Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bus
Buses for Chengde leave Beijing hourly from Liuliqiao bus station
(Liuliqiao
changtuzhan;
Click here
; ¥50, four hours)
; buses also run from Beijing's Sihui long dis-
tance station
( ¥50, four hours, 6am to 4pm)
. Buses from Chengde leave every half
hour for Beijing
(¥85, three hours, last bus 6.30pm)
from the train station car park.
Buses also leave from Chengde's
east bus station
(dong qichezhan;
212 3566)
, 8km south of town:
Beijing ¥
87, four hours, every 20 minutes (6am to 6pm)
Train
The fastest regular trains from Beijing Train Station take more than four hours
(hard/soft seat ¥41/61)
; slower trains take much longer. The first train from
Beijing departs at 8.05am, arriving in Chengde at 12.31am. Alternatively, catch
the 12.15am train from Beijing and reach Chengde at 6.31am. In the other dir-
ection, the 1.53pm service from Chengde is a useful train, arriving in Beijing at
6.19pm. The first train to Beijing is at 4.19am, arriving at 10.09am.
Getting Around
Taxis are ¥7 at flag fall (then ¥1.40 per kilometre); on the meter, a taxi from the
train station to the Bishu Shanzhuang should cost around ¥9. There are sever-
al minibus lines (¥1), including minibus 5 from the train station to Lizhengmen
Dajie, minibus 1 from the train station to the east bus station and minibus 6 to
the Eight Outer Temples, grouped at the northeastern end of town. Bus 11 also
runs from the train station to the Bishu Shanzhuang. To reach the east bus
station, take bus 118 or a taxi (¥20).
