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Xiamen to Changsha 厦门 – 长沙
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 4 hours against about 6½ 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 ¥420 against ¥425.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainXiamen North 厦门北 → Changsha South 长沙南 | 6 h 16 minG3340, fastest | 6½ hours | ¥425standard class | 906:48–15:38 |
| FlightXiamen Gaoqi (XMN) → Changsha Huanghua (CSX) | 1 h 40 minin the air | 4 hours | about ¥420varies by day | 807:00–22:10 |
By train
9 direct high-speed trains a day run from Xiamen North to Changsha South, between 06:48 and 15:38. The fastest, G3340, takes 6 h 16 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥425. Coming back, 10 trains a day, the fastest 6 h 7 min (G1646, 08:11 to 16:11).
Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026.
By air
8 nonstop flights a day from Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) to Changsha Huanghua (CSX), 1 h 40 min in the air, 07:00 to 22:10, with XiamenAir, Shandong Airlines and Fuzhou Airlines. 7 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥420.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Xiamen and on to Changsha, so the trip can be broken there.
At the other end
Featured places around Changsha.
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Hunan Museum 湖南省博物馆
A Han marchioness, her silk banner and a gauze robe as thin as air
Around Xiamen: Gulangyu Island.
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 Xiamen · About Changsha · Where Xiamen reaches in a day · Where Changsha 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.