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Xiamen to Wuyishan 厦门 – 武夷山
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3 hours against about 3½ hours by flight, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run ¥255 against about ¥400. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainXiamen North 厦门北 → Wuyishan North 武夷山北 | 2 h 41 minG3028, fastest | 3 hours | ¥255standard class | 1708:34–18:09 |
| FlightXiamen Gaoqi (XMN) → Nanping Wuyishan (WUS) | 1 h 10 minin the air | 3½ hours | about ¥400varies by day | 117:50 |
By train
17 direct high-speed trains a day run from Xiamen North to Wuyishan North, between 08:34 and 18:09. The fastest, G3028, takes 2 h 41 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥255. Coming back, 11 trains a day, the fastest 2 h 48 min (G1651, 08:24 to 18:08).
Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026. Wuyishan: Wuyishan North station is 13–21 km from the scenic area's entrances.
By air
One nonstop flight a day from Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) to Nanping Wuyishan (WUS), 1 h 10 min in the air, at 17:50, with XiamenAir. One flies back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 3½ hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥400.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Xiamen and on to Wuyishan, so the trip can be broken there.
- Sanming 三明 200 km from Xiamen · 2 h 16 min there, 1 h 5 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Wuyishan in Nanping.
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Wuyi Mountains 武夷山
Bamboo rafts, red sandstone cliffs and the birthplace of Da Hong Pao tea
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 · Nanping, with Wuyishan · Where Xiamen 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.