By Air
Located 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) northwest of Harbin City,
Harbin
airport is the second largest airport in northeastern China
at present. Formally called
Harbin
Taiping International Airport (HRB), it caters for approximate
50 domestic and international routes. More than 30 tourist destinations
within China are catered for, including Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao,
Shenzhen, Xian and Hong Kong, etc. Cities within America, Russia,
Korea, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia can also be reached by scheduled
flights. In September 2006, six new international airline routes
opened, to Frankfurt, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and New York via transfers in Beijing, and, with the exception of
San Francisco, all are scheduled daily flights.
There are two routes covered by shuttle busses enabling visitors
to get to the airport from the downtown center. The first departs
from No.99, Zhongshan Lu from 6:00 to 18:00, leaving two and a
half hours prior to the flight departures. The other rout can
be boarded at No.30, Xinyang Lu between 10:30 and 12:00, with
the fee for both routs being 20 Yuan per person. The shuttle busses'
departure time from the airport to downtown Harbin is based upon
the arrival time of flights. Alternatively, you can take a taxi
to or from the airport for about 60 Yuan.
Inquiring Number: 82894220
By Train
Harbin has two railway stations; Harbin Railway Station, located
at No.1, Tielu Jie, Nangang District was originally Songjiang
Railway Station, and was built by the USSR, it now plays a vital
role as a transfer station. The other is the Harbin Eastern Railway
Station which is the terminus for trains both departing, and arriving
in Harbin. Here, you can take trains to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai
and Jinan, etc.
Inquiring Number: 86420115
Tips: Harbin Railway Station allows visitors to buy tickets up
to7 days prior to departure, or alternatively, you can conveniently
book tickets at any star rated hotel which offers a ticket-booking
service.
By 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. This year, a new route from Harbin to Vladivostok
in Russia was opened with the daily journey by luxury bus will
take twelve hours.
By Sea
Occupying an advantageous geographical position, the Port of Harbin
is listed as one of the eight important inland harbors of China.
However, ships only can reach some parts of northeast China from
April through to the early November.