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EXPLORE HARBIN

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How To Get Here

PLANE

Located 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) northwest of Harbin City,  Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) is currently the second largest airport in northeastern China. Formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport , Harbin Airport was first built in 1979, afterwhich it underwent considerable expansion between 1994 and 1997. It achieved an international airport status in 1984 and serves as one of the most important transportation hubs for northeastern China.  The airport is currently well equipped to handle 6 million passengers annually and has more than 50 air routes, covering over 40 domestic and overseas cities.  These include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Seoul, Osaka, Vladivostok and Los Angeles.


The airport has two terminals, domestic and international. Auxiliary facilities are offered in the airport, including duty-free shops, shops selling local products, restaurants, airport lounges, lost&found and information desk. The automatic check-in counter can be found at the information desk of China Southern Airlines, 2F, Terminal Building, where travellers may check in and print  boarding passes. 

Toilets designed for the disabled can be found throughtout the terminal building. An infant room is located near No. 8 boarding gate, providing children’s entertainment and nursing room with full-time keeper.
Tips: Airport transfers into Harbin take about an hour by shuttle bus, and about half an hour by taxi, the latter of which will cost about RMB100. It is advisable for outbound travellers to arrive at least 2 hours in advance of flight departure.

TRAIN

Taking a train to Harbin is very easy and most are overnight trains, including a new rapid service from Beijing. Different ways to travel include chair, "hard berth", or "soft berth". Hard berth compartments generally have six sleeping bunks which open onto the main passageway going through the car; soft berth usually has a four person compartment, softer mattresses, and a compartment door you can close. Hard berth is roughly 55% of the price of a soft berth ticket. The bottom bunk is where all your neighbors will want to sit and eat with you when you are not sleeping.

The main station is located at Tielu Jie, between Nangang and Daoli districts. When leaving the train, make sure to keep your ticket stub as you need it to exit the train station.

When you get out of the train station there are literally dozens of taxis waiting. Make sure to take a cab that is in the official waiting line and have them turn their meter on. In some cases these drivers have been waiting all day here and want to get as much money as they can.

There are several hotels right around the square in front of the station and most are fairly cheap. There is also a KFC and a Russian restaurant (open 24 hours) called Breznev that has decent food.

 

Connections to Harbin include:

  • Baotou - 29 hours; ¥113-390

  • Beijing - 8-18 hours; ¥78-465

  • Changchun - 2-4 hours; ¥20-91

  • Changsha - 29 hours; ¥300-833

  • Daqing

  • Dalian - 10 hours; ¥109-327

  • Guangzhou - 37½ hours; ¥355-976

  • Hailaer

  • Hangzhou - 36 hours; ¥286-792

  • Hefei - 22½ hours; ¥245-676

  • Hegang

  • Hohhot - 27 hours; ¥102-341

  • Jiamusi

  • Jilin - 6½ hours; ¥20-163

  • Jinan

  • Jixi

  • Manzhouli

  • Mudanjiang - 6 hours; ¥100

  • Nanchang

  • Nanjing

  • Qiqihaer

  • Shanghai

  • Shenyang

  • Tianjin

  • Wuhan

  • Xian

  • Yichun

  • Khabarovsk and Vladivostok in Russia (twice a week)

 

There is also some smaller train stations in the city, like Harbin East and others.

Harbin West Station (or harbinxi) provides with high speed trains to Beijing. Beware that your ticket may be from this station rather than the main station in town. Harbin's metro system recently opened, but this does not connect with Harbin West station: - Harbin West station is not expected to be included on the metro network until line three is complete (expected in 2017).

 

A high-speed rail had been current in test between Dalian and Harbin. The line is set to open later in 2012. A ride to Dalian will be cut to 3 hours after the opening of the line.

BUS

The long-distance buses are mainly offered by Nangang Bus Station with most of the bus routes covering the rest of Heilongjiang Province. Destinations available via the inter-provincial long-distance bus services are Shenyang within Liaoning Province and Changchun within Jilin Province. A new route was opened this year from Harbin to Vladivostok in Russia, with the daily journey by luxury bus taking twelve hours.

 

The main long-distance bus station (Changtu Keyun Zhan) is located across the square from main train station.

The majority of cities in Heilongjiang can be reached via bus.

 

  • Beijing - takes about 18 hours

  • Mudanjiang - takes about 4 hours. Frequent departures.

  • Qiqihar - takes about 5 hours

  • Changchun - takes about 4 hours

  • Jilin - takes about 6 hours

  • Dalian - takes about 10 hrs

  • Shenyang - takes about 8 hours

  • Wudailanchi - takes about 6 hours

  • Yanji - takes about 9 hrs

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