Hefei South Railway Station Guides
Opened on Nov 12 2014, Hefei South Railway Station (Chinese name 合肥南站, Hefei Nan Zhan) is located in Baohe District District, 8km south of Hefei downtown. It covers 99,200 square metres, and has 12 platforms, 26 railway tracks. Hefei South Railway Station is one high-speed train station that handles 162 high-speed trains and bullet trains per day, including Hefei-Fuzhou High-speed Railway and Shanghai-Wuhan High-speed Railway.
Station Layout
Hefei South Railway Station has 4 floors.
Mezzanine of 2F | Commercial Area and restaurants, including Chinese food, rice, noodles |
2F level | Departures, Waiting Hall |
1F level | Taxi drop-off areas, entrance, security check, ticket offices, platforms, railway track, transfer |
B1 Level | Arrivals, exits, tranfer hall, taxi areas, bus station, North station square, South station square. |
B2 Level | Metro line 3 station |
Map and Location
Address: Longchuan Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
Hefei South Railway Station is located in Baohe District, 8km south of Hefei downtown, 11km southwest of Hefei Railway Station, 48km southeast of Hefei Xinqiao Airport.
How many railway stations in Hefei?
There are two major railway stations in Hefei: Hefei Station, and Hefei South Station
Hefei Railway Station is located in Yaohai district, 3km northeast of Hefei downtown.
Hefei South Railway Station is located in Baohe District, 8km south of Hefei downtown
Public Transportation
The public transports at Hefei South Railway Station are included metro line 1, taxi and bus. Metro is mostly recommended.
How to get to Hefei South Railway Station?
Metro
Hefei railway station can be reached by Metro line 1. Metro is mostly recommended public transport to get to or leave Hefei South Railway Station.
Metro station: B2 floor
Interval: 6 minutes
The first train: 06:08, the last train: 22:56
Ticket price: RMB2-8
Taxi
Taxi is one convenient and fast, but also the most expensive way to get to Hefei South Railway Station.
The taxi fare from Hefei downtown to Hefei South Railway Station is around RMB14.
Taxi drop-off areas are on 1F and pick-up areas are on B1 floor
Taxi Fee in Hefei
Day(5:00~23:00) | Night(23:00~5:00) | |
---|---|---|
0~2.5 km | RMB8 | RMB10 |
2.5~10 km | RMB1.3 per km | RMB1.6 per km |
over 10 km | RMB2.1 per km | RMB2.5 per km |
Bus
There are 21 bus routes to or pass Hefei South Railway Station, including bus No.4, bus No.9 and bus No.16, airport bus line 3 etc. The bus stations are on South Station Square.
How to get to Hefei Airport (HFE)?
Hefei Xinqiao International Airport(HFE) is located 48km northwest of Hefei South Railway Station. How to get to Hefei Airport from Hefei South Railway Station? Please click on here to get guides.
Departures
Step 1: Arrive at Hefei South Railway Station by metro, taxi, car or bus 45 minutes before train departure.
Step 2: Get through the real-name ID check. Please show your passport to station staff at entrance of station. The staff will scan your passport to check your identity document and your booking.
Step 3: Get through security check and find the boarding gate (Ticket Check). The live information of gate is on the overhead screens in departure hall, and the boarding gate No. of your train will be in our confirmation email we send you.
Step 4: Have a seat near the gate to wait for check-in and boarding. The ticket check gate will be opened 20 - 15 minutes prior to the departure time.
Step 5: Ticket check. Please show your passport to station staff to check in. The gate will be closed 5 minutes before train departure
Step 6: Boarding. Find the platform of your train, board the train and then find your seats. How to find your seats?
Ticket offices
4 ticket offices are on 2F, 1 ticket office on B1
Do you need to collect paper tickets?
Since Dec 2019, the electronic tickets have been available on most high-speed and bullet train routes from or to Hefei South Railway Station.
It means international travellers can show their passports, likes Chinese ID to check in and board the train directly, and don't need to collect the paper tickets at ticket office.
How to check in the train by E-ticket? Please click on here to get guides.
How to pick up paper tickets? Please click on here to get guides.
Arrivals
Step 1: After get off your train, follow direction signs to exits.
Step 2: Please show your passport and confirmation No.(or paper ticket) to station staff to check out.
Step 3: Leave Hefei South Railway Station by metro, taxi, bus or car. Metro is the mostly recommended way.
Foods and Restaurants
There are some food options in departure hall, including Chinese food, fast food, bread, cake, KFC and McDonald's.