Guilin - Kunming High-Speed Trains 2025

In this page, Guilin - Kunming Trains information including train schedule and more details about that for your reference. Kunming and Guilin are both hot destinations for tourists in China from both domestic and abroad. The two historical cities are always chosen by tourists as must-go places in for their China tours. The transportation between the two cities becomes more and more convenient now, especially you can take bullet trains from Guilin to Kunming, vice versa.

The first character of train number has special meanings.
G–High-Speed Train
C–Intercity EMU Train
D–Electric Multiple Units (EMU) Train
Z–Direct Express Train
T–Express Train
K–Fast Train
Four-digit Number Train - Regular Speed Train
L–Temporary Train

High-Speed Train from Guilin to Kunming

There are high-speed trains from Guilin to Kunming every day from 7:00 to 18:00. It takes about 5-7 hours to get to Kunming from Guilin.

Guilin Station: neareat railway station in Guilin, near the Guilin downtown

Guilin North Station: 7 kilometers from the Guilin downtown

Guilin-Kunming High-Speed Train Schedule(Updated on Feb, 13, 2025)

Train No.	Departure	Arrival	Duration
D3903	07:13Guilin Bei (North)	14:38 Kunming Nan (South)	7h25m
D3903	07:29Guilin	14:38 Kunming Nan (South)	7h9m
D3949	09:08Guilin Bei (North)	15:45 Kunming	6h37m
D3949	09:08Guilin Bei (North)	15:21 Kunming Nan (South)	6h13m
G408	15:10Guilin Xi (West)	19:43 Kunming Nan (South)	4h33m
G2936	17:52Guilin Xi (West)	23:04 Kunming Nan (South)	5h12m

Notes for Taking Train in China

1. Booking an original train is easier than booking a passing-by train. Train ticket 30 days in advance at most. TCT suggests travellers to book train ticket as early as you can, in case of the availability of the ticket. There are four way for guests to buy train ticket in China: buy ticket at the Railway Station, online, by telephone or through travel agencies. More useful information you can find at page How to Book China Train Tickets.

2. Generally, the seats on the ordinary train in China have tow types including soft seat and hard seat. Train sleepers are classified into two types: soft sleeper and hard sleeper. Hard sleeper has three sub-categories: upper hard sleeper, middle hard sleeper and lower hard sleeper; Soft sleeper has two sub-categories: upper soft sleeper and lower soft sleeper (better). If you take an over-night train or long distance train, you would better buy a ticket for soft sleeper to make your trip more comfortable.

3. In China, taking a train is a comparative cheaper way to cut down the travel cost. While correspondingly, the comfortable level is lower than by air.

Luggage: you need to take the luggages by yourself and keep an eye of them on transporting time, no luggage-checking service on the train

Carriage: it may be crowded when in the domestic travel seasons as well as summer holidays.

Tips for Travel to Kunming and Guilin

Best Time to Visit Kunming:

With the title of City of Eternal Spring, Kunming is a destination suitable for travelling throughout the whole year. However, the best time to visit Kunming is from March to October. One can find a lot of Yunnan ethnic celebrations during these times in addition to many fruits and blossoms within this period of time. Because of this, visiting within this time will take you the most enjoyment and delight.

Best Time to Visit Guilin:

As one of the top travel destinations in China, Guilin is suitable for travelling all year round, especially from April to October. The most important thing to know about Guilin weather is that it can get very hot, humid, and it rains a lot! The average temperature for the year is 19.3 celcius with a July average temperature of 28.3 degrees. The average rainfall for the year is 192.6 cm per month.

Try to Avoid Domestic Travel High Season
The most crowded seasons in China are Chinese Spring Festival (usually in late Jan or early Feb.), International Labor Day (May 01 to 03) and National Day (Oct 01-07). Spring Festival and the National Day golden week are the most crowded time for travelling. Try not to travel to China during these periods.