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Guiyang to Xingyi by high-speed train

The two-hour ride that made this trip possible — which station it leaves from, the transfer trap, and buying the ticket on your passport.

In one line: Guiyang is the gateway to Xingyi, and the leg is easy now: a high-speed train from Guiyang North (贵阳北) to Xingyi South (兴义南) in about 2 hours, on the Panxing line that opened in November 2025. The one thing to get right is which Guiyang station — the city has more than one, far apart. Foreigners buy the ticket on a passport through Trip.com or 12306. Checked July 2026.

The route, plainly

Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, is the hub the whole province connects through, and Xingyi is no exception. You take a high-speed train from Guiyang to Xingyi South (兴义南) station, and it takes about two hours. The line is the Panxing high-speed railway (盘兴高铁, Panzhou–Xingyi), which opened in November 2025 — the single development that turned Xingyi from a long, tiring road trip into a comfortable half-morning on a train. Many English guides were written before it existed and still describe a five- or six-hour drive; ignore them.

The trap that catches people out: Guiyang has more than one high-speed station. Trains to Xingyi leave from Guiyang North (贵阳北). But if you're arriving in Guiyang from somewhere else in China first, you might land at Guiyang East (贵阳东), at the older Guiyang station, or at Guiyang's airport — all a real taxi or metro ride across a city of six million from Guiyang North.
Before you book a tight connection, check which Guiyang station your arriving train (or flight) actually uses, and give yourself proper time to cross the city to Guiyang North. A change of train here is not a walk across a concourse.

Schedules and booking

There are several departures a day, but it is not a turn-up-and-go metro — numbers are limited and the line is popular with domestic travellers, so book a few days ahead for weekends and especially for Chinese public holidays (above all National Day, 1–7 October). Check live times and seats on Trip.com; treat any schedule printed in a guide as a rough shape, not gospel.

Buying the ticket as a foreigner

The same passport-and-app friction shows up again once you're here, for attraction tickets — see tickets for foreigners.

What about flying?

For the Guiyang–Xingyi leg specifically, the train wins: two hours centre-to-centre, cheap, and it drops you 700 m from Xingyi's airport anyway. A flight only makes sense if you can get a direct flight into Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport (ACX) from your origin — good service from Shenzhen and Zhuhai in particular — and skip Guiyang entirely. If you're already routing through Guiyang, stay on the rails. Full options on getting to Xingyi.

Arriving at Xingyi South

Xingyi South station sits about 700 m from Xingyi Wanfenglin Airport — the two are effectively one transport hub, so arriving by train and arriving by plane leave you in almost the same spot. From the station it's roughly 20–30 minutes to the city, and about the same again out to the Wanfenglin valley. A taxi or DiDi (China's Uber, works with an international card once set up — see travel tips) handles the last leg.

Arriving in the evening, with no Chinese? The Xingyi train often lands you at night, and there's very little English at the station or on the apps. If you'd rather step off the train and simply be driven to your hotel by someone who speaks English, that's one of the two things we do as a fixed service — a station or airport meet & greet. We're also just a message away on WhatsApp if you only need a question answered.

Be met at Xingyi South → or read the full how to get to Xingyi guide.

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