By Air
Tianjin has a Binhai International Airport located 13 kilometers outside the city and 134 kilometers away from Beijing. As the second largest airport in Northern China ranking only after the Capital International Airport in Beijing. It is 400,000 square meters with a parking apron that can admit 40 airplanes at the same time. Frequent flights to all main centers within China fly out of Tianjin as well as selected international flights to neighboring countries such as Korea, Japan and Russia.
Add: located in Zhanggui Zhuang, Dongli District, about 13 kilometers from the downtown area.

By Train
Tianjin is an important railway hinge linking the Northeast, North, East, and South of China via several major railway lines, such as Jingha (Beijing-Harbin) Railway, Jingji (Beijing-Jinan) Railway, Beijing-Tianjin Intercity High-Speed Railway, and Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. There are five important train stations in the city, including Tianjin Railway Station(namely East Railway Station), West Railway Station, North Railway Station, South Railway Station and Yujiapu Railway Station. Travelers can easily take trains from these stations to over 40 cities all over China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Qingdao, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, and Nanjing among others. 
►Tianjin Railway Station
►Tianjin West Railway Station          

By Long Distance Bus
Nowadays,five major national highways pass through Tianjin that connect the city in all directions, in total these roads carry over 190 million tones of goods every year as well as 15 million people.
A group of long-distance bus stations in the city 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 stations provide service to neighboring cities.

If you want to drive to the city 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!

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 Ship
Tianjin has mainland China's largest working port in a harbor that stretches 10 kilometers across and covers a total area of 200 kilometers, there are over 140 berths for both cargo and passenger ships.

Xingang Port is the biggest man-made port within China and is a must if you decide to come to the city 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 this port.

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

Xinggang Port Inquiring Phone: 022-25213380
Ticket-selling Phone: 022-23394290

Urban Transportation

City Bus in Tianjin
Local 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)

Metro in Tianjin
At present, there are six metro lines in operation in the city, Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 5, Line 6 and Line 9. In terms of the city's further plan, there will be other 11 lines constructed, all of which could cover the thirteen districts of the city.
 Line 1: Liuyuan ⇔ Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
 Line 2: Caozhuang ⇔ Binhai International Airport
 Line 3: Xiaodian ⇔ South Railway Station
 Line 5: North Danhe Road ⇔ First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM
 Line 6: Nancuiping ⇔ Nansunzhuang
 Line 7: Railway Station ⇔ Donghai Road

Taxi in Tianjin
In Tianjin, taxi service is quite convenient. You can easily flag down one along the street and bustling commercial centers. However, some taxi drivers may overcharge when you hail one at airport, railway stations or long-distance coach stations. Then you’d better ask the driver to use taximeter. It should be noted that the charging standard is the same between daytime and night.

However, Tianjin has a comprehensive public transport system that includes buses, a developing subway network and a small light-rail system. While the subway and light-rail have yet to be completed and also consist of a few lines running from the middle of the city to its northern suburbs the public bus network is well-developed and runs to all major tourist destinations.
 

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