Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Beijing North Train Station
( Bei Zhan;
Click here
)
is a short walk north of
Xizhimen subway station, and is much smaller. Destinations include:
Badaling Great Wall
hard/soft seat ¥7/10, 75 minutes (regular)
Con 'Artists' Tea Merchants
Beware pesky 'art students' and English students around Wangfujing Dajie, Ti-
an'anmen Sq and other tourist areas. They drag Western visitors to exhibitions of
overpriced art or extortionate tea ceremonies; the latter may cost ¥2000 or more. If
approached by over-friendly girls wanting to speak English, refuse to go to a place
of their choosing.
Getting Around
To/From Capital Airport
The
Airport Express
( Jichang Kuaigui; one-way ¥25; 30 min)
, also written
as ABC (Airport Beijing City), is quick and convenient and links Terminals 2
and 3 to Beijing's subway system at Sanyuanqiao station (Line 10) and Dong-
zhimen station (Lines 2 and 13). Trains leave every few minutes. Train times
are as follows: Terminal 3 (6.21am to 10.51pm); Terminal 2 (6.35am to
11.10pm); Dongzhimen (6am to 10.30pm).
A
taxi
(using its meter) should cost ¥80 to ¥100 from the airport to the city
centre, including the ¥15 airport expressway toll; bank on 30 minutes to one
hour to get into town. Join the taxi ranks and ignore approaches from drivers.
When you get into the taxi, make sure the driver uses the meter ( da biao). It is
also useful to have the name of your hotel written down in Chinese to show
the driver. Very few drivers speak English.
There are 10 different routes for the airport
shuttle bus
( jichang bashi; one-
way ¥16)
including those listed below. They all leave from all three terminals
and run from around 5am to midnight.
Line 1
To Fangzhuang , via Dabeiyao for the CBD ( guo mao)
