Transportation From Beijing To Great Wall

Distance and driving time between beijing west railway station and great wall.

Transportation from beijing to great wall.

The bus 877 to badaling starts from deshengmen dé shèng mén 德胜门 and goes directly to badaling great wall the ticket price is 12 yuan and it is 6 yuan if you use beijing yikatong yīkǎtōng 一卡通 public transit card. It is about 140km to tianjin station city center about 2 5h by bus and it is even further than the distance from tianjin to beijing. They return from mutianyu great wall between around 7am to 7pm. If you travel in late march early april you will see the beautiful cherry blossom when the train crosses through badaling mountain.

The bus will cost just a few rmb and you can pay with your beijing subway card yikatong. The whole train journey takes about one hour and 20 minutes to arrive at badaling great wall from the downtown of beijing. Visitors can take s2 trains from beijing north railway station directly to badaling railway station and then you need to take about 20 minute walk away to badaling great wall. It receives many high speed trains to beijing including most high speed trains from shanghai suzhou hangzhou nanjing huangshan etc.

Getting to beijing west railway station early you can transfer to dongzhimen wai bus station 东直门外站 which takes about 1 hours. If you want to use public transportation be ready to transfer several times. The downtown beijing to great wall distance is about 60 130 km 35 80 mi so you can get to most of them from beijing by public transport private car or private tour. Direct train line to badaling great wall from beijing downtown it is easy to get to from beijing with a direct train line from the beijing north train station.

S2 train including s202 s203 s204 s205 etc is a group of scenic trains running from huangtudian railway station 黄土店站 to badaling great wall directly. Public transport is a nice choice for budget travelers. The train trip takes 50mins 1 5hr. Since there is no direct city bus from beijing to simatai great wall and the tourist buses are limited you may encounter troublesome traffic jam or language barriers along your way to the suburban beijing.

These buses run towards the mutianyu great wall between around 6am to around 5 5pm.