Suzhou North Railway Station

Suzhou North Train Station is an intermediate station along the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway, operating high speed trains only. It has been connected with Beijing South, Shanghai Hongqiao, Nanjing South, Tianjin West, Hangzhou, Qingdao, and Xuzhou East, etc. 

 Major Rail Lines from the Station to:

 Schedule to major stations
(Last Update on Apr 25, 2023)

To	Trains	Duration	Ticket Fare (CNY)
			First/ Second Class Seat
Shanghai Hongqiao	G7203, D709, G7203, G7029... 245 departures from 06:52 to 22:55	0h21m - 1h16m	CNY 44/ 16 USD 6/ 2
Beijing South	G4, G104, G112, G116... 18 departures from 07:24 to 22:10	4h10m - 11h14m	CNY 792/ 254 USD 116/ 37
Xi'an North	G1970, G1802, G1974, G3164... 7 departures from 06:35 to 16:34	6h12m - 8h20m	CNY 1,037.5/ 636 USD 153/ 94
Nanjing South	G7032, G1970, G1802, G3124... 178 departures from 06:13 to 22:32	0h44m - 1h59m	CNY 129/ 40 USD 19/ 6
Hangzhou East	D781, G7503, G7503, D2281... 40 departures from 06:43 to 18:52	1h18m - 2h47m	CNY 144/ 47 USD 21/ 7
Jinan	D1668, G4, G222, G104... 32 departures from 06:01 to 18:34	2h44m - 7h26m	CNY 555/ 330 USD 82/ 49
Wuhan	G3124, D352, D636, D3072... 30 departures from 06:40 to 18:22	3h37m - 5h56m	CNY 443.5/ 277 USD 65/ 41
Tianjin	G104, G1232, G1232, G1236... 18 departures from 07:39 to 17:45	4h46m - 5h52m	CNY 724/ 431 USD 106/ 63
Harbin West	G1204 at 09:58	11h38m	CNY 1,632.5/ 968.5 USD 240/ 142
Huangshan North	G1509, G7313, G7791, G7315 from 08:12 to 13:25	2h53m - 3h44m	CNY 368/ 229 USD 54/ 34

 The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.
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Suzhou North Railway Station mainly consists of a two-storey terminal building, a South Square and a North Square.

Terminal Building:
1F is mainly used as waiting hall. The ticket office is to the east of the South Entrance. Exit is also on the east side of the building. Inside the terminal building, there are toilets, escalators and elevators as well as a Chinese restaurant, three shops and a book store.

Passengers with ticket, no matter e-ticket or paper ticket, can enter the waiting hall and find the waiting area based on the train number. Sometimes the "checking gate" is informed when booking the ticket, for example "A1" or "B1". If you are not informed, ask the station staff or other passengers nearby for help.

Go through the ID-ticket checking gate, passengers can go upstairs to reach the platform on 2F for boarding.

 South Square:
There are two bus stops, taxi stands, South Entrance, Ticket Office on the South Square.

One of the bus stops is called "Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway Suzhou North Station" on the southeast of the square. Bus No. 139, 811, 813, 819, 824, 837, 866, 871, 873, 877; Night Bus No. 4, 7 and 9 can be found there. The other is "High Speed Suzhou North Station East" bus on the east of the square; it serves bus No. 832.

Taxi stand is on the west side of South Square. The taxi drop-off is located at the underground passage; from there passengers can take escalators and elevators to reach waiting room and ticket office on 1F.

 North Square:
The metro station of Line 2 is set up in the northeast of North Square, about 170 yards (150 meters) from the railway exit.
  To Humble Administrator's Garden: Passengers can take bus No. 811 to Suzhou Museum and then walk to the garden. The duration is about 90 minutes. By taxi, the duration would be around 30 minutes and the taxi fare may be around CNY50.

 To Tiger Hill: Travelers can take metro line 2 to Shilu and then change to Tourist Bus No. 1 (North Route) to the Tiger Hill. The duration is about 1 hour. Taking a taxi, it would cost about CNY50-60 and take around 35 minutes.

 To Guanqian Street: Travelers can take metro line 2 to South Guangji Road and then change to metro line 1 to Leqiao, Exit No. 7. Guanqian Street is about 600 yards in the north. The duration by subway should be within 1 hour. If by taxi, the duration is about 40 minutes and the cost is about CNY50-60.

 To Suzhou Railway Station: Passengers can take metro line 2 directly to get there. The duration is about 35 minutes. By taxi, the duration would be around 30 minutes without traffic problem and the cost should be around CNY50.

To Tongli Water Town: Travelers can take the metro line 2 to Suzhou Railway Station first, then walk to the North Square Long-distance bus center taking the long-distance bus to Tongli directly. The bus ticket to Tongli is CNY8 per person.