Airport

Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) is located 40 kilometers away from the downtown Jinan. Every day there are flights heading for big cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Changsha, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Kunming, Shantou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Yantai, Zhangjiajie, etc. Flights to some other cities are available but not operated daily such as Changchun, Fuzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Lanzhou, Ningbo, Sanya, Urumqi, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xian, Xining and Zhengzhou and so on. Before taking the plane, make sure that there are flights to the city you are going for.

Jinan now offer 40 or so domestic air lines and a couple of international lines. One can reach thirty or so cities of China and cities outside China, such as Jeju lsland of Korea, Bangkok of Thailand and Moscow of Russia.

Railway Station

There are two railway stations in Jinan, Jinan Railway Station and Jinan East Railway Station.

Jinan Railway Station is the largest in Shandong Province. Railway lines Beijing-Shanghai and Qingdao-Jinan pass and stop at Jinan city. It also connects Jinan with other large cities, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Lianyungang, Xian, Urumqi and Hangzhou, etc.

A ticket office is located on the west side on Floor 1 of Jinan Railway Station. Tickets can be purchased one week in advance and it alos deals with the return of tickets. A word of warning: it is a common phenomenon that during the May Day and National Day Holidays, either air tickets or the train tickets are in short supply due to huge demand. To ensure your trip for the next destination or returning home, make a reservation as you enter Jinan.

Jinan East Railway Station is the stopover from trains operating between Qingdao-Dandong, Qingdao-Taiyuan and Beijing-Weihai. There is a direct train (Train 2523) starting from Jinan East Railway Station to Luoyang. The journey takes about 12 hours.

Bus Station

The express ways, Beijing-Shanghai, Jinan-Qingdao, Jinan-Liaocheng and four national highways, Beijing-Fuzhou, Binzhou-Zhengzhou, Qingdao-Shijiazhuang and Rongcheng-Lanzhou all pass by Jinan.

There are two major coach stations in Jinan.

One is Jinan Coach Terminal, No.131. Jiluo Lu, Jinan.

Coaches here mainly head for the cities of Shandong Province and the big neighboring cities. There are also special tourist lines to famous sights inside Shandong Province in operation.

The other is East Coath Station, on Jiafang Lu, Jinan.

Coaches connect Jinan and cities of other provinces like Taiyuan of Shanxi Province, Shijiazhuang of Hebei Province and Puyang City of Henan Province. These coaches operate in the morning.

Coaches to cities inside Shandong such as Heze, Linyi, Qufu and Tai'an operate in the afternoon.

Taxi

You can find taxies in the airport, railway station, outside the hotels and restaurants. The taxi fare is metered, CNY6 for the first three kilometers and approximately CNY1.5 to CNY2.5 per every succeeding kilometer. The vehicles are easily recognized by their rooftop TAXI signs.