Beijing Capital Airport Express Train
Route: Beixinqiao ↔ Dongzhimen ↔ Sanyuanqiao ↔ T3 ↔ T2
(Identification Color: silver grey )
► Total Length: 29.8 km (18.5 mi)
► Stations: 5
► Highest Speed: 110 km/h (56 mi/h)
► Boarding Sites: -2F of No.2 Parking Lot in T2 of Beijing Capital Airport; 2F of No.3 Parking Lot in T3; Beixinqiao Subway Station; Dongzhimen Subway Station; Sanyuanqiao Subway Station
► Ticket Price: CNY25 per person
Capital Airport Express Train Facts
Capital Airport Express Train |
Beijing Airport Express Train offers a rapid rail transfer between downtown area and Beijing Capital International Airport. Compared with Airport Shuttle Bus, the Airport Express is faster and more frequent. The single journey only takes 36 minutes. The cost is a little more expensive than the shuttle bus but much cheaper than taxi. Please note that Beixinqiao, Dongzhimen and Sanyuanqiao stations don't allow in-town check-in. There is no station in T1, so Airport Express passengers need to walk or take the Free Cross Terminal Shuttle to T1.
Beixinqiao Station allows transfer with subway line 5, Dongzhimen Station allows transfer with subway line 2 and line 13, while Sanyuanqiao is connected with subway line 10, but the transfer is not free. Passengers need to buy separate tickets. Those with large luggage are not suggested to board the Airport Express Train during peak hours because of the crowds, especially when changing to downtown subway lines.
Service Hours of Capital Airport Express Train
Beixinqiao: 5:56 – 22:26
Dongzhimen: 6:00 – 23:34
Sanyuanqiao: 6:04 – 23:28
T3: 6:22 – 22:52
T2: 6:36 – 23:10
Train Frequency: 10 minutes
Beijing Capital Airport Express Train Map |
Beijing Capital Airport Express Train Schedule
Stations | To Beixinqiao (Downtown) | To T2 (Airport) | ||
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First Train | Last Train | First Train | Last Train | |
Beixinqiao | -- | -- | 5:56 | 22:26 |
Dongzhimen | 7:01 | 23:34 | 6:00 | 22:30 |
Sanyuanqiao | 6:55 | 23:28 | 6:04 | 22:34 |
T3 | 6:22 | 22:52 | 6:22 | 22:52 |
T2 | 6:36 | 23:10 | -- | -- |
Beixinqiao Station:
Surroundings: Dongzhimennei Avenue, Guijie Street, Dongcheng District People's Court, Beijing No. 22 Middle School, Beijing No. 6 Hospital, People's Art Building, Kelin Building, Beijing No. 5 Middle School
Nearby Bus / Subway Routes: 82, 107, 135, 612, 13, 84, 116, 117, Night Line 6, Subway Line 5
Dongzhimen Station:
Surroundings: Dongzhimen Long-distance Bus Station, Guijie Street, Dongzhimen Hospital, China Youth Daily Office, Overseas Chinese History Museum of China
Nearby Bus/Subway Routes: 401, 416, 980, 404, 106, 852, 918, 3, 418, Subway Line 2 & Line 13
Sanyuanqiao Station:
Surroundings: Xiaguangli Community, Phoenix City Community, Sanyuan Park
Nearby Bus/Subway Routes: 359, 401, 403, 404, 641, 847, 852, 915, 916, 980, Subway Line 10
How to Buy Airport Express Train Tickets
At each of the five stations, passengers could purchase a card ticket by cash from the manual ticket office or the ticket vending machines which have Chinese and English services. Please keep the ticket safe since it will be reclaimed when exiting from the express train station. The ticket fare could also be paid using the Beijing transportation smart card with a balance of more than CNY 25.
How to Take Airport Express from Downtown to Capital Airport
1. Enter into Beixinqiao or Dongzhimen subway station at ground level and take the elevator downstairs to B1.
2. Purchase ticket and go through security check.
3. Take the elevator downstairs to B2 of Beixinqiao Station or B4 of Dongzhimen Station.
4. Wait and board the Airport Express Train.
How to Take Airport Express from Capital Airport to Downtown
1. Follow the signs to the Airport Express Train Station.
2. Purchase a ticket and enter into the waiting platform.
3. Take Airport Express to Sanyuanqiao, Dongzhimen, or Beixinqiao.
4. Get off the train and return the ticket.
5. Exit from the station or purchase another ticket to transfer to subway lines.
Capital Airport Transfer Service: offering airport pick-up and see-off services with professional drivers.
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How to Get to Popular Sites by Airport Express
1. Tian'anmen Square & Forbidden City:
Plan A: Airport Express to Dongzhimen → Subway Line 2 to Jianguomen → Subway Line 1 to Tian'anmendong (Exit D)
Plan B: Airport Express to Beixinqiao → Subway Line 5 to Dongdan → Subway Line 1 to Tian'anmendong (Exit D)
2. Beijing Railway Station: Airport Express to Dongzhimen → Subway Line 2 to Beijing Railway Station
3. West Railway Station:
Plan A: Airport Express to Beixinqiao → Subway Line 5 to Ciqikou → Line 7 to West Railway Station
Plan B: Airport Express to Dongzhimen → Subway Line 2 to Xuanwumen → Line 4 to Caishikou → Line 7 to West Railway Station
4. South Railway Station:
Plan A: Airport Express to Dongzhimen → Subway Line 2 to Xuanwumen → Line 4 to South Railway Station
Plan B: Airport Express to Beixinqiao → Subway Line 5 to Puhuangyu → Line 14 to South Railway Station
5. North Railway Station: Airport Express to Dongzhimen → Subway Line 2 to Xizhimen (Exit A2) → Walk north around 350 meters.
I'm a foreigner tourist. With international flight I will arrive Beijing Airport T3 after 4:00 a.m. on a weekday (Friday) in May. I hope I will be ready with the entering process within 1-1.5 hour. I have seen that express train starts only at 6:22 form T3 to city center direction.
Can you recommend me any public bus option from T3 to the city center between 5:00-6:22 a.m. (earlier then the train)? I'd like to go to my hotel: Sunworld Hotel Wangfujing. Can you send me any bus/combination option in this early morning time?
And what would be the approx. cost?
Can I buy ticket at a ticket office paying with cash?
Thank you for your help!
The city buses route:
Get out from the terminal and walk southward to take bus 850 on Yijing Rd., and get off at Fangjiazhuang, then walk southwest to the T-junction and turn right to take bus no. 110 to Dengshi Dongkou (灯市东口), then walk south to the T-junction and turn left, walk for about 400m to find the hotel on the left.
Express train and metro:
Take express train at T3 to Beixinqiao, tranfer to line 5 to Dengshikou, take Exit A and walk westward along Dengshikou Avenue for 400m to find the hotel.
The 3rd option is taxi, and you can take it anytime you want. Just follow the direction signs to the taxi stand and get onboard. It costs about CNY100-150.
Yes, capital airport. Thanks for the detailed instructions. Yes, the train+metro seems to be the better option. :)
Is the "ticket office near the Airport express station?
Thanks