Xian Railway Stations

Starting point of the ancient Silk Road, Xian is now a major transport hub connecting Northwest and Southwest China. The railway stations play an important role in Xian's transportation. There are four stations in the city: Xian Railway Station, South, West, ans North Railway Stations, among which Xian Railway Station is the major station for passenger transport; the South Railway Station only deals with the trains traveling Ankang; the west station is for freight only; the north station operates bullet trains to Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Beijing. See Xian Trains Schedules.

 Xian Railway Station
Xian Railway Station, 'the First Window of West China', is one of Chinese Railway hubs connecting Northwest and the Southwest China. Located on the North Ring Road of Xincheng District, it is also a city transport hub of Xian, for there is a coach station and many bus terminals near it. The station was initially built in December, 1934, and was put into use in the following year.

The main building of the station was built in 1985. The Entry Hall of the station is in the center of the building, with the Exit of the station, the Platform Ticket Office, 11 ticket windows, and the Transfer and Visa Center in the west, and another 60 ticket windows in the east (there are also 84 ticket windows distributed in the city). The two-story Entry Hall is 20 meters (65.6 feet) high. On the first floor, there are waiting rooms in the east and west sections and waiting rooms for the old, the young, and VIPs near the platform. Passengers can get to the second floor via the stairs and the escalators in the middle of the first floor. There are 4 big waiting rooms on the second floor, which can hold 7,000 passengers at a time. Passengers can get to platform 1 from the first floor and other platforms from the second floor. In addition, there are restaurants, stores, and newspaper stands in and around the station for passengers' convenience. 

 Ticket Booking
1. Passengers can buy their tickets at the ticket office in the railway station or at the ticket windows in the city.
2. A ticket booking hotline is available, through which you can book the tickets 3-11 days in advance.
Ticket Booking Number: +86 96688 (In Chinese).
Ticket Booking Time: 8:00-22:00.
Main Train Ticket Windows: 

 Bus Routes
1. Buses No.5, 9, 13, 14, 25, 30, 40, 41, 42, 103, 105, 500, 201, 231, 240, 251, 307, 511, 602, 603, 607, 611,  703, 705, 706, 707, 914, 915, Wulong Special line, Airport Shuttle Bus Line 2, and Bus No.1-3 (Night Line).
(There are many buses to/via the station, and passengers can take buses to the bus stops near the station: the Railway Station Stop, Railway Station East Stop, Railway Station West Stop, and Jiefang Road Stop, and then walk to the station.)
2. Passengers can take Tourism Buses 1, 2, 3, and 5 from the railway station to some famous scenic spots around the city. 

Xian South Railway Station