Jinan Transportation, Get to the City: by Air, Train, Coach Bus

By Air

Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) is located 40 kilometers (24.9 miles) away from the downtown Jinan. Every day there are flights heading for big cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Changsha, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Kunming, Shantou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Yantai, Zhangjiajie, etc. Flights to some other cities are available but not operated daily such as Changchun, Fuzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Sanya, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xian, Xining and Zhengzhou and so on. Before taking the plane, make sure that there are flights to the city you are going for.

Jinan now offers 40 or so domestic air lines and a couple of international lines. One can reach thirty or so cities of China and cities outside China, such as Jeju Island of Korea, Bangkok of Thailand and Moscow of Russia.

Airport Shuttle Bus:
1. From the downtown Jinan to the airport: the bus runs every hour from 6:00 to 17:00. You can take the bus in front of the Eastern Airlines Building, Nanxin Zhuang.
2. From the airport to the downtown Jinan: from the exit of the airport to the long-distance bus terminal.

It cost over CNY 100 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: CNY 60 for about one hour and a half
The departure time from airport to Zibo: 07:20, 11:00, 13:30, 14:00, 15:30, 17:00, 18:30, 20:30
The departure time from Zibo to airport: 05:20, 08:00, 09:00, 11:00, 12:30, 14:00, 15:30, 17:00
Pick-up Point in Zibo: Rose Hotel (No1, Zhongxin Road, Zhangdian District opposite to Zibo Railway Station Square)

To Dongying City: CNY 100 for about two hours and a half
The departure time from airport to Dongying: 11:00, 13:30, 17:30, 19:30
The departure time from Dongying to airport: 04:00, 08:30, 11:00, 14:00
Pick-up Point in Dongying: Victory Square (Shengli Guangchang) (Liaocheng Road, Dongying District)

To Tai'an City: CNY 60 for about one hour and a half
The departure time from airport to Tai'an: 08:40, 10:30, 15:30, 16:40
The departure time from Tai'an to airport: 05:30, 08:00, 12:00, 14:00
Pick-up Point in Tai'an: Taishan Hotel (No.26, Hongmen Road, Taishan District)

To Jining City: CNY 110 for about three hours
The departure time from airport to Jining: 13:00, 19:00
The departure time from Jining to airport: 08:30, 13:00
Pick-up Point in Jining: Jining Shuntong Travel Service (No.4, north section of Jianshe Road, the North Bus Station)

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.

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.