Suzhou North Railway Station Guides

Opened on June 30 2011, Suzhou North Railway Station (Chinese name 苏州北站, Suzhou Bei Zhan) is located in Xiangcheng District, 16km northeast of Suzhou downtown. It covers 46,600 square metres, and has 2 platforms, 6 railway tracks. Suzhou North Railway Station is one high-speed rail station of Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Rails that serves 75 high-speed trains and bullet trains per day

Suzhou North Railway Station, Suzhou Bei Train station

Station Layout

Suzhou North station has 2 floor.

2F Level	Platforms and railway tracks.
1F Level	Entrance, Security check, Ticket offices, the departures hall, Waiting Lounge, arrivals, exits, restaurants(such as KFC) , ticket areas, bus station, south square, north square, the metro station of line 2 is on North Square.

Map and Location

Address: Nantiancheng Road, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

How many railway stations in Suzhou?

There are four major railway stations in Suzhou: Suzhou Railway Station, Suzhou North Railway Station, Suzhou Park Railway Station and Suzhou New District Railway Station

Suzhou Railway Station (苏州站) is located in Gusu District, 4km north of Suzhou downtown.

Suzhou North Railway Station (苏州北站) is located in Xiangcheng District, 16km northeast of Suzhou downtown.

Suzhou New District Railway Station (苏州新区站) is located in Huqiu District, 17km northwest of Suzhou downtown.

Suzhou Park Railway Station (苏州园区站) is located in Suzhou Industrial Park District, 15km east of Suzhou downtown.

Public Transportation

The public transports are included Metro line 2, bus and taxi. Metro line 2 is mostly recommended, How to get to Suzhou North Railway Station?

Metro Line 2

Suzhou North railway station can be reached by Metro Line 2. Metro train is mostly recommended public transport to get to or leave Suzhou North Railway Station

The metro station of Suzhou North railway (Chines name: 高铁苏州北站) is on B1 of North Square, 100 metres from the north exit of railway stations

The first metro train is at 06:20 and the last is at 23:20

Metro ticket price is RMB3-RMB7

Suzhou Metro Map

Metro line 2, subway at Suzhou North Railway station, Suzhou Bei Train Station

Taxi

Taxi is one convenient and fast, but also the most expensive way to get to or leave Suzhou North Railway Station.

Taxi areas are on south square and north square

Taxi Fee Standard

	Day(5:00~23:00)	Night(23:00~5:00)
0~3 km	RMB10	RMB12
3~5 km	RMB1.8 per km	RMB2.2 per km
over 5km	RMB2.7 per km	RMB3.2 per km

Taxi to Suzhou North Railway station, Taxi at Suzhou Bei Train Station

Bus

The bus station center is on South Square. There are 14 bus routes to or pass Suzhou North Railway Station, including bus lines 871, line 877, etc.

Bus at Suzhou North Railway station, Bus routes and station at Suzhou Bei Train Station

Departures

Step 1: Get to the entrance of Suzhou North Railway Station by metro line 2, Taxi, Bus or Car 45 minutes before train departure.

Step 2: Go through Security Check and real-name ID check to enter departure Hall by showing passport.

Step 3: Find the Boarding Gate (Ticket Check Gate). The gate No. will be in the confirmation email we send to you.

Step 4: Have a seat near the gate to wait for check-in and boarding. The boarding gate will be opened 20 - 15 minutes prior to the departure time.

Step 5: Ticket check. Please show your passport and confirmation No. to station staff to check in. The boarding gate will be closed 5 minutes before the train departs

Step 6: Find the platform of your train.

Step 7: Board the train and find your seats. How to find your seats?

Departures at Suzhou North Railway station, Suzhou Bei Train Station

Ticket offices

2 offices are on 1F

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 Suzhou North 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.

If you still need to pick up paper tickets, please click on here to get Guides.

Ticket office at Suzhou North Railway station, Suzhou Bei Train Station

Arrivals

Step 1: After get off your train, follow direction signs to exits. And please show your passport and confirmation No.(or paper ticket) to station staff to check out.

Step 2: Leave Suzhou North Railway Station by metro, bus, taxi or car. Metro line 2 is mostly recommended

Arrivals at Suzhou North Railway station, Suzhou Bei Train Station