Getting There


By Air

Airport code: TNA

Location: Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is about 33 kilometers (about 20.5 miles) outside of Jinan City. It connects to both the Jiqing (Jinan –Qingdao) and Jingfu (Jingfu – Fuzhou) highways, providing very convenient airport transportation.

Brief intro
Covering an area of 230,000 square meters (about 56.8 acres), Jinan International Airport is one of China's finest airports. Notably, it is also the largest passenger airport in Shandong Province.

Viewed from a distance, the airport appears to be a flying roc, which will surely arouse your imagination. It has one of the biggest waiting areas in all of China, which makes this airport play an important role in the Chinese air industry. Some 54 domestic and international airlines have been opened. Flights originating from this airport can reach more than 38 cities both in China as well as abroad.

Facilities
Parking: There are eight parking areas located in the square in front of the new waiting hall. Some 1,200 cars can be parked at the same time. This can be very convenient for you!

Service
Hotel: Jinan International Airport Hotel is a three-star hotel, located only 50 meters (about 54.7 yards) away from the waiting hall. Amenities including dining facilities, entertainment, meeting rooms, ATM, and pubs, are all available here.

In addition to the usual hotel services, there are also business VIP rooms, first-class cabin waiting rooms, nursing rooms, medical center, restaurants, and other facilities which are ready to serve the traveler.

Airport Transportation:
Shuttle Bus:
1. From the downtown Jinan to the airport: You can take the bus in front of Yuquan Simpson Hotel and Bus Station in Railway Station Square The bus runs every an hour from 6:00 to 19:00.
2. From the airport to the downtown Jinan: Exit Gate 3, 4, 1/F, Arrival Hall
First Flight arrival till 18:00: airport bus run to Jinan Railway Station
After 18:00: the bus run to Yuquan Simpson Hotel

The bus fare is CNY20 and the whole journey takes about an hour.

It cost over CNY100 to take a taxi from the airport to the city center, Quancheng Square, or the Sofitel Silver Plaza in the downtown Jinan.

Apart from airport buses between downtown Jinan and the Airport, there are also direct buses running between Jinan airport to other cities in Shandong Province.

 To Zibo City: CNY60 for about one hour and a half
The departure time from airport to Zibo: 09:30, 10:30, 11:20, 12:10, 13:00, 13:50, 15:00, 16:00, 17:10, 18:20, 19:30, 20:40, 22:00
The departure time from Zibo to airport: 05:20, 6:30, 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:30, 12:30, 13:40, 14:50, 15:50, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00
Pick-up Point in Zibo: Rose Hotel (1, Zhongxin Road, Zhangdian District opposite to Zibo Railway Station Square)

 To Dongying City: CNY100 for about two hours and a half
The departure time from airport to Dongying: 10:50, 11:50, 13:30, 15:00, 16:30, 19:30, 19:10, 20:30
The departure time from Dongying to airport: 04:00, 06:30, 08:00, 09:30, 11:00, 12:30, 13:30, 15;30
Pick-up Point in Dongying: Victory Square (Shengli Guangchang) (Liaocheng Road, Dongying District)

 To Tai'an City: CNY60 for about one hour and a half
The departure time from airport to Tai'an: 11:30, 14:00, 16:30, 17:30, 20:00
The departure time from Tai'an to airport: 05:30, 08:30, 10:00, 13:30, 16:40
Pick-up Point in Tai'an: Taishan Hotel (26, Hongmen Road, Taishan District)

 To Jining City: CNY120 for about three hours
The departure time from airport to Jining: 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00, 20:00
The departure time from Jining to airport: 06:30, 08:00, 09:30, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00
Pick-up Point in Jining: Jining Shuntong Travel Service (4, north section of Jianshe Road, the North Bus Station)

 To Qingzhou City: CNY100 for about two hours
The departure time from airport to Qingzhou: 10:30, 13:00, 16:00, 18:30
The departure time from Qingzhou to airport: 05:00, 08:00, 12:30, 15:30
Pick-up Point in Qingzhou: Qingzhou Terminal of Jinan Airport (312, Yunmenshan North Road)

 To Binzhou City: CNY60 for about two hours
The departure time from airport to Binzhou: 11:00, 13:30, 17:30, 19:30
The departure time from Binzhou to airport: 04:30, 08:30, 13:30, 16:00
Pick-up point in Binzhou: Bohao International Square (intersection of Huanghe 4th Road and Bohai 7th Road)

 To Dezhou City: CNY70 for about two hours
The departure time from airport to Dezhou: 11:00, 13:30, 17:00
The departure time from Dezhou to airport: 08:00, 10:30, 14:00
Pick-ip point in Dezhou: Dezhou Long-distance Bus Station

 To Liaocheng City: CNY70 for about 2 hours
The departure time from airport to Liaocheng: 11:30, 13:15, 16:30, 19:00
The departure time from Liaocheng to airport: 05:00, 08:00, 13:30, 15:30
Pick-ip point in Liaocheng: Liaocheng Long-distance Bus Terminal

By Train

There are two railway stations in Jinan, Jinan Railway Station and Jinan East Railway Station.

Jinan Railway Station is the largest in Shandong Province. Railway lines Beijing-Shanghai and Qingdao-Jinan pass and stop at Jinan City. It also connects Jinan with other large cities, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Xian, Urumqi and Hangzhou, etc.

A ticket office is located on the west side on Floor 1 of Jinan Railway Station. Tickets can be purchased one week in advance and it also deals with the return of tickets. A word of warning: it is a common phenomenon that during the May Day and National Day Holidays, either air tickets or the train tickets are in short supply due to huge demand. To ensure your trip for the next destination or returning home, make a reservation as you enter Jinan.

Jinan East Railway Station is the stopover from trains operating between Qingdao-Dandong, Qingdao-Taiyuan and Beijing-Weihai. There is a direct train (Train 2523) starting from Jinan East Railway Station to Luoyang. The journey takes about 12 hours.

Railway Station Inquiry Numbers: 0531-86012520, 86943693, 95001818, 96519

By Long-Distance Bus

The express ways, Beijing-Shanghai, Jinan-Qingdao, Jinan-Liaocheng and four national highways, Beijing-Fuzhou, Binzhou-Zhengzhou, Qingdao-Shijiazhuang and Rongcheng-Lanzhou all pass by Jinan.

There are two major coach stations in Jinan.
One is Jinan Coach Terminal, No.131, Jiluo Lu, Jinan.
Coaches here mainly head for the cities of Shandong Province and the big neighboring cities. There are also special tourist lines to famous sights inside Shandong Province in operation.

The other is the East Coach Station, on Jiefang Lu, Jinan.
Coaches connect Jinan and cities of other provinces like Taiyuan of Shanxi Province, Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province and Puyang City of Henan Province. These coaches operate in the morning.

Coaches to cities inside Shandong such as Heze, Linyi, Qufu and Tai'an operate in the afternoon.

Travelers' Voices on Getting to Jinan

1.

Nov. 8,2009 06:37 Reply

Mr.aman(pakistan) said:

sir,
I want to travel by train from Urumqi to Weifang city ,Shandong province.
Please guide me a cheaper and cofortable train or Bus and its fare and the distance between Urumqi and Shandong.
thanks and best regards
Aman Sial

Nov. 10,2009 21:46
Mr.Sandy replied:

There is no direct train or bus from Urumqi to Weifang. You can get to Jinan first. Train 1086 runs from Urumqi to Weifang (21:48-22:36) and the whole journey will take nearly 49 hours. The train ticket costs about 350-370RMB for hard sleeper and 580/608RMB for soft sleeper. Then in the same railway Station, you can get further to Weifang by train, a bit over two hours.

2.

Oct. 17,2009 10:07 Reply

Mr.shah(india) said:

how many trains from Shanghai to Jinan are available

Oct. 18,2009 04:21
Mr.John replied:

There are 15 trains every day from Shanghai to Jinan, and one of them are bullet train (D train), which can take you to Jinan from SHanghai in 7.5 hours.

3.

Oct. 14,2009 01:49 Reply

Mr.umuhuh@gmail.com(china) said:

How can I find out about Jinan Hong Kong flights in January and February. I have contacted a few travel agents but no one seems to know that far ahead.

Oct. 16,2009 02:33
Mr.Leo replied:

I have used this website's flight search tool which could list the fligh info you required. However, seems all of the agencies couldn't give the airfare currently. Here it is: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-flights/

4.

Sep. 14,2009 08:50 Reply

Ms.Julie(Singapore) said:

Could you please give me the updated schedule of the bus from Dongying to Jinan Yaoqiang Airport, with the departure time from Dongying and estimated arrival time at the airport? Where can we buy the bus ticket in Dongying and do we need to book ticket in advance? I would be very grateful for your reply

Sep. 18,2009 01:02
Mr.Paul replied:

Leave from Baiyun Hotel in Shengli Square of Dongying at 4:00 6:30 8:00 9:30 11:00 12:30 13:30 15:30 and arrive in the airport 2.5 hours later. Do not need to book ticket in advance.

5.

Aug. 29,2009 10:51 Reply

Mr.Martin Gutierrez(Bolivia) said:

I'm have planing to arrive in Pudong Airport in the next week. have bus to go direcly to Jian City...??? How many hours and kilometers have to arrive in Jinan.. or have any fligh to go direcly to Jinan Airport... if you can give prices of tickets please... internationalparts@hotmail.com

Aug. 31,2009 22:16
Mr.John replied:

No direct bus to Jinan from Puding airport. Jinan is 10 hour away from Shanghai by bullet train, Nearlly 850 km by expressway. Pudong airport do not have any flights to Jinan, if you are going to take fligh, you should get to Hongqiao Airport of Shanghai:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-flights/Flightsearch.asp
The lowest price is 51USD

6.

Aug. 23,2009 22:55 Reply

Mr.Raindrop(China) said:

A scheduled charter flight linking Japan’s Osaka with Jinan in China’s eastern Shandong Province has been launched on August 23, 2009. It’s a direct round-trip flight service running on Mondays and Fridays. The flights take off from Jinan International Airport at 08:00, and arrive in Osaka at 10:30. The return flights depart from Osaka at 11:30, and arrive in Jinan at 14:20.

7.

Aug. 6,2009 22:23 Reply

Mr.Michael West(USA) said:

A little help here! :)

I am trying to get to Qufu through Jinan (arriving in Jinan by train). The train arrives in Jinan at 8 p.m. It looks like the bus station for buses heading to Qufu is right across from the train station. Does anyone happen know how late the buses to Qufu leave from Jinan? I would vastly prefer to hop the bus to Qufu as soon as I get off the train, but I understand this just might not be possible, depending on how late the buses run. I need to figure out whether I should commit to reserving a room in Jinan, or go ahead and book a room in Qufu. This is a long shot, since I am leaving tomorrow morning, but anyone's insight on this would be greatly appreciated.

Aug. 7,2009 02:38
Mr.Mike replied:

Hello, after 19:00, both of the train and bus from Jinan to Qufu have left. But, I have read that there will be some night bus in operation, some of which pass by Qufu. You'd better get the accurate infor when you arrive at the bus station. If not, you have to stay one night in Jinan.

Aug. 7,2009 04:48
Mr.Michael West(USA) replied:

Hey there, Mr. Mike!

Thank you very much for your helpful reply. Fortunately or unfortunately, as I was getting close to the point-of-no-return and a little nervous I have already gone ahead and booked a night at the Railway Hotel (it's really quite cheap, so it's all good). Since a soft seat was not available and I have consequently booked a hard seat (and I didn't know that the three hour train to Jinan leaves from the Beijing West Station and I've managed to book a eight hour local train) I am certain I will be ready for a nice soft bed by the time I stumble into Jinan.

Thanks again for your help with my questions!

8.

Aug. 5,2009 04:41 Reply

Ms.Florence(Singapore) said:

I want to spend 3 days in Qingdao. Can I know the best way to travel form Jinan to Qingdao.By train or bus? and the cost? Thank you

Aug. 7,2009 02:32
Mr.Shan replied:

It is suggested that you take one of the express D-trains from Jinan to Qingdao directly. It takes no more than 3 hours and 122RMB. Well, search the detailed information at http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/

9.

Aug. 1,2009 22:56 Reply

Mr.vester(austrlia) said:

hi, can you inform me how to get from beijing to jinan/shandong
thanks.

Aug. 4,2009 04:55
Mr.jim(cn) replied:

HI, why not take a train? There are a lot of trains to Jinan from Beijing. It costs you about 3 hours if you take a bullet train. The cost is 180 yuan for hard sleeper. It costs you about 6 hours if you take a express train and the cost is about 130 yuan for hard sleeper.

10.

Aug. 4,2009 01:03 Reply

Ms.Alison(Australia) said:

Hi i am wondering if there is a train going from jinan to Zibo. How long does it take and how much does it cost?

Thanks

Alison

Aug. 4,2009 04:51
Mr.herry(cn) replied:

There are a lot trains. Different train types may have different fare, but the general cost for soft seat is about 20-25 yuan. It takes about 1 hour.

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