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Heilongjiang Transportation
As Heilongjiang faces Russia across the river to the north and east, it has become an important road from Asia and the Pacific to Russia and Europe, and an important window for China to open up. If you want to see a white wonderland in China, you should go to Heilongjiang.Ttransportation is very convenient in Heilongjiang Province if you take bus,train,and flight.
By Air
Harbin Taiping International Airport (HRB) is currently the second largest airport in northeastern China. Formerly known as Yanjiagang Airport , it was first built in 1979, afterwhich it underwent considerable expansion between 1994 and 1997. It achieved an international airport status in 1984 and serves as one of the most important transportation hubs for northeastern China. The airport is currently well equipped to handle 6 million passengers annually and has more than 50 air routes, covering over 40 domestic and overseas cities. These include Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Seoul, Osaka, Vladivostok and Los Angeles.
By Train
Main cities in the Heilongjiang province can be easily reached by China’s extensive network of railways, including a high-speed rail that extends from Dalian to Harbin with stops in the capital cities of the other two provinces comprising China’s Dongbei (Northeast) region (i.e Shenyang, Liaoning and Changchun, Jilin). There is also a railway bridge that crosses at Tongjiang into Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Oblast and several overland ports that are scattered along the borderlands.
Harbin city has four railway stations. Visitors can reach Heilongjiang Province by train.
Harbin Railway Station
Harbin North Railway Station
Harbin West Railway Station
Harbin East Railway Station
Yabuli Railway Station
Harbin Railway Station is located in Nangang District, the center of the city. It was originally built in 1899 and also named as Qinjiagang Railway Station or Songhuajiang Railway Station. Being one of the largest train stations in the country, it has trains running to
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenyang, and Hangzhou every day.
Situated in Harbin Street, the West Railway Station is the terminus of
Beijing-Harbin and Harbin-
Dalian High Speed Railways. It mainly operates high speed or bullet trains to the northeast area of China, including those to/from
Dalian, Changchun, Jilin, Shenyang, and Beijing.
By Bus
The most convenient way of visiting in and around Harbin is via the extensive bus network with more than one hundred bus routes reaching all parts of the city. Usually, the starting time of these buses is between 05:00 and 06:30, and run until between 19:00 to 21:30. Most of the buses are self service, so you have to prepare enough small changes before boarding.
Additionally, two special tourist routes are operating between 07:00 to 19:00 daily. One departs from the Flood Control Monument and runs to Sun Island. The other passes several tourist spots in the downtown area, for example, the Flood Control Monument, St. Sofia Orthodox Church, City Railway Station and Museum.