Atlas of China
Hong Kong to Nanjing 香港 – 南京
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5 hours against about 7½ hours by high-speed train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥720 against ¥971.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
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| High-speed trainHong Kong West Kowloon 香港西九龙 → Nanjing South 南京南 | 7 h 12 minG386, fastest | 7½ hours | ¥971standard class | 113:58 |
| FlightHong Kong (HKG) → Nanjing Lukou (NKG) | 2 h 30 minin the air | 5 hours | about ¥720varies by day | 310:30–19:25 |
By train
One direct high-speed train a day runs from Hong Kong West Kowloon to Nanjing South, at 13:58. The fastest, G386, takes 7 h 12 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥971. Coming back, one train a day, the fastest 7 h 27 min (G385, at 10:25).
Hong Kong: Hong Kong has its own immigration controls; high-speed trains from Shenzhen and Guangzhou arrive at West Kowloon.
By air
3 nonstop flights a day from Hong Kong (HKG) to Nanjing Lukou (NKG), 2 h 30 min in the air, 10:30 to 19:25, with Cathay Pacific and China Eastern Airlines. 4 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥720.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Hong Kong and on to Nanjing, so the trip can be broken there.
- Jingdezhen 景德镇 830 km from Hong Kong · 4 h 47 min there, 2 h 34 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Nanjing.
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Purple Mountain & Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum 南京钟山风景区
A forested mountain on Nanjing's edge, crowned by a blue-roofed hilltop tomb
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Fuzimiao and the Qinhuai River 夫子庙—秦淮风光带
Nanjing's lantern-lit Confucius Temple quarter, beside painted boats on the Qinhuai
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City Wall of Nanjing 南京城墙
The Ming capital's brick ramparts, anchored by the vast fortress of Zhonghua Gate
Around Hong Kong: Victoria Harbour, Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping, Victoria Peak.
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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About Hong Kong · About Nanjing · Where Hong Kong reaches in a day · Where Nanjing reaches in a day · All routes
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.