When you decide to travel Yunnan, you also can by train to getting in and round there if your time is not in a hurry. The train routes can reach the other major cities of China, such as Chengdu, Chongqing, Guiyang, Naning, Zhengzhou, Beijing… or even you can by train from Yunnan to some of the southeast Asia countries, such as Vietnam…
In Yunnan province, Kunming as the transfer center, it has train links Kunming to Qujing, Dali, Lijiang, Luoping, Stone Forest, and Chuxiong and so on. Take some examples as the following:
After your Kunming city tour, if you want to travel Qujing for your next destination, by train also be a good choice. In Kunming Nanyao Railway Station, there is a daily route links to Qujing which begins at 21:00 and arrive at 22:40 (the price of hard seat ticket is CNY24). Therefore, you can stay your night at Qingjing, and start your Qujing tour at the next morning.
What’s more, if you have a Yunnan tour package includes Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, if you are not in a very hurry, by train will give you an unforgettable experience Yunnan tour for your life time.
There are all together 5 train numbers from Kunming to Dali, begin at 08: 24, 10:21, 22:24, 22:52 and 23:30. It takes about 6 hours. If you want to save your cost, take overnight train to Dali should be a nice way, because you stay night at the train (the price of hard sleeper ticket is about CNY104 due to different trains) and save one night accommodation fees. And you will be at Dali at the next morning, and then you can start your new destination tour. Then the train route from Dali to Lijiang is renewed as the most wonderful railway tour in Yunnan. You can see lots of beautiful sceneries on the way. It takes about one and a half hour from Dali to Lijiang by train, and the price of hard seat ticket is CNY19.
