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Xiamen to Jinhua 厦门 – 金华

Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 4 hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥390. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.

WayTimeDoor to doorFareA day
High-speed trainXiamen North 厦门北 → Jinhua 金华3 h 28 minG258, fastest4 hours¥390standard class807:27–17:12

By train

8 direct high-speed trains a day run from Xiamen North to Jinhua, between 07:27 and 17:12. The fastest, G258, takes 3 h 28 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥390. Coming back, 7 trains a day, the fastest 3 h 31 min (G255, 09:48 to 17:12).

Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026. Jinhua: No airport of its own: flights use Yiwu Airport, about 45 km north-east.

By air

No nonstop flights.

Stops on the way

Cities between the two with direct trains from Xiamen and on to Jinhua, so the trip can be broken there.

At the other end

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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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.