Suzhou is one of Jiangsu Province's key rail hubs, positioned between Shanghai and Wuxi on the lower Yangtze rail corridor. The city has several passenger stations, with Suzhou Railway Station and Suzhou North Railway Station handling most long-distance train tickets. China Railway services place Suzhou on both the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and the Shanghai-Nanjing intercity railway.
Trains from Suzhou include high-speed G trains on national trunk routes, D trains on selected intercity and long-distance services, and C trains within the Yangtze River Delta network. Suzhou Railway Station sits on the main Shanghai-Nanjing axis and receives many intercity services, while Suzhou North Railway Station serves the high-speed line used by longer north-south trains.
Rail routes from Suzhou run east toward Shanghai, west toward Wuxi, Changzhou, Nanjing, and Hefei, north toward Jinan and Beijing, and south via Shanghai or Hangzhou connections toward Zhejiang. Popular rail cities include Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Beijing, Wuxi, and Changzhou. Book trains from and to Suzhou online at Rail Monsters.