Street View, Tianjin

Getting There

By Air

Airport code: TSN

Location: It is located in Zhanggui Zhuang, Dongli District, about 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) away from the downtown area of Tianjin.

Brief Intro: Tianjin Binhai International Airport is the second largest airport in Northern China ranking only after the Capital International Airport in Beijing. It is 400,000 square meters (about 99 acres) with a parking apron that can admit 40 airplanes at the same time. At present Tianjin Binhai International Airport has 39 domestic and international airlines, reaching Shanghai, Xian, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Seoul, and so on.

Transportation:
There are regular shuttle buses to Binhai International Airport from Tianjin Municipality. You can take bus at No.113, Nanjing Lu, Heping District. Everyone is charged CNY10. You can also get to Binhai International Airport from Beijing Capital International Airport by bus which departs every 30 minuets from 9:00am until 10:00pm. The ticket fee is about CNY70 per person and the whole journey will take more than two hours.

Inquiring Phone of Binhai International Airport: 022-24901689
Ticket-selling Phone of Binhai International Airport: 022-24901443

By Train
There are altogether four railway stations in Tianjin, Tianjin Train Station, Tianjin West Train Station, Tianjin South Train Station and Tianjin North Train Station with the first two being the most important. Tianjin Train Station is the biggest of the four and can accommodate ten thousand people in its waiting hall at the same time. Trains from this 

Speed Train

station reach more than forty cities in China, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Xian, etc.

If you travel to Tianjin from Beijing, you can take 'T' trains (fast trains with a T before the trains' number) which run hourly, with the journey taking about one hour.

Ticket-selling Phone of Tianjin West Train Station: 022-26189803

By Long-Distance Bus
A group of long-distance bus stations in Tianjin can definitely bring you convenience with Tianhuan Long-distance Bus Station in Nankai District as the most important one. Buses here are mainly destined for major cities in other provinces, such as Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, and so on. Other long-distance bus stations provide service to Tianjin's neighboring cities, especially those governed by Tianjin Municipality.

If you want to drive to Tianjin from Beijing, you can go along Jingjintang highway, one of the finest highways throughout China. The whole journey will take you only one and a half hours; both fast and convenient!

Tianjin West Long-distance Bus Station: No.2, Xiqing Dao, Hongqiao District
Tianhuan Long-distance Bus Station: conjunction of Hongqi Lu and Anshan Xidao in Nankai District

By Water
Tianjin Xingang (Tianjin Port) is the biggest man-made port within China and is a must if you decide to come to Tianjin by ship. Its domestic sea routes are to Dalian and Longkou; while its international routes are to Inchon in Korea (every Thursday and Saturday) and Honshu in Japan (every Monday). During high tourism seasons, there are passenger liners from Japan and Europe arriving in Tianjin Xingang.

If you want to go to Beijing from Tianjin Xingang, you can take a taxi to Tianjin Train Station and then take trains to Beijing, both fast and convenient.

Tianjin Port Inquiring Phone: 022-25213380

Platform Hall

Tianjin Port Ticket-selling Phone: 022-23394290

Getting Around

By City-Bus
Tianjin city-bus system consists of school bus routes, special sight-seeing routes and regular routes which include inner city and suburban lines. If you take an inner city bus route, you will pay CNY1 for twelve kilometers (about 7.5 miles) or less and CNY1.5 for more. If you take a suburb line you have to pay CNY1 for the first ten kilometers (about 6.2 miles) and CNY0.5 for each extra five kilometers (about 3.1 miles).

By Light Rail
Tianjin light railway is considered the longest throughout China with two departure stations, the light rail centers in Zhongshan Men and the Development Zone. The departure interval is fifteen minutes and the entire distance will take forty minutes and costs CNY6.

By Subway
Tianjin Metro Line 1 is an extension of the original line. It starts from the junction of Nanjing Lu and Xinhua Lu and passes through six districts, Beichen, Hongqiao, Nankai, Heping, Hexi and Jinnan. Metro Line 1 runs every fifteen minutes from 5:30 to 22:30. The whole journey will take you about twelve minutes and only CNY1.

By Taxi
Generally speaking, the taxi service in Tianjin can meet all of your needs. You can easily find taxies with makes of Xiali, Santana, Jetta or others at or around airport, railway station, hotels and tourist attractions.

The flat rate fare is CNY8 for all taxi types; while the distance surcharge varies from CNY1.5–2 per additional kilometer according to the make of taxi. If the taxi stops altogether for five minutes, for any reason, you will have to pay a surcharge equivalent to the distance surcharge for each additional kilometer. On the condition that you know the distance to your destination you can bargain with the driver and most probably save some money.