Guiyang Railway Station

Station name and what to look for

Match the Chinese characters on your ticket to the characters above. English translations of Chinese station names vary between booking sites, but the Chinese name is the same everywhere.

About the station

Guiyang station is the older central station on the conventional network. The high-speed hub is Guiyang North (贵阳北), which handles the Shanghai–Kunming and Guiyang–Guangzhou high-speed lines.

Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou and the practical base for Huangguoshu waterfall, the Qianxinan karst landscapes and the Miao and Dong villages of the south-east.

The city sits in a basin on the Yunnan–Guizhou plateau at about 1,100 m, so summers are notably cooler than the rest of southern China.

Getting to and from Guiyang

Metro Line 1 connects Guiyang station to the city centre and to Guiyang North, which makes the inter-station transfer easy.

Huangguoshu is about 130 km west and is usually done as a day trip by bus or arranged car.

What catches travellers out here

• Guiyang station and Guiyang North serve different networks. If your ticket is a G-train, it is almost certainly Guiyang North.
• Huangguoshu is at its fullest after rain, but heavy rain can also close paths. The two are related and both are common.

Other stations in Guiyang

Guiyang has more than one railway station, and they serve different routes. Check the full Chinese name on your ticket — not just the city name.

Other station guides in Guizhou

Before you travel

Tickets are issued against your passport and there is no paper ticket to collect for most domestic services. Read the booking guide if this is your first Chinese train, or the seat class guide if you are choosing between a hard sleeper and a soft sleeper. For the station itself, the general station guide explains how gates and boarding work at any Chinese station.

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