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China trains: station, date and field checks
Check Kunming/Kunming South, date/time, train-number format and passport-name rules before using 12306 for the actual order. No tickets or identity collection here.
Check a ticket or route to book
Listed stations do not establish a current service between them. Live trains, tickets and transfer times must be checked officially.
Name entry: identify the passport layout first
Read the physical passport's visual field layout and consult 12306's instructions. This site does not rewrite special characters, single names or long names.
Rules only: no name or document-number input. For one name, special characters or long names, consult 12306's examples rather than rearranging or deleting information yourself.
Fields to check and next steps
- To check
Check the complete departure station on the ticket; this station has not been confirmed here.
- To check
Check the complete arrival station; use 12306 for other stations.
- To check
Date missing, invalid or earlier than the check date; review the travel date.
- To check
Check the departure time in 24-hour format; do not substitute the device's home time zone.
- To check
Common train-number format not confirmed; check unusual numbers and actual service on 12306.
- To check
Compare your physical document with 12306's name instructions; this site collects no name.
- To check
Prepare the original valid document used to buy the ticket and check identity consistency.
- To check
No actual order confirmed. After checking, use official channels for services, seats and booking.
An itinerary sheet or reimbursement receipt is not a boarding ticket. Allow for entry, identity and baggage checks; confirm station requirements.
No order was verified or ticket issued here. Use these results to prepare and review. Before the station, check date, train, seat, boarding station and document, with entry time buffered.
Check on the official 12306 English website ↗12306: foreign-passport entry instructions ↗Source date: Not stated · Checked: 2026-10-04
Name order depends on passport layout. Explanation only; no identity input.
12306 English ticketing FAQ ↗Source date: Not stated · Checked: 2026-10-04
Identity, official channels and boarding documents; no live timetable.
12306 official station-name data ↗Source date: Not stated · Checked: 2026-10-04
Kunming, Kunming South and Dali names/codes; not services or transfer times.