Tianjin is one of the four municipalities directly under the central government in China, near to Beijing with convenient transportation between both cities. Tianjing is located in the southeast of Beijing airport, about 150 kilometers away from Beijing. Many tourists take cruise to Tianjin and start their China tour and also some passengers travel to Tianjin for cruise after a China trip.
This article is going to introduce the transportation from Beijing airport to Tianjin. Here, TCT lists some ways to get to Tianjin from Beijing airport. You can get to Tianjin by long distance bus and Inter-city High Speed Train.
There are long distance inter-provincial buses from Beijing Capital International Airport go the nearby cities, such as Tianjin, Langfang, Tanggu, Qinhuangdao, Baoding, Tangshan, Cangzhou. Therefore, upon arriving at Beijing, taking long-distance bus is the most direct way from Beijing Airport to Tianjin.
Passenger need to show their valid document (Passport or ID card) to buy bus tickets and getting on the bus. There are many buses leaving for Tianjin from Beijing airport. The bus departs from 7:30 am to 11:00 pm every day. The journey takes about 2 and half hours.
Where to buy ticket: Inside of Gate No 1 of the Departure Hall at Terminal 3
Where to get on bus: Gate No 1 of Departure Hall at Terminal 3 and Gate No 15 of Departure Hall at Terminal 2
Arrival Station in Tianjin: Tianhuan Bus Station(天环客运站)
Bus fare: CNY82 per person
Duration: appro 2.5 hours
Consulting Tel: +86 10 6455 8718 or +86 22 2305 0530
Bus Schedule
Departure from Beijing Capital Airport | Departure from Tianjing Tianhuan Bus Station |
07:30 | 04:00 |
08:30 | 05:00 |
09:30 | 06:00 |
10:15 | 07:00 |
11:00 | 07:30 |
11:45 | 08:00 |
12:30 | 08:30 |
13:15 | 09:00 |
14:00 | 10:00 |
14:45 | 11:00 |
15:30 | 12:00 |
16:15 | 13:00 |
17:00 | 13:30 |
17:45 | 14:00 |
18:30 | 14:30 |
19:15 | 15:00 |
20:00 | 16:00 |
21:00 | 17:00 |
22:00 | 18:00 |
23:00 | 18:30 |
Another way is to take the high speed train from Beijing South Railway Station (北京火车南站)to Tianjin. It takes only 30-40 minutes. There are many trains every day. But you need to go to Beijing South Railway Station first. You could take Airport Shuttle Bus Line 10 to Beijing South Bus Station (北京南站),then walk for about 600 meters to Beijing South Railway Station, where you could buy a train tickets to Tianjin.
So far there are a total of 165 trains depart for Tianjin every day. The earliest train departs at 00:42 am and last departs at 11:47 pm, with the durations vary from 31m to 2h23m. Below is a timetable for some trains from Beijing to Tianjin.
Train Code |
Depart | Arrive | Duration |
Business Class Seat |
First Class Seat |
Second Class Seat |
Comfortable/Standard Couchette |
Hard Seat |
K7727 |
Beijing West 00:42 |
Tianjin 02:33 |
1h51m | - | - | - | -/65.5 RMB | 19.5 RMB |
G5 |
Beijing South 07:00 |
Tianjin South 07:31 |
31m | 174.5 RMB | 94.5 RMB | 54.5 RMB | - | - |
T57 |
Beijing West 11:14 |
Tianjin 12:58 |
1h44m | - | - | - | 99.5/65.5 RMB | 19.5 RMB |
C2037 |
Beijing South 11:21 |
Tianjin 11:56 |
35m | 174 RMB | 88 RMB | 54.5 RMB | - | - |
D321 |
Beijing 21:04 |
Tianjin West 22:19 |
1h15m | - | - | 43 RMB | 200 RMB/- | |
K1303 |
Beijing 22:36 |
Tianjin 00:22 |
1h46m | - | - | - | 102.5/67.5 RMB | 21.5 RMB |
K411 |
Beijing 23:47 |
Tianjin West 01:48 |
2h1m | - | - | - | 104.5/69.5 RMB | 23.5 RMB |