Qīngdǎo Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Both buses and minibuses depart from the area next to the massive Hualian Building, south of the train station. The ticket offices (8267 6842) are in the small pastel-coloured huts in the bus station.

There are buses departing for Wēihǎi (Y42.50, every 20 minutes, 6am to 6pm), Yāntái (Y31, every 15 minutes, 6.30am to 5.30pm) and Jǐ’nán (Y50, every 50 minutes, 8.50am to 4pm). There are also daily buses to Běijīng (Y219, 13 hours, 7.30pm), Hángzhōu (Y221, 20 hours, 3.50pm), Héféi (Y128, 9am and 3.30pm) and Shànghǎi (Y201, 18 hours, 10.30am and afternoon departures).

Train

All trains from Qīngdǎo go through Jǐ’nán, except the direct Qīngdǎo to Yāntái and Wēihǎi trains. There are two trains a day to Yāntái (hard seat Y22, four hours), several to Wēihǎi (Y12, four to six hours) and regular services to Jǐ’nán (Y55, four to six hours). There are two express trains daily to Běijīng (Y215, 10 hours), and trains to Shànghǎi (Y290, 15 hours, 1.58pm), Tài’ān (hard seat Y34, five hours) and Zhèngzhōu (Y120, 3.05pm).

Apart from at the marvellous ticket office at the train station – German-built with a clock tower, red tiles and practically a sight in itself – train (and air) tickets can be bought for a service charge at several places around town, including a useful ticket office (Qīngdǎo Huǒchēzhàn Biànjié Shòupiàochù; Feixian Lu; 24hr) on the north side of Feixian Lu, just round the corner from the train station.

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Boat

Ferries to other Chinese ports no longer depart from Qīngdǎo. International boats depart from the passenger ferry terminal (Qīngdǎogǎng Kèyùnzhàn; 8282 5001; 6 Xinjiang Lu) for both Incheon (from Y750, 16 hours, Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and Gunsun (Y700, 19 hours, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) in South Korea and Shimonoseki (Y1200, 36 hours, Monday, Thursday and Saturday) in Japan. To reach Dàlián by boat, you will have to go from Yāntái or Wēihǎi, but tickets can be purchased from the Shandong Airlines ticket office.

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Air

There are flights to most large cities in China, including daily services to Běijīng (Y700) and Shànghǎi (Y760) and five flights a week to Hong Kong (Y2400). International flights include daily flights to Seoul, along with flights to Osaka and Fukuoka in Japan. Direct flights to Frankfurt are planned. For flight information call Liuting International Airport (8471 5139).

Tickets can be purchased at the following:

CAAC (Zhōngguó Mínháng) Zhongshan Lu (8289 5577; 29 Zhongshan Lu); Xianggang Lu (24hr ticketing 8577 5555; 30 Xianggang Lu)

China Southern (Zhōngguó Náfāng Hángkōng Gōngsī; 8389 6148; Haitian Hotel, 48 Xianggang Xilu)

Dragonair (Gǎnglóng Hángkōng; 8577 6110; Hotel Equatorial, 28 Xianggang Zhonglu; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat)

Korean Air (Dàhán Hángkōng; 8387 0088; Haitian Hotel, 48 Xianggang Xilu)

Shandong Airlines (Shāndōng Hángkōng; 8288 9160, 286 5870; train station ticket office) It also sells Yāntái to Dàlián boat tickets.

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