Yán’ān Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

From Xī’ān’s long-distance bus station, there are buses to Yán’ān (Y78, 5½ hours) every 40 minutes from 6.30am to 4.20pm. The schedule back to Xī’ān is essentially the same. Buses arrive and depart from the south bus station ; nán zhàn).

At the east bus station (dōng zhàn), there are minibuses to Yúlín (Y51, five hours) every 40 minutes from 5.30am to 5pm. Heading west, there are departures to Yínchuān in Níngxià (Y92 to Y99, eight hours). Buses leave at 8am, 9.30am and 10.30am; sleepers leave at 2.40pm and 4.30pm. You can also get into Shānxī and Hénán.

Train

Heading back to Xī’ān are overnight trains (Y100, eight to 10 hours) leaving at 8.46pm and 10.08pm. Unfortunately, advance tickets in Yán’ān can be hard to come by – consider taking the bus instead. A taxi from the train station into town costs Y10.

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Air

There are daily flights to Xī’ān (Y420) and Běijīng (Y960) from the airport 7km northeast of the town.

The airline booking office Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; Zhōngguó Mínháng; 211 1111; 8am-noon & 2.30-5.30pm) is located on Baimi Dadao. A bus service (Y5, 8.30am) connects the office with the airport.

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