Datong South Railway Station


Datong South Railway Station
Address: Kaiyuan Street, Pingcheng District, Datong City,Shanxi Province
 
Datong South Railway Station is a terminal station on Datong – Xi’an high speed railway and Datong – Zhangjiakou high speed railway. It is about 11 kilometers to Downtown Datong, 13 kilometers to Datong Yungang Airport, 28 kilometers to Yungang Grottoes and 70 kilometers to the Hanging Monastery of Hengshan Mountain.
 
The station building of Datong South Train Station has three floors on the ground. And the front square is composed of east and west parts.
 1F: Arrival floor
 2F: Ticket selling area, security check area, check-in area
 3F: Waiting Hall

In the east of waiting hall, there is waiting area for passengers needing special care, Children Entertainment Area and Nursing Room. The most special is the nursing room with crib, bottle warmer, and disinfection cabinet in it. It provides a comfortable and private space for the mothers and babies.

E-tickets: Without the necessity of collecting paper tickets, passengers can scan their passports directly when check in if they have verified their identity in advance.

Police Station: It is on the east ticket selling hall, offering help to people who losing their valid certificates.

Service Center: In the center of the waiting hall on the third floor. It provides services like lost & found and key service appointment like special care for people with mobility problems. Also, passengers can check the train information, tourism information and bus routes there.

Train Schedule and Tickets Booking (Last Update on Jan 16, 2020)
Datong South Railway Station is a high speed train station with trains to/from Beijing, Xi’an, Pingyao, Zhangjiakou, Taiyuan, Xinzhou West, and Yuncheng, etc.

To Trains Duration Ticket Fare (CNY)
First/ Second Class Seat
G2502, G2506, G2510, G2512...
8 departures from 07:06 to 21:03
1h42m - 2h19m CNY 224/ 139
USD 33/ 20
D2583, D2581 at 07:45 and 10:50 6h8m - 6h22m CNY 429/ 268.5
USD 63/ 39
D5367, D5375 at 12:05 and 17:55 2h53m - 3h22m CNY 189/ 118.5
USD 28/ 17
D5361, D2583, D5363, D2581...
9 departures from 07:17 to 19:35
1h54m - 2h37m CNY 143/ 90
USD 21/ 13
Zhangjiakou
G2502, G2506, G4176, G2512...
8 departures from 07:06 to 21:03
0h52m - 1h8m CNY 101/ 63
USD 15/ 9
Linfen West
D2583, D5375 at 07:45 and 17:55 4h15m - 4h16m CNY 258/ 162
USD 38/ 24

The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.


Transportation
It is very easily to get to any other places in Datong from the south railway station if you take city bus or taxi.

To Datong downtown by City Bus
The bus stop in the east of the front square is called Datong South Railway Station where passengers can take city bus line 14, 31, 61, 66, 68, and 605 to Huayan Monastery, Fantawild Adventure Park, Datong Museum, Art Museum and other places in the city.

To Datong Railway Station 
Passengers can take city bus line 66 from Datong Railway Station to South Railway Station directly. The travel takes about 50 minutes and costs CNY 1.

To Yungang Grottoes
First, take city bus line 31 from the train station to Pingwangcun Xikou, then go to the scenic spot by city bus line 12. It will spend about 1 hour and 50 minutes and CNY4.

To  Datong Yungang Airport
City bus line 605 runs between the two places with a duration of 45 minutes and a fare of CNY 3. Or you can take the free airport shuttle bus to Datong Hotel at first, then transfer to bus line 31 and get off at South Railway Station.


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