Wēihǎi Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Bus & tram

Bus

From the long-distance bus station (522 4591) at the southern end of Dongcheng Lu there are comfortable air-con Volvo buses departing hourly to Yāntái (Y21, one hour, 6am to 5.40pm) and Qīngdǎo (Y68, four hours, 6.30am to 5.30pm). There are also five buses to Jǐ’nán (Y139, eight hours), and a bus to Shànghǎi (Y169, 16 hours) and Běijīng (Y142, 13 hours).

Smaller Iveco buses also run hourly to Yāntái (Y17.50), Qīngdǎo (Y42.50) and Jǐ’nán (Y79.50). There is also a direct bus to Pénglái at 8am (Y24, two hours).

^ Back to top

Air

Wēihǎi’s airport is 80km away. Flights to cities include Běijīng (Y530, one hour), Guǎngzhōu (Y1460, three hours) and Shànghǎi (Y610, 1½ hours). A taxi from the airport to town will cost around Y80.

^ Back to top

Boat

Ferries sail to Incheon (1st/2nd class Y950/810, 15 hours), in South Korea, at 7pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Tickets are generally only available on the day of travel from the ticket office on Haibin Lu to the south of the passenger ferry terminal (wēihǎi gǎng kèyùnzhàn).

Boats to Dàlián leave daily at 9.30am and 9pm (2nd class Y280, eight hours). Tickets should be bought from the International building adjacent to the passenger ferry terminal.

^ Back to top

Train

Located in the south of town, the train station has poor connections. There are trains to Běijīng (Y205, once daily), Tiānjīn (Y183, once daily) and Jǐ’nán (Y102, twice daily). Buy tickets at the train station or at the ticket office (520 8000; 120-1 Tongyi Lu), near the Sunshine Hotel (it also sells air tickets).

^ Back to top