Atlas of China
Beijing to Luoyang 北京 – 洛阳
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3½ hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥419. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
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| High-speed trainBeijing West 北京西 → Luoyang Longmen 洛阳龙门 | 2 h 59 minG361, fastest | 3½ hours | ¥419standard class | 2307:00–21:18 |
By train
23 direct high-speed trains a day run from Beijing West to Luoyang Longmen, between 07:00 and 21:18. The fastest, G361, takes 2 h 59 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥419. Coming back, 22 trains a day, the fastest 3 h (G358, 05:28 to 21:45).
Beijing: Several main stations: South (Shanghai), West (Xi'an, Wuhan), Chaoyang (north-east) and North or Qinghe (Datong, Hohhot); flights use Capital (PEK) or Daxing (PKX).
By air
No nonstop flights.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Beijing and on to Luoyang, so the trip can be broken there.
- Baoding 保定 140 km from Beijing · 35 min there, 3 h 8 min on
- Shijiazhuang 石家庄 260 km from Beijing · 1 h there, 1 h 56 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Luoyang.
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Shaolin Temple 少林寺
The cradle of Chan Buddhism and kung fu, at the foot of Mount Song
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Longmen Grottoes 龙门石窟
Some 100,000 Buddhas carved into riverside cliffs, watched over by a serene giant
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White Horse Temple 白马寺
China's first Buddhist temple, with Thai, Indian and Burmese halls beside it
Around Beijing: Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, Summer Palace, Fragrant Hills Park, Universal Beijing Resort.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.