Railway transport is convenient, comfortable and ideal, especially for medium and long-distance travelers. Mt. Huangshan has two railways connecting with cities, i.e. Ning-Tong railway in the north and more importantly Wan-Gan ( Anhui-Jiangxi ) railway in the east. There go six pairs of passenger trains, one pair of limited express (Huangshan-Nanjing), four pairs of expresses (Huangshan-Changzhou, Hefei-Xiamen, Shanghai-Yingtan, Nanking west-Jingdezhen) and one pair of accommodation train.
| K45 |
2239 |
2521 |
K783 |
K8419 |
Train No. |
K8420 |
K784 |
2522 |
2240 |
K46 |
| Beijing-Fuzhou |
Nanjing-Nanchang |
Nanjing-Xiamen |
Shangi-Yingtan |
Shanghai- Huangshan |
Name of Station |
Huangshan- Shanghai |
Yingtan-Shanghai |
Xiamen-Nanjing |
Nanchang-Nanjing |
Fuzhou-Beijing |
Beijing 11:30 |
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/ |
12:21 |
17:49 |
Shanghai |
10:34 |
10:57 |
/ |
/ |
Beijing 05:07 |
Jinan 17:29 |
/ |
/ |
13:23 |
19:07 |
Suzhou |
08:38 |
09:39 |
/ |
/ |
Jinan 23:03 |
Xuzhou 21:31 |
/ |
/ |
14:03 |
21:30 |
Wuxi |
07:13 |
08:40 |
/ |
/ |
Xuzhou 19:15 |
| 01:40 |
13:33 |
22:21 |
16:50 |
01:15 |
Nanjing |
03:00 |
05:52 |
16:02 |
06:20 |
15:18 |
| 03:41 |
16:31 |
00:38 |
19:54 |
03:25 |
Wuhu |
00:20 |
02:59 |
13:44 |
03:51 |
12:36 |
| 04:32 |
17:23 |
01:33 |
21:06 |
04:44 |
Xuancheng |
23:18 |
02:01 |
12:46 |
02:53 |
12:12 |
Yingtan 12:52 |
Yingtan 03:45 |
Yingtan 11:27 |
23:32 |
07:50 |
Jixi |
20:31 |
23:38 |
Yingtan 02:32 |
Yingtan 16:40 |
Yingtang 04:29 |
Fuzhou 21:48 |
Nanchang 06:00 |
Xiameng 05:09 |
Yingtan 07:27 |
09:05 |
Huangshan |
19:15 |
Yingtan 15:20 |
Xiamen 09:39 |
Nanchang 14:32 |
Fuzhou 18:43 |
There are four classes of train in China:
Hard seat (Yingzuo, YZ): This is the cheapest way to travel.There are 110 seats per car.
Soft seat (Ruanzuo, RZ): This class is not often available.
Hard sleeper (Yingwo, YW): This is a sleeping car, for both day and overnight travel. 6 beds per compartment and 66 beds per car. The "compartments" are open to the passageway
Soft sleeper (Ruanwo, RW): 4 beds per compartment, with each compartment being separate
A typical long distance train is made up of 16 or so cars. Half the train is hard seat, then comes the dining car, then the soft sleeper, and the remaining half is hard sleeper.
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Hard Sleeper |
Soft Sleeper |
The hard sleeper has 3 tiers of berthes each row separated as lower berth, middle berth and upper berth. The space of the upper berth is a little bit narrow, you can not sit nor stand up on it. |
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The soft sleeper has only two tiers with lower berth and upper berth in one cabin. |