Getting there & away
Buses for Chéngdé leave Běijīng hourly (Y46, four hours) from both the Liuliqiao and Sihui long-distance bus stations. Upon arrival, it’s preferable to get off at the train station if given the choice. Minibuses from Chéngdé leave every 20 minutes for Běijīng from the train station parking lot, also stopping in front of the Yunshan Hotel. The Jingcheng Expressway (Běijīng–Chéngdé) should be completed by 2007, which will shorten the voyage to 2½ hours. The downside is that it may no longer be possible to hop off at the Great Wall at Jīnshānlǐng, but ask anyway.
The east bus station (dōng zhàn) is 2km south of the train station, with morning buses to Qínhuángdǎo (Y66, five hours, close to Shānhǎiguān) and Tiānjīn (Y67, six hours).
Regular trains run between Běijīng and Chéngdé, with the first and most convenient departing Běijīng at 7.16am and returning at 2.40pm. The fastest trains take four hours (Y41 hard seat, Y61 soft seat); slower trains take around seven hours. There are also connections to Shěnyáng (Y97, 13 hours, 6.55am), Dāndōng (Y126, 17 hours, 6.39pm) and Tiānjīn (Y65, nine hours, 9.53pm).
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