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Edition HistoryEdit Kunming Railway Transport

There are two railway stations in Kunming , the Southern Railway Station (the main railway station, also called Nanyao Railway Station) and the Northern Railway Station. The southern Railway Station is located at the southern end of the Chinese trunk railways. Three railways, Chengdu -Kunming, Nanning (in Guangxi )-Kunming and Guiyang (in Guizhou ), connect Yunnan with other provinces in China. The railways within the province lead from Kunming to Hekou, Yuxi and Dali. One railway, Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, leads to Vietnam. The terrain in Yunnan is complicated, so the Train s are slower in Yunnan than in other parts of China. Tourists can appreciate the scenes along the railroad, which adds to the fun of the trip.

The enquiry telephone for the information of Kunming railway transport: 9630566666

Southern Railway Station (Nanyao Railway Station)

The Southern Railway Station is 4 km from the city center. A 10-yuan taxi ride that takes 15 minutes. No. 68, 80, and 23 buses run to the railway station, too. The cost is 1 yuan.

Trains leave for Dali and Yuxi everyday. Most Hotels in Kunming offer railway ticket booking services. The main railway ticket office is situated at No. 19, Kunshi Road. Tourists can book tickets in advance (8 days at most). The office hours are: 8:00-17:30. Yunnan tourist trains: Kunming to Shilin (Number 202): 8:28am-9:55am Returning (Number 201): 3:20-4:47 (20 yuan for a one-way ticket and 30 yuan for a round-trip ticket); Kunming to Dali (Number 213): 10:10pm-6:45am Returning (214): 7:42am-10:50pm (50 yuan for a hard seat ticket and 85 for a hard sleeper middle bunk); Kunming to Yuxi (Train 208): 5:48pm-7:58pm Returning (Train 207): 10:54am-8:31am. Telephone: 0871-3145495

Northern Railway Station

The station is 3 km from the city center; a 10-15 yuan taxi ride that takes 10 yuan. Tourists can also go there by bus (No. 25, 64 and 78 run to the railway station).

The railway leading from Northern Kunming Railway Station to Hekou, the frontier city in Yunnan, is a narrow gauge railway. It also extends to Vietnam. That is one of the so-called "eighteen oddities in Yunnan"-Trains go abroad but not inland. A narrow railway from Kunming to Hanoi in Vietnam was built at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911) by the French. Up till that time there was no domestic railway in Yunnan. Of course this is no longer the case.

Telephone: 0871-5172522