12:30, 19:00 3 daily 139 6 hrs
Jianshui (建水) 7:30 – 16:30, 16:45, 17:15, 18:00, 19:10, 20:30 83 4 hrs
Chengjiang (澄江) 7:30 – 19:00 17 15 hrs
Mengla (勐腊) 10:30, 18:00, 19:00, 19:30 253 – 312 12 hrs
Mohan (磨憨) 12:20, 20:00 247,338 15 hrs
Langbolabang (Luang Prabang, 琅勃拉邦) 18:30 398 35 hrs

Kunming North Bus Station

  • Station name: Kunming North Bus Station (昆明北部汽车客运站, Northern – Beibu)
  • Address: Location on Google Map
  • Contact: 0871-68373009

Kunming North Bus Station Schedule

The schedule, tiket fares & durations below are for reference & subject to changes
From Kunming North Bus Station to Service Time Frequency Ticket Price (CNY) Travel Time
Dongchuan (东川) 6:50 – 19:50 47 3 hrs
Yiwei (宜威) 8:00 – 18:00 Every 30 – 50 mins 60 – 70 4 hrs
Zhaotong (昭通) 8:00 – 16:00 Every 30 mins or 1 hr 120 – 130 6 hrs

Kunming Northwest Bus Station Schedule

  • Station name: Kunming Northwest Bus Station (昆明西北部汽车客运站, Northwestern – Xibeibu)
  • Address: Location on Google Map
  • Contact: 0871-68265359
The schedule, tiket fares & durations below are for reference & subject to changes
From Kunming Northwest Bus Station to Service Time Frequency Ticket Price (CNY) Travel Time
Chuxiong (楚雄) 7:10 – 19:10 every a hour 48 3 hrs
Yuanmou (元谋) 8:00 – 18: 30 every 40 – 50 mins 48 – 53 4 hrs
Xichang (西昌) 11:00, 16:00 149 10 hrs

Out bound train from Kunming: Kunming – Nanning Train; Kunming South Train Station, Kunming to Yuanyang

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13 Replies to “Kunming Bus Stations, Location with Schedule, Ticket Fares”

  1. I am Travelling Kunming Lijiang and when I am in Kunming I would like to go to shilin stone forest from the east bus station . My questions is whether this east bus station has a baggage drop off service so that I do not need to carry my bag pack all the way to shilin and back .

  2. Hi there!

    Can I know if the bus from Kunming to Luang Prabang is at 18.30?

    I wanna confirm the bus for 1/1/18 as I will reach Kunming airport at 10.50am, so I wanna make sure I able to get the tickets.
    How can I purchase the tickets?

    Thank you so much!!!

  3. I would like to know how i can go Deqin by bus ? Or i need to go shangri la first and how long i meed to take the bus to baoth place . Can i buy online bus ticket coz i afraid i will miss the bus (im travel on 3-7 oct and i know that is chinese holiday ) ,, thank yoy

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