Chengde Transport

Chengde is located in the north of Hebei Province, China. It is near to Beijing and Tianjin. This page will introduce the situation of Chengde transportation. Hope this is helpful with your Chengde tour.

Air
Chengde City is quite closed with Beijing, only 230 km away. In the south of Chengde, there is a small airport. And there are unscheduled chartered flights departing from Chengde to Beijing. Beijing has international airport, so visitors should use Beijing as a transfer station. Chengde is 180 kilometers away from the Beijing Capital International Airport.

Road
There are a couple of highways in Chengde, including National Highway 101, 111 and 112. They all pass through Chengde City. You can reach eastward to Liaoning, northward to Inner Mongolia and southwest toward Beijing. From Beijing to Chengde, it only takes 5 hours. In addition, there are sightseeing buses leaving directly for Chengde from Beijing and Tianjin during peak tourist time. At ordinary times, there are scheduled buses between cities.

Railway
Three rail lines converge here, that is, Jinzhou-Chengde Railway Beijing-Chengde Railway, and Chengde-Long Railway. Chengde Railway Station is situated on Wulie Road in southeast Chengde. There are links with several big railway stations in Beijing to sell tickets. Tourists can get train tickets in Chengde and use them to take trains from Beijing to destinations all over China. There are ten passenger trains to Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Tianjin, Jinzhou, Tongliao, Dandong and Wulanhaote daily. Up to 1.7 million passengers use the rails per year.

In addition, Special express trains are available to serve some scenic spots along the way from Beijing to Chengde. These trains are convenient and speedy.

Public Bus
Chengde is a small city, so you can easily get to every corner of the city as you like. Many of the buses are self-service and charge CNY 1 for one journey. In addition, most of bus ticket fees start at CNY 1 but are never more than CNY 5. most of scenic spots can be reached by public bus in Cheng. However, for Chengde is a small city, there are a few public buses, so are the public bus routes.

Taxi
Taking a taxi is also a convenient and quite cheap choice for getting to places in Chengde. The standard taxi fare is CNY 5 for the first two kilometers and CNY1.4- CNY 1.6 per additional kilometer. Travelers can easily get a taxi in Chengde.