Yínchuān Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The long-distance bus station is in the southeastern part of town on Nanmen Sq near the South Gate (Nán Mén). For some northern destinations you may be referred to the northern bus station(běimén zhàn); to get there from the long-distance bus station hop on bus 4 (Y1).

The frequent kuàikè (express buses) to Zhōngwèi and Gùyuán are definitely worth the added expense.

Train

Yínchuān is on the Lánzhōu–Běijīng railway line, which runs via Hohhot (11 hours) and Dàtóng (13 hours) before reaching Běijīng (19 hours). If you’re heading for Lánzhōu (8½ hours, Y97 hard sleeper), the handy overnight train N901 leaves at 10.05pm. For Xī’ān (14 hours), try train 2587 (Y122 hard sleeper), leaving at 4.16pm, or train K359, leaving at 8.38pm. The train station is in the New City, about 12km west of the Old City centre.

There’s a train booking office (huǒchē shòupiàochù; 140 Xinhua Dongjie; commission Y5; 8am-7pm) in the Old City, in the ICBC Bank (Gōngshāng Yínháng), next to Dico’s Burgers. Buy tickets at counter No 1.

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Air

Yínchuān’s main ticket office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; Zhōngguó Mínháng; 691 3456; 540 Changcheng Donglu; 8am-6pm) is located south of the bus station. You can also buy tickets from China Air Express (Mínháng Kuàidì; 401 3333; 36 Minzu Beijie), across from Ālǐ Dàngāo.

Plane flights connect Yínchuān with Běijīng (Y1080) and Chéngdū (Y1110), Guǎngzhōu (Y1890), Shànghǎi (Y1500), Ürümqi (Y1350, three weekly) and Xī’ān (Y600), among other destinations.

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