Travel By Bus

From ChinaTravelGuide

It's usually a better choice to take trains to travel between cities in China. Buses are often affectd by traffic jams getting in and out of cities and onto expressways. Trains are the main transportation means for everyday travel. It's faster and safer. Refer to Travel By Train for details.

Still, buses are cheaper, more frequent, and offers more opportunities to view China's countryside for those adventurous. There are air-conditioned buses, some of which come with toilets and TVs for movies, and some of them are two-tier for almost horizontal sleeping.

[edit] Distance and transit time between main cities in China

List of main cities and their bus transit times

Beijing Tianjin Shijiazhuang Shenyang Changchun

Jilin Dalian Jinan Qingdao Hefei

Nanjing Shanghai Hangzhou Fuzhou Zhengzhou

Wuhan Changsha Guangzhou Shenzen Chengdu

Chongqing Kunming Xian Lanzhou Urumqi

[edit] From Beijing

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Tianjin	120	2.6		Shijiazhuang	270	5.9
Jinan	420	9.2		Zhengzhou	720	15.8
Shenyang	799	17.6		Qingdao	830	18.3
Dalian	900	19.8		Changchun	1030	22.7
Hefei	1100	24.2		Jilin	1140	25.1
Nanjing	1140	25.1		Xian	1220	26.8
Wuhan	1230	27.1		Shanghai	1490	32.8
Hangzhou	1493	32.8		Changsha	1640	36.1
Lanzhou	1780	39.2		Chongqing	2130	46.9
Chengdu	2160	47.5		Fuzhou	2250	49.5
Guangzhou	2480	54.6		Shenzhen	2640	58.1
Kunming	3230	71.1		Urumqi	3820	84

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[edit] From Tianjin

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Beijing	120	2.6		Jinan	360	7.9
Shijiazhuang	370	8.1		Shenyang	720	15.8
Qingdao	720	15.8		Zhengzhou	730	16.1
Dalian	890	19.6		Hefei	990	21.8
Changchun	1020	22.4		Nanjing	1030	22.7
Jilin	1130	24.9		Wuhan	1190	26.2
Xian	1270	27.9		Shanghai	1380	30.4
Hangzhou	1380	30.4		Changsha	1580	34.8
Lanzhou	1840	40.5		Fuzhou	2150	47.3
Chongqing	2190	48.2		Chengdu	2210	48.6
Guangzhou	2370	52.1		Shenzhen	2530	55.7
Kunming	3280	72.2		Urumqi	3870	85.1

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[edit] From Shijiazhuang

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Beijing	270	5.9		Jinan	310	6.8
Tianjin	370	8.1		Zhengzhou	440	9.7
Qingdao	690	15.2		Xian	940	20.7
Hefei	950	20.9		Wuhan	970	21.3
Nanjing	989	21.8		Shenyang	990	21.8
Dalian	1180	26.0		Changchun	1310	28.8
Shanghai	1338	29.4		Hangzhou	1340	29.5
Changsha	1360	29.9		Jilin	1420	31.2
Lanzhou	1500	33.0		Chongqing	1860	40.9
Chengdu	1880	41.4		Fuzhou	2130	46.9
Guangzhou	2200	48.4		Shenzhen	2360	51.9
Kunming	2950	64.9		Urumqi	3540	77.9

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[edit] From Shenyang

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Changchun	330	7.3		Dalian	390	8.6
Jilin	440	9.7		Tianjin	720	15.8
Beijing	799	17.6		Shijiazhuang	990	21.8
Jinan	1050	23.1		Qingdao	1420	31.2
Zhengzhou	1440	31.7		Hefei	1700	37.4
Nanjing	1730	38.1		Wuhan	1900	41.8
Xian	1940	42.7		Shanghai	2080	45.8
Hangzhou	2090	46.0		Changsha	2290	50.4
Lanzhou	2500	55.0		Fuzhou	2850	62.7
Chongqing	2850	62.7		Chengdu	2880	63.4
Guangzhou	3080	67.8		Shenzhen	3240	71.3
Kunming	3490	76.8		Urumqi	4530	99.7

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[edit] From Changchun

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Jilin	100	2.2		Shenyang	330	7.3
Dalian	730	16.1		Tianjin	1020	22.4
Beijing	1030	22.7		Shijiazhuang	1310	28.8
Jinan	1360	29.9		Qingdao	1740	38.3
Zhengzhou	1750	38.5		Hefei	2010	44.2
Nanjing	2050	45.1		Wuhan	2210	48.6
Xian	2250	49.5		Shanghai	2339	51.5
Hangzhou	2400	52.8		Changsha	2600	57.2
Lanzhou	2810	61.8		Fuzhou	3160	69.5
Chongqing	3170	69.7		Chengdu	3190	70.2
Guangzhou	3390	74.6		Shenzhen	3550	78.1
Kunming	4260	93.7		Urumqi	4850	106.7

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[edit] From Jilin

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Changchun	100	2.2		Shenyang	440	9.7
Dalian	840	18.5		Tianjin	1130	24.9
Beijing	1140	25.1		Shijiazhuang	1420	31.2
Jinan	1740	38.3		Qingdao	1850	40.7
Zhengzhou	1860	40.9		Hefei	2120	46.6
Nanjing	2160	47.5		Wuhan	2320	51.0
Xian	2360	51.9		Shanghai	2509	55.2
Hangzhou	2510	55.2		Changsha	2710	59.6
Lanzhou	2920	64.2		Fuzhou	3270	71.9
Chongqing	3280	72.2		Chengdu	3300	72.6
Guangzhou	3500	77.0		Shenzhen	3660	80.5
Kunming	4370	96.1		Urumqi	4960	109.1

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[edit] From Dalian

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Shenyang	390	8.6		Changchun	730	16.1
Jilin	840	18.5		Tianjin	890	19.6
Beijing	900	19.8		Shijiazhuang	1180	26.0
Jinan	1240	27.3		Qingdao	1610	35.4
Zhengzhou	1620	35.6		Hefei	1880	41.4
Nanjing	1920	42.2		Wuhan	2080	45.8
Xian	2130	46.9		Shanghai	2270	49.9
Hangzhou	2270	49.9		Changsha	2470	54.3
Lanzhou	2580	56.8		Fuzhou	3040	66.9
Chongqing	3040	66.9		Chengdu	3060	67.3
Guangzhou	3260	71.7		Shenzhen	3420	75.2
Kunming	4130	90.9		Urumqi	4720	103.8

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[edit] From Jinan

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Shijiazhuang	310	6.8		Qingdao	320	7.0
Tianjin	360	7.9		Beijing	420	9.2
Zhengzhou	430	9.5		Hefei	550	12.1
Nanjing	680	15.0		Wuhan	890	19.6
Xian	970	21.3		Shanghai	1030	22.7
Hangzhou	1030	22.7		Shenyang	1050	23.1
Dalian	1240	27.3		Changsha	1280	28.2
Changchun	1360	29.9		Lanzhou	1670	36.7
Jilin	1740	38.3		Fuzhou	1800	39.6
Chongqing	1890	41.6		Chengdu	1910	42.0
Guangzhou	2030	44.7		Shenzhen	2190	48.2
Kunming	2910	64.0		Urumqi	3700	81.4

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[edit] From Qingdao

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Jinan	320	7.0		Nanjing	657	14.5
Shijiazhuang	690	15.2		Tianjin	720	15.8
Hefei	740	16.3		Zhengzhou	810	17.8
Beijing	830	18.3		Shanghai	1006	22.1
Hangzhou	1010	22.2		Wuhan	1150	25.3
Xian	1350	29.7		Shenyang	1420	31.2
Changsha	1540	33.9		Dalian	1610	35.4
Changchun	1740	38.3		Fuzhou	1770	38.9
Jilin	1850	40.7		Lanzhou	2040	44.9
Guangzhou	2120	46.6		Chongqing	2260	49.7
Shenzhen	2280	50.2		Chengdu	2290	50.4
Kunming	3160	69.5		Urumqi	4080	89.8

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[edit] From Hefei

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Nanjing	160	3.5		Shanghai	420	9.2
Hangzhou	430	9.5		Wuhan	540	11.9
Jinan	550	12.1		Zhengzhou	650	14.3
Qingdao	740	16.3		Changsha	900	19.8
Shijiazhuang	950	20.9		Tianjin	990	21.8
Xian	990	21.8		Beijing	1100	24.2
Fuzhou	1170	25.7		Guangzhou	1380	30.4
Shenzhen	1540	33.9		Lanzhou	1680	37.0
Shenyang	1700	37.4		Chongqing	1740	38.3
Dalian	1880	41.4		Chengdu	2000	44.0
Changchun	2010	44.2		Jilin	2120	46.6
Kunming	2470	54.3		Urumqi	3710	81.6

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[edit] From Nanjing

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Hefei	160	3.5		Shanghai	280	6.2
Hangzhou	320	7.0		Qingdao	657	14.5
Wuhan	670	14.7		Jinan	680	15.0
Zhengzhou	740	16.3		Shijiazhuang	989	21.8
Tianjin	1030	22.7		Changsha	1060	23.3
Fuzhou	1110	24.4		Beijing	1140	25.1
Xian	1150	25.3		Guangzhou	1540	33.9
Shenzhen	1700	37.4		Shenyang	1730	38.1
Lanzhou	1840	40.5		Chongqing	1900	41.8
Dalian	1920	42.2		Changchun	2050	45.1
Jilin	2160	47.5		Chengdu	2160	47.5
Kunming	2630	57.9		Urumqi	3870	85.1

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[edit] From Shanghai

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Hangzhou	190	4.2		Nanjing	280	6.2
Hefei	420	9.2		Wuhan	920	20.2
Qingdao	1006	22.1		Jinan	1030	22.7
Zhengzhou	1090	24.0		Fuzhou	1110	24.4
Changsha	1220	26.8		Shijiazhuang	1338	29.4
Tianjin	1380	30.4		Beijing	1490	32.8
Xian	1500	33.0		Guangzhou	1650	36.3
Shenzhen	1810	39.8		Shenyang	2080	45.8
Chongqing	2150	47.3		Lanzhou	2190	48.2
Dalian	2270	49.9		Changchun	2339	51.5
Chengdu	2410	53.0		Jilin	2509	55.2
Kunming	2780	61.2		Urumqi	4120	90.6

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[edit] From Hangzhou

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Shanghai	190	4.2		Nanjing	320	7.0
Hefei	430	9.5		Wuhan	870	19.1
Fuzhou	880	19.4		Qingdao	1010	22.2
Changsha	1010	22.2		Jinan	1030	22.7
Zhengzhou	1100	24.2		Shijiazhuang	1340	29.5
Tianjin	1380	30.4		Guangzhou	1440	31.7
Beijing	1493	32.8		Xian	1500	33.0
Shenzhen	1510	33.2		Shenyang	2090	46.0
Chongqing	2100	46.2		Lanzhou	2190	48.2
Dalian	2270	49.9		Chengdu	2370	52.1
Changchun	2400	52.8		Jilin	2510	55.2
Kunming	2570	56.5		Urumqi	4230	93.1

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[edit] From Fuzhou

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Hangzhou	880	19.4		Shenzhen	890	19.6
Guangzhou	1020	22.4		Nanjing	1110	24.4
Shanghai	1110	24.4		Changsha	1130	24.9
Wuhan	1160	25.5		Hefei	1170	25.7
Zhengzhou	1690	37.2		Qingdao	1770	38.9
Jinan	1800	39.6		Xian	2020	44.4
Shijiazhuang	2130	46.9		Tianjin	2150	47.3
Beijing	2250	49.5		Chongqing	2480	54.6
Kunming	2550	56.1		Chengdu	2650	58.3
Lanzhou	2710	59.6		Shenyang	2850	62.7
Dalian	3040	66.9		Changchun	3160	69.5
Jilin	3270	71.9		Urumqi	4750	104.5

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[edit] From Zhengzhou

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Jinan	430	9.5		Shijiazhuang	440	9.7
Wuhan	540	11.9		Xian	550	12.1
Hefei	650	14.3		Beijing	720	15.8
Tianjin	730	16.1		Nanjing	740	16.3
Qingdao	810	17.8		Changsha	920	20.2
Shanghai	1090	24.0		Hangzhou	1100	24.2
Lanzhou	1230	27.1		Shenyang	1440	31.7
Chongqing	1450	31.9		Chengdu	1480	32.6
Dalian	1620	35.6		Fuzhou	1690	37.2
Changchun	1750	38.5		Guangzhou	1750	38.5
Jilin	1860	40.9		Shenzhen	1920	42.2
Kunming	2540	55.9		Urumqi	3270	71.9

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[edit] From Wuhan

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Changsha	380	8.4		Hefei	540	11.9
Zhengzhou	540	11.9		Nanjing	670	14.7
Hangzhou	870	19.1		Jinan	890	19.6
Shanghai	920	20.2		Shijiazhuang	970	21.3
Xian	1070	23.5		Qingdao	1150	25.3
Fuzhou	1160	25.5		Tianjin	1190	26.2
Guangzhou	1220	26.8		Beijing	1230	27.1
Chongqing	1230	27.1		Shenzhen	1340	29.5
Chengdu	1490	32.8		Lanzhou	1550	34.1
Shenyang	1900	41.8		Kunming	2010	44.2
Dalian	2080	45.8		Changchun	2210	48.6
Jilin	2320	51.0		Urumqi	3590	79.0

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[edit] From Changsha

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Wuhan	380	8.4		Guangzhou	780	17.2
Hefei	900	19.8		Zhengzhou	920	20.2
Shenzhen	930	20.5		Hangzhou	1010	22.2
Nanjing	1060	23.3		Fuzhou	1130	24.9
Xian	1200	26.4		Shanghai	1220	26.8
Jinan	1280	28.2		Chongqing	1350	29.7
Shijiazhuang	1360	29.9		Qingdao	1540	33.9
Tianjin	1580	34.8		Beijing	1640	36.1
Kunming	1660	36.5		Chengdu	1750	38.5
Lanzhou	1890	41.6		Shenyang	2290	50.4
Dalian	2470	54.3		Changchun	2600	57.2
Jilin	2710	59.6		Urumqi	3930	86.5

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[edit] From Guangzhou

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Shenzhen	120	2.6		Changsha	780	17.2
Fuzhou	1020	22.4		Wuhan	1220	26.8
Hefei	1380	30.4		Hangzhou	1440	31.7
Kunming	1530	33.7		Nanjing	1540	33.9
Shanghai	1650	36.3		Zhengzhou	1750	38.5
Chongqing	1870	41.1		Jinan	2030	44.7
Xian	2030	44.7		Qingdao	2120	46.6
Shijiazhuang	2200	48.4		Chengdu	2200	48.4
Tianjin	2370	52.1		Beijing	2480	54.6
Lanzhou	2720	59.8		Shenyang	3080	67.8
Dalian	3260	71.7		Changchun	3390	74.6
Jilin	3500	77.0		Urumqi	4760	104.7

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[edit] From Shenzen

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Guangzhou	120	2.6		Fuzhou	890	19.6
Changsha	930	20.5		Wuhan	1340	29.5
Hangzhou	1510	33.2		Hefei	1540	33.9
Nanjing	1700	37.4		Shanghai	1810	39.8
Kunming	1820	40.0		Zhengzhou	1920	42.2
Chongqing	1990	43.8		Xian	2150	47.3
Jinan	2190	48.2		Qingdao	2280	50.2
Chengdu	2320	51.0		Shijiazhuang	2360	51.9
Tianjin	2530	55.7		Beijing	2640	58.1
Lanzhou	2840	62.5		Shenyang	3240	71.3
Dalian	3420	75.2		Changchun	3550	78.1
Jilin	3660	80.5		Urumqi	4880	107.4

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[edit] From Chengdu

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Chongqing	340	7.5		Xian	920	20.2
Kunming	990	21.8		Lanzhou	990	21.8
Zhengzhou	1480	32.6		Wuhan	1490	32.8
Changsha	1750	38.5		Shijiazhuang	1880	41.4
Jinan	1910	42.0		Hefei	2000	44.0
Beijing	2160	47.5		Nanjing	2160	47.5
Guangzhou	2200	48.4		Tianjin	2210	48.6
Qingdao	2290	50.4		Shenzhen	2320	51.0
Hangzhou	2370	52.1		Shanghai	2410	53.0
Fuzhou	2650	58.3		Shenyang	2880	63.4
Dalian	3060	67.3		Urumqi	3120	68.6
Changchun	3190	70.2		Jilin	3300	72.6

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[edit] From Chongqing

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Chengdu	340	7.5		Xian	910	20.0
Kunming	1090	24.0		Wuhan	1230	27.1
Lanzhou	1280	28.2		Changsha	1350	29.7
Zhengzhou	1450	31.9		Hefei	1740	38.3
Shijiazhuang	1860	40.9		Guangzhou	1870	41.1
Jinan	1890	41.6		Nanjing	1900	41.8
Shenzhen	1990	43.8		Hangzhou	2100	46.2
Beijing	2130	46.9		Shanghai	2150	47.3
Tianjin	2190	48.2		Qingdao	2260	49.7
Fuzhou	2480	54.6		Shenyang	2850	62.7
Dalian	3040	66.9		Changchun	3170	69.7
Jilin	3280	72.2		Urumqi	3310	72.8

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[edit] From Kunming

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Chengdu	990	21.8		Chongqing	1090	24.0
Guangzhou	1530	33.7		Changsha	1660	36.5
Shenzhen	1820	40.0		Lanzhou	1980	43.6
Xian	2000	44.0		Wuhan	2010	44.2
Hefei	2470	54.3		Zhengzhou	2540	55.9
Fuzhou	2550	56.1		Hangzhou	2570	56.5
Nanjing	2630	57.9		Shanghai	2780	61.2
Jinan	2910	64.0		Shijiazhuang	2950	64.9
Qingdao	3160	69.5		Beijing	3230	71.1
Tianjin	3280	72.2		Shenyang	3490	76.8
Dalian	4130	90.9		Urumqi	4210	92.6
Changchun	4260	93.7		Jilin	4370	96.1

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[edit] From Xian

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Zhengzhou	550	12.1		Lanzhou	700	15.4
Chongqing	910	20.0		Chengdu	920	20.2
Shijiazhuang	940	20.7		Jinan	970	21.3
Hefei	990	21.8		Wuhan	1070	23.5
Nanjing	1150	25.3		Changsha	1200	26.4
Beijing	1220	26.8		Tianjin	1270	27.9
Qingdao	1350	29.7		Shanghai	1500	33.0
Hangzhou	1500	33.0		Shenyang	1940	42.7
Kunming	2000	44.0		Fuzhou	2020	44.4
Guangzhou	2030	44.7		Dalian	2130	46.9
Shenzhen	2150	47.3		Changchun	2250	49.5
Jilin	2360	51.9		Urumqi	2730	60.1

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[edit] From Lanzhou

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Xian	700	15.4		Chengdu	990	21.8
Zhengzhou	1230	27.1		Chongqing	1280	28.2
Shijiazhuang	1500	33.0		Wuhan	1550	34.1
Jinan	1670	36.7		Hefei	1680	37.0
Beijing	1780	39.2		Tianjin	1840	40.5
Nanjing	1840	40.5		Changsha	1890	41.6
Kunming	1980	43.6		Urumqi	1980	43.6
Qingdao	2040	44.9		Shanghai	2190	48.2
Hangzhou	2190	48.2		Shenyang	2500	55.0
Dalian	2580	56.8		Fuzhou	2710	59.6
Guangzhou	2720	59.8		Changchun	2810	61.8
Shenzhen	2840	62.5		Jilin	2920	64.2

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[edit] From Urumqi

Destination	Distance (km)	Hours		Destination	Distance (km)	Hours
Lanzhou	1980	43.6		Xian	2730	60.1
Chengdu	3120	68.6		Zhengzhou	3270	71.9
Chongqing	3310	72.8		Shijiazhuang	3540	77.9
Wuhan	3590	79.0		Jinan	3700	81.4
Hefei	3710	81.6		Beijing	3820	84.0
Tianjin	3870	85.1		Nanjing	3870	85.1
Changsha	3930	86.5		Qingdao	4080	89.8
Shanghai	4120	90.6		Kunming	4210	92.6
Hangzhou	4230	93.1		Shenyang	4530	99.7
Dalian	4720	103.8		Fuzhou	4750	104.5
Guangzhou	4760	104.7		Changchun	4850	106.7
Shenzhen	4880	107.4		Jilin	4960	109.1

[edit] Practical Tips

• Confirm what kind of buses you will be taking. There are huge differences between the types of buses. Some are big, and some are small, hard-seated with little luggage space.
• Book trips ahead of time.
• Bring your own food. Buses stop with a busload of your fellow travelers, not to mention that the restaurants are often crowded with limited services.

[edit] See also

• Travel Essentials