A network redirection method and a terminal are provided. In the embodiments of the present invention, an access network device delivers network switching instruction information used for redirection to a terminal. The network switching instruction information instructs the terminal to obtain a core network type of a target core network of redirection to access a target core network based on the core network type. Network switching between different types of core networks can be implemented without depending on interfaces between the different types of core networks, thereby improving reliability of network switching between different types of core networks.