Qingdao Transportation

Qingdao has a complete transportation system. Public transportation in Qingdao is efficient and convenient. Residents and visitors alike have numerous options when it comes to navigating the city and heading for other destinations around China. Every means of transportation in Qingdao allows for a surprisingly joyful & pleasant experience. Most of the roads in the old urban areas are narrow and winding unlike the noisy, wide thoroughfares in other major cities. As in any big city in China, it’s always advisable to avoid traveling during rush hours (7:00-8:30am and 5:00-6:30pm).

By Air:
From almost all the major cities in China, Qingdao is easily accessible by air. The city is also connected with some international destinations, mostly in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hongkong and Macau. The Liuting Airport is located 32km north of the city proper and there are minibuses available from the airport, transferring visitors to the city within 30 minutes.
Clue:There are only minibuses go to the city center from the airport, you should get on the bus as soon as possible to get a seat. On the other hand, if you decide to take a taxi, you'd better choose the taxi with a silver roof, because the taxi with a yellow roof is not allowed to enter the city center.

By Train:
The railway station is at the Tai'an road near Zhanqiao.
Everyday, trains go to more than 15 major cities of China including Beijing, Shanghai, Ji'nan, Taishan, Hezhe, Weihai, Wuchang, Nanchang, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Chengdu, Taiyuan, Dandong, Tonghua.

By Bus:
There are 7 expressways linking Qingdao and many major cities. They are Jiqing, Jiaozhouwan, Xiliu, Shuangliu, Weilai, Xilai and Qingyin.
Minibuses go to Weihai(4hours ), Yantai(3hours ), and Yiweike(4hours ) from the Qingdao railway station square. To Ji'nan, you can take a bus in the bus station of Qingdao(4.5hours )
Qingdao bus station
Address: Wenzhou road
West bus station:
Address: Guantao road
East bus station:
Address: Ha'erbing road

By Ship:
There are 2 international ship line in Qingdao. Ships go to Korea on every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; and every Tuesday and Friday they will go to Japan.
The transportation station is at the Xinjiang road

By Taxi:
The starting price is RMB7 for 4km and RMB1.2/km, from 22:00 -5:00 RMB1.5/km.
Clue:There are a lot of one-way roads in Qingdao. Usually we can see a four-land road in the left side of a road and only buses run in the righ side. This is in order to raise the bus running speed and to lessen the transportation pressure.If you know something about that, the unhappy things will less to happen.

By Ferry-boat:
The ferry-boat line between Qingdao and Huangdao increasing the connection of the both banks of Jiaozhouwan. The whole journey only takes 20minutes or half an hour. No boats in misty day.
Common boat: 6:30-21:00 RMB6, one boat for every half an hour.
High-speed boat: 7:00-18:00 RMB8, one boat for every 20 minutes.
Qingdao to Xuejia island (Anzi wharf)
High-speed boat: 7:00-18:10, one boat for every half an hour.

Pleasure ship:
The travel wharf of Laiyang Road is located in the north of naval museum. Here the boats run through Little Qingdao Luxun Park and Taiping angle.
The travel wharf of Zhongyuan is situated in the Xiling Road. You can take a boat not only to visit the whole littoral scenery of Qingdao but also two islands of Huanghai-- Zhucha Island and Dagong Island.