Datong Airport is located in the north of Beijiazao Town of Datong County, only about 15 km from downtown Datong City. There are flights to major domestic cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.

 

There are free shuttle buses running between Datong Hotel in downtown and Datong Airport and they go via Wuzhou Grand Hotel and the ticket office on Yingbin Dong Lu. The buses usually leave for the airport two hours before flights depart.

 

 

Datong is an important transportation hub connecting Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mogolia. Five major railways and more than 40 branch railway lines meet in Datong and strengthen the connection between Northern China, the northwest and Shanxi.

Datong Railway Station is located on Xinjian Bei Lu in downtown. There are trains to Taiyuan, Beijing, Hangzhou, Baotou and Shenyang daily.

 

 

There are more than ten national highways going through Datong. Buses to Hohhot and other cities in the same direction as Taiyuan are available in Datong North Bus Station.
There are four long-distance bus stations in Datong: South Station, North Station, Xinpingwang Station and New South Station.

 

South Bus Station is located at No. 20 Yantong Xi Lu and there are more 150 buses daily leaving for Beijing, Tangshan, Shijiazhuang, Chongqing, Jinan, Luoyang, Baoding, Baochang and Baotou etc.

 

North Bus Station is located 200 meters west to the railway station and there are buses to Taiyuan, Shuozhou and other cities within Shanxi province.

 

Xinpingwang Bus Station is located 100 meters south to Mining Bureau Department Store with buses to Beijing and counties and towns within the province as well.

 

New South Bus Station is at No. 699 Xinjian Nan Lu and there are buses to Beijing, Taiyuan and other cities within the province.