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By Air
There is a small airport in southern Chengde where occasional charter flights shuttle between Beijing and Chengde. Chengde is 180 kilometers away from the Beijing Capital International Airport. To travel by air, visitors can take a coach to Beijing and connect with their flights from there. A coach departs for Beijing every twenty minutes, making it very convenient.
Subway
The railway station is situated on Wulie Road in southeast Chengde. Three rail lines converge here: Beijing-Chengde railway, Jinzhou-Chengde railway and Chengde-Long railway.
There are ten passenger trains to Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Jinzhou, Dandong, Tongliao and Wulanhaote daily. Up to 1.7 million passengers use the rails per year.
Chengde railway station has linked 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. Special express trains are available to serve some scenic spots along the way from Beijing to Chengde. These trains are convenient and speedy.
City Transportation
The city area of Chengde is quite small. It is served by a convenient bus system with more than ten bus lines. Many buses are self-service and charge one RMB per ride. The money is deposited into a box located in the front of each bus. Other mini-buses charge no more than 5 RMB to the destination.
Coach/Bus Transport
Chengde has a good network of roads such as the Beijing-Chengde road, Chengde-Wei road, national road lines 101, 111 and 112, and Chengde-Piao road. It has three national highways linking Chengde and Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia.
There are long distance coaches departing for provinces and cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, and Zhangjiakou daily, it takes about 4 hours, 5.5 hours and 10 hours respectively from Chengde to Beijing, Tianjin and Dalian. In the west and north stations of Chengde, buses depart for every county and district in the city at regular intervals.
Taxi
There are numerous taxies in the city area. The charge is 5 RMB for the first 2 kilometers, then 1.40 RMB for each additional kilometer. Generally speaking, the charge for a taxi will be no more than 10 RMB within the city district
Dear Rosario,
We can't book the tickets only. I suggest you buy the tickets at the train station or bus station. The trian K7711 departs at 8:05am, arriving at 12:31pm, it takes about 4.5 hours and it costs about CNY95(US$15) per person for the hard sleeper. The train station is at No.2 Beijing station west street, Dongcheng District. It takes about 3-4 hours by bus and it costs about CNY80（US$12) per person. Dongzhimen bus station（东直门长途汽车站） is at No.45 Dongzhimenwaixie street, Changyang District（朝阳区东直门外斜街45号）.
Hi Helen Koh,
There are three bus station in Chengde. They are Chengde Eastern bus station, Chengde Western bus station and Chengde Northern bus station. If you would like to take a bus from Chengde to Beijing, you can go to the eastern bus station.
Chengde Eastern station: Yingbin road, Eastern development zone, Chengde
There is no MRT station in Chengde.
