Z-series trains

Z-series trains () are a sleeper train service offered by China Railway. Z stands for Zhida Tekuai (). Most Z-series trains used to not have any intermediary stops, not even technical stops for changing locomotives or drivers. However, most of these trains later had a few stops added to their schedule to boost the number of passengers.

Generally, Z-series trains are overnight, all-sleeper trains that have travel time of around 10–14 hours, with an average speed of around , and top speed up to . The majority have both soft sleepers and hard sleepers, while some Z trains have only soft sleepers, few of them also have soft seat. Most of the Z-series trains stop at either Beijing, Beijing Fengtai and Shanghai railway station or Shanghai Songjiang.

List of Z-series trains (as of September 1, 2025)

• Z5/6: Beijing West–Nanning
• Z12/13: Guangzhou Baiyun–Shenyang North
• Z14/11: Guangzhou Baiyun–Shenyang North
• Z15/16: Beijing–Harbin
• Z17/18: Beijing–Qiqihar
• Z21/22: Beijing West–Lhasa
• Z25/28: Wuchang–Shanghai Songjiang
• Z27/26: Wuchang–Shanghai Songjiang
• Z29/30: Beijing Fengtai–Qidong
• Z31/34: Wuchang–Ningbo
• Z32/33: Wuchang–Ningbo
• Z40/41: Shanghai–Urumqi
• Z42/39: Shanghai–Urumqi
• Z45/48: Wuchang–Hangzhou
• Z47/46: Wuchang–Hangzhou
• Z51/52: Beijing–Qidong
• Z53/54: Beijing West–Kunming
• Z55/56: Beijing West–Lanzhou
• Z61/62: Beijing West–Changchun
• Z69/70: Beijing West–Urumqi
• Z77/78: Beijing West–Guiyang
• Z83/84: Beijing–Qiqihar
• Z99/100: Shanghai–Guangzhou Baiyun
• Z102/103: Changchun–Xiamen North
• Z104/101: Changchun–Xiamen North
• Z105/106: Jinan–Urumqi
• Z112/113: Harbin West–Haikou
• Z114/111: Harbin West–Haikou
• Z117/118: Beijing–Jilin
• Z126/127: Xiamen North–Lanzhou
• Z128/125: Xiamen North–Lanzhou
• Z136/137: Guangzhou Baiyun–Urumqi
• Z138/135: Guangzhou Baiyun–Urumqi
• Z149/150: Beijing West–Guiyang
• Z151/152: Beijing West–Xining
• Z156/157: Harbin West–Taizhou
• Z158/155: Harbin West–Taizhou
• Z159/160: Beijing–Rizhao West
• Z161/162: Beijing West–Kunming
• Z164/165: Shanghai–Lhasa
• Z166/163: Shanghai–Lhasa
• Z170/167: Qingdao North–Guangzhou
• Z168/169: Qingdao North–Guangzhou
• Z172/173: Harbin West–Shanghai
• Z174/171: Harbin West–Shanghai
• Z176/177: Harbin West–Hangzhou
• Z178/175: Harbin West–Hangzhou
• Z179/180: Beijing West–Urumqi
• Z182/183: Shenzhen East–Baotou/Bayannur
• Z184/181: Shenzhen East–Baotou/Bayannur
• Z186/187: Shenyang North–Shenzhen
• Z188/185: Shenyang North–Shenzhen
• Z198/195: Taiyuan–Shanghai
• Z196/197: Taiyuan–Shanghai
• Z206/207: Tianjin–Changsha
• Z208/205: Tianjin–Changsha
• Z211/212: Beijing–Changchun
• Z223/224: Chongqing West–Lhasa
• Z225/228: Beijing Fengtai–Hefei
• Z227/226: Beijing Fengtai–Hefei
• Z230/231: Shenzhen East–Xining
• Z232/229: Shenzhen East–Xining
• Z236/237: Harbin West–Guangzhou
• Z238/235: Harbin West–Guangzhou
• Z245/248: Changsha–Shanghai South
• Z247/246: Changsha–Shanghai South
• Z256/257: Shanghai South–Chongqing North
• Z258/255: Shanghai South–Chongqing North
• Z264/265: Guangzhou–Lhasa
• Z266/263: Guangzhou–Lhasa
• Z267/270: Hohhot–Shanghai
• Z268/269: Hohhot–Shanghai
• Z272/273: Qingdao–Xining
• Z274/271: Qingdao–Xining
• Z282/283: Baotou–Hangzhou
• Z284/281: Baotou–Hangzhou
• Z285/286: Beijing West–Nanning
• Z288/289: Kunming–Ningbo
• Z290/287: Kunming–Ningbo
• Z294/291: Urumqi–Wuchang
• Z292/293: Urumqi–Wuchang
• Z297/296: Beijing West–Zhangjiajie West
• Z295/298: Beijing West–Zhangjiajie West
• Z306/303: Urumqi–Shanghai
• Z304/305: Urumqi–Shanghai
• Z308/309: Qiqihar–Shenzhen East
• Z310/307: Qiqihar–Shenzhen East
• Z318/315: Qingdao North–Chengdu West
• Z316/317: Qingdao North–Chengdu West
• Z322/323: Chengdu–Lhasa
• Z324/321: Chengdu–Lhasa
• Z328/325: Changchun–Kunming
• Z326/327: Changchun–Kunming
• Z332/333: Shenzhen East–Chengdu East
• Z334/331: Shenzhen East–Chengdu East
• Z336/337: Baotou–Nanning
• Z338/335: Baotou–Nanning
• Z342/343: *Zhengzhou–Xiamen North
• Z344/341: *Zhengzhou–Xiamen North
• Z350/351: Baotou–Qingdao North
• Z352/349: Baotou–Qingdao North
• Z356/357: Jinan–Urumqi
• Z358/355: Jinan–Urumqi
• Z362/363: Nantong–Urumqi
• Z364/361: Nantong–Urumqi
• Z368/365: Harbin West–Nanjing
• Z366/367: Harbin West–Nanjing
• Z372/373: Urumqi–Kunming
• Z374/371: Urumqi–Kunming
• Z376/377: Xining–Shanghai
• Z378/375: Xining–Shanghai
• Z384/385: Changchun–Sanya
• Z386/383: Changchun–Sanya
• Z390/391: Fuzhou–Chengdu
• Z392/389: Fuzhou–Chengdu
• Z398/395: Changchun–Nanning
• Z396/397: Changchun–Nanning
• Z501/504: Sanya–Beijing West
• Z502/503: Sanya–Beijing West
• Z508/509: Chengdu West–Urumqi
• Z510/507: Chengdu West–Urumqi
• Z516/517: Shanghai–Jilin
• Z518/515: Shanghai–Jilin
• Z586/587: Chengdu West–Shenzhen East
• Z588/585: Chengdu West–Shenzhen East
• Z594/595: Hangzhou–Urumqi
• Z596/593: Hangzhou–Urumqi
• Z917/918: Xi'an–Lhasa
• Z6205/6206: Lanzhou–Jiayuguan
• Z6516/6517: Urumqi–Kashgar
• Z6518/6515: Urumqi–Kashgar
• Z6541: Baotou–Linhe
• Z6543/6544: Hohhot–Ordos
• Z6801/6802: Xining–Lhasa
• Z8801/8802: Lhasa–Shigatse

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