Atlas of China › Routes › From Ürümqi Where to go from Ürümqi by train 乌鲁木齐
From Ürümqi, direct trains and single changes in the timetable reach 3 of the atlas's 185 hubs within 6 hours and 5 within 9, as far as Altay; 52 more have nonstop flights but no practical train. The map colours each city by its time on the train.
Turpan: 51 min by train Korla: 3 h 25 min by train Yining: 5 h 7 min by train Jiayuguan: 6 h 6 min by train Altay: 7 h 13 min by train Dunhuang: 9 h 21 min by train Aksu: 9 h 37 min by train Lanzhou: 10 h 42 min by train Kashgar: 11 h 30 min by train Xi'an: 14 h 46 min by train Chongqing: 28 h 9 min by train Chengdu: 28 h 40 min by train Beijing: 29 h 33 min by train Zhengzhou: 31 h 24 min by train Wuhan: 36 h 55 min by train Nanjing: 37 h 31 min by train Kunming: 37 h 48 min by train Qingdao: 38 h 2 min by train Changsha: 40 h 35 min by train Shanghai: 40 h 40 min by train Hangzhou: 45 h 19 min by train Guangzhou: 48 h 39 min by train Shenyang: 48 h 45 min by train Burqin: nonstop flight only Zhangye: nonstop flight only Wuwei: not in the timetable Xining: nonstop flight only Lhasa: nonstop flight only Shigatse: not in the timetable Hezuo: not in the timetable Zhongwei: nonstop flight only Yinchuan: nonstop flight only Nyingchi: not in the timetable Tianshui: not in the timetable Songpan: not in the timetable Pingliang: not in the timetable Baotou: not in the timetable Ordos: nonstop flight only Jingbian: not in the timetable Yulin: nonstop flight only Baoji: not in the timetable Kangding: not in the timetable Daocheng: not in the timetable Dujiangyan: not in the timetable Hohhot: nonstop flight only Yan'an: not in the timetable Guangyuan: nonstop flight only Mianyang: nonstop flight only Deyang: not in the timetable Ya'an: not in the timetable Hanzhong: nonstop flight only Shangri-La: not in the timetable Meishan: not in the timetable Lüliang: not in the timetable Langzhong: not in the timetable Emeishan: not in the timetable Bazhong: nonstop flight only Leshan: not in the timetable Ziyang: nonstop flight only Datong: not in the timetable Hancheng: not in the timetable Suining: not in the timetable Nanchong: nonstop flight only Taiyuan: nonstop flight only Pingyao: not in the timetable Lijiang: not in the timetable Linfen: not in the timetable Xichang: not in the timetable Neijiang: not in the timetable Zigong: not in the timetable Yuncheng: nonstop flight only Dazhou: nonstop flight only Guang'an: not in the timetable Yibin: nonstop flight only Zhangjiakou: not in the timetable Luzhou: nonstop flight only Panzhihua: not in the timetable Tengchong: not in the timetable Changzhi: not in the timetable Dali: not in the timetable Baoshan: not in the timetable Shijiazhuang: nonstop flight only Jincheng: not in the timetable Luoyang: nonstop flight only Shiyan: nonstop flight only Baoding: not in the timetable Yuanmou: not in the timetable Handan: not in the timetable Anyang: not in the timetable Enshi: not in the timetable Zunyi: not in the timetable Kaifeng: not in the timetable Chengde: not in the timetable Xiangyang: nonstop flight only Tianjin: nonstop flight only Hailar: not in the timetable Chifeng: not in the timetable Yichang: nonstop flight only Anshun: not in the timetable Guiyang: nonstop flight only Tangshan: not in the timetable Luoping: not in the timetable Zhangjiajie: not in the timetable Xingyi: not in the timetable Jinan: nonstop flight only Lancang: not in the timetable Tai'an: not in the timetable Fenghuang: not in the timetable Jianshui: not in the timetable Xinyang: not in the timetable Kaili: not in the timetable Qufu: not in the timetable Qinhuangdao: not in the timetable Qiubei: not in the timetable Jinghong: not in the timetable Xuzhou: nonstop flight only Yueyang: not in the timetable Weifang: not in the timetable Baise: not in the timetable Shaoyang: not in the timetable Qiqihar: not in the timetable Dalian: nonstop flight only Lianyungang: not in the timetable Hefei: nonstop flight only Guilin: not in the timetable Yantai: nonstop flight only Hengyang: not in the timetable Liuzhou: not in the timetable Huai'an: nonstop flight only Benxi: not in the timetable Jiujiang: not in the timetable Weihai: not in the timetable Yichun: not in the timetable Anqing: not in the timetable Chongzuo: not in the timetable Chizhou: not in the timetable Changchun: nonstop flight only Nanning: nonstop flight only Nanchang: nonstop flight only Yangzhou: nonstop flight only Yancheng: nonstop flight only Dandong: not in the timetable Chenzhou: not in the timetable Harbin: not in the timetable Jingdezhen: not in the timetable Ji'an: not in the timetable Jilin City: not in the timetable Tonghua: not in the timetable Changzhou: not in the timetable Wuyuan: not in the timetable Huangshan City: not in the timetable Shaoguan: not in the timetable Ganzhou: not in the timetable Beihai: nonstop flight only Huzhou: not in the timetable Shangrao: not in the timetable Suzhou: nonstop flight only Quzhou: not in the timetable Jiaxing: nonstop flight only Wuyishan: not in the timetable Erdaobaihe: not in the timetable Zhanjiang: not in the timetable Jinhua: nonstop flight only Mudanjiang: not in the timetable Sanming: not in the timetable Lishui: not in the timetable Yanji: not in the timetable Ningbo: nonstop flight only Longyan: not in the timetable Meizhou: not in the timetable Macau: nonstop flight only Haikou: nonstop flight only Shenzhen: nonstop flight only Zhoushan: not in the timetable Hong Kong: nonstop flight only Wenzhou: nonstop flight only Taizhou: not in the timetable Ningde: not in the timetable Qionghai: not in the timetable Fuzhou: nonstop flight only Chaozhou: not in the timetable Shantou: not in the timetable Xiamen: nonstop flight only Sanya: nonstop flight only Quanzhou: nonstop flight only Ürümqi
Under 2 hours by train 1
Turpan 吐鲁番 51 min · 29 direct trains a day
2 to 4 hours by train 1
Korla 库尔勒 3 h 25 min · 18 direct trains a day · 3 nonstop flights, 55 min
4 to 6 hours by train 1
Yining 伊宁 5 h 7 min · 7 direct trains a day · 7 nonstop flights, 1 h 25 min
6 to 9 hours by train 2
Jiayuguan 嘉峪关 6 h 6 min · 20 direct trains a day · one nonstop flight, 2 h 5 min Altay 阿勒泰 7 h 13 min · 3 direct trains a day · a nonstop route listed
Over 9 hours by train 18
Dunhuang 敦煌 9 h 21 min · change at Jiayuguan · one nonstop flight, 1 h 25 min Aksu 阿克苏 9 h 37 min · 11 direct trains a day · a nonstop route listed Lanzhou 兰州 10 h 42 min · 17 direct trains a day · one nonstop flight, 3 h Kashgar 喀什 11 h 30 min · 9 direct trains a day · 15 nonstop flights, 2 h 10 min Xi'an 西安 14 h 46 min · 11 direct trains a day · 12 nonstop flights, 3 h 25 min Chongqing 重庆 28 h 9 min · one direct train a day · 7 nonstop flights, 4 h 5 min Chengdu 成都 28 h 40 min · 2 direct trains a day · 17 nonstop flights, 3 h 35 min Beijing 北京 29 h 33 min · 2 direct trains a day · 21 nonstop flights, 3 h 50 min Zhengzhou 郑州 31 h 24 min · 6 direct trains a day · 7 nonstop flights, 4 h Wuhan 武汉 36 h 55 min · 3 direct trains a day · 2 nonstop flights, 4 h 10 min Nanjing 南京 37 h 31 min · 2 direct trains a day · 4 nonstop flights, 4 h 40 min Kunming 昆明 37 h 48 min · one direct train a day · 3 nonstop flights, 4 h 10 min Qingdao 青岛 38 h 2 min · one direct train a day · 3 nonstop flights, 4 h 40 min Changsha 长沙 40 h 35 min · one direct train a day · 3 nonstop flights, 4 h 25 min Shanghai 上海 40 h 40 min · 2 direct trains a day · 15 nonstop flights, 4 h 45 min Hangzhou 杭州 45 h 19 min · one direct train a day · 9 nonstop flights, 6 h 30 min Guangzhou 广州 48 h 39 min · one direct train a day · 10 nonstop flights, 5 h 15 min Shenyang 沈阳 48 h 45 min · one direct train a day · 2 nonstop flights, 4 h 20 min
By air only 52
Nonstop flights from Ürümqi, with no direct train and no single change in the timetable.
Burqin 布尔津 a nonstop route listed Zhangye 张掖 a nonstop route listed Xining 西宁 2 nonstop flights, 2 h 40 min Lhasa 拉萨 a nonstop route listed Zhongwei 中卫 one nonstop flight, 2 h 55 min Yinchuan 银川 one nonstop flight, 3 h Ordos 鄂尔多斯 a nonstop route listed Yulin 榆林 one nonstop flight, 3 h 30 min Hohhot 呼和浩特 2 nonstop flights, 3 h 35 min Guangyuan 广元 a nonstop route listed Mianyang 绵阳 2 nonstop flights, 3 h 25 min Hanzhong 汉中 a nonstop route listed Bazhong 巴中 a nonstop route listed Ziyang 资阳 10 nonstop flights, 3 h 40 min Nanchong 南充 one nonstop flight, 4 h 15 min Taiyuan 太原 2 nonstop flights, 3 h 40 min Yuncheng 运城 one nonstop flight, 3 h 50 min Dazhou 达州 one nonstop flight, 3 h 55 min Yibin 宜宾 one nonstop flight, 3 h 45 min Luzhou 泸州 one nonstop flight, 4 h 10 min Shijiazhuang 石家庄 2 nonstop flights, 3 h 45 min Luoyang 洛阳 one nonstop flight, 3 h 55 min Shiyan 十堰 a nonstop route listed Xiangyang 襄阳 a nonstop route listed Tianjin 天津 one nonstop flight, 4 h 5 min Yichang 宜昌 a nonstop route listed Guiyang 贵阳 3 nonstop flights, 4 h 25 min Jinan 济南 8 nonstop flights, 4 h 10 min Xuzhou 徐州 one nonstop flight, 6 h Dalian 大连 a nonstop route listed Hefei 合肥 2 nonstop flights, 4 h 20 min Yantai 烟台 a nonstop route listed Huai'an 淮安 a nonstop route listed Changchun 长春 one nonstop flight, 6 h 25 min Nanning 南宁 one nonstop flight, 5 h 50 min Nanchang 南昌 one nonstop flight, 6 h 25 min Yangzhou 扬州 a nonstop route listed Yancheng 盐城 a nonstop route listed Beihai 北海 one nonstop flight, 6 h 25 min Suzhou 苏州 one nonstop flight, 6 h 40 min Jiaxing 嘉兴 a nonstop route listed Jinhua 金华 one nonstop flight, 4 h 55 min Ningbo 宁波 one nonstop flight, 6 h 45 min Macau 澳门 a nonstop route listed Haikou 海口 4 nonstop flights, 6 h 25 min Shenzhen 深圳 6 nonstop flights, 5 h 10 min Hong Kong 香港 a nonstop route listed Wenzhou 温州 one nonstop flight, 6 h 35 min Fuzhou 福州 2 nonstop flights, 6 h 55 min Xiamen 厦门 3 nonstop flights, 7 h Sanya 三亚 2 nonstop flights, 5 h 25 min Quanzhou 泉州 a nonstop route listed
Times are the fastest direct train, or the quickest single change with its wait, on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, from the main station at each end; the atlas's 186 hubs only, and pairs the timetable was not asked about (most over 1,000 km apart) are not shown. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28. Cities with a route page link to it; the others open on the map.
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