Shenyang

By plane

The city is served by the Shenyang Taoxian International Airport 沈阳桃仙国际机场; Shěnyángtáoxiān Guójìjīchǎng; airport code SHE, as well as by several smaller, regional airports. Direct flights to Shenyang from Beijing, Changsha, Chaoyang, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Hong Kong, Jinan, Kunming, Lanzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qiqihar, Sanya, Shanghai, Shantou, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Tianjin, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian, Xuzhou, Yanji, Yantai, Zahuang, Zhengzhou, and Zhuhai.

Direct international flights from Seoul and Cheongju, South Korea; Pyongyang, North Korea; Irkutsk and Khabarovsk, Russia; Frankfurt, Germany, Osaka and Tokyo, Japan with connections to Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles, USA and other cities. The airport is located 30 km south of the city. An airport shuttle runs from the airport to the main China Northern Airlines ticket office 117 Zhonghua Road; 中华路117号; Zhōnghuálù and back frequently.

By train

Train service is provided through two train stations, the north train station and the south train station. The north train station handles the majority of the long-distance trains while the south train station handles most of the northeast trains and does local service around the province. Some trains travel to both stations so be aware of which station you need to board your train.Oct 2012, and continuing for a while, Shenyang Station South station is being modernized. Big problem is that the East gate is shut, and you can only exit West. So all the convenient hotels and the Subway line are hard to access. There is a special 1RMB bus that runs back and forth West to East. Look for it at bus que closest to the train station gates. It is marked with a banner on the side in Mandarin that says something like Shenyang Train Station East-West. If you can understand those Chinese characters, you should be able to catch this frequent bus.

North Train Station 沈阳北站; Shěnyáng Běizhàn at Beizhan Road 北站路; Běizhànlù, Line 1

Beijing

takes about 8 hours or 5 hours by 'D Train'; previously 4 but now slowed for safety reasons

Dalian

takes about 6 hours express trains take 3 - 4 hours

Dandong

takes about 5 hours

Guangzhou

takes about 30-48 hours

Harbin

takes about 7 hours

Jilin

takes about 6-9 hours

Shanghai

takes about 27-34 hours

Tianjin

takes about 7 hours or 5 hours by 'D Train' previously 4

Qinhuangdao

takes about 5 hours or 3 hours by 'D Train'

South Train Station 沈阳火车站; Shěnyáng Huǒchēzhàn at Shengli Beijie 胜利北街; Shènglìběijiē, Line 2

Baihe via Songjianghe

takes about 9 hours

Beijing

takes about 8-10 hours

Changchun

takes about 4 hours - 2 hours for express trains

Dalian

takes about 5 hours

Dandong

takes about 4 hours

Harbin

takes about 7 hours

Jilin

takes about 7 hours

Tianjin

takes about 9 hours

Tonghua

takes about 7 hours

Tumen

takes about 16 hours

By bus

Long distance bus service is handled by two bus stations.

Main Long-Distance Bus Station Shenyang Qiche Kuaisu Keyun ZhanLocated on Huigong Jie, this station serves routes to and from major cities. You can also find night buses to Beijing being hawked outside the north train station.

Beijing

takes about 8 hours

Changchun

takes about 4 hours

Dandong

takes about 3 hours

Dalian

takes about 4 hours

Harbin

takes about 7 hours

Jilin

takes about 5 hours

Jinzhou

takes about 3 hours

South Bus StationBuses queue along Minzhu Lu opposite the south train station, around Minzhu Square and some nearby streets. On most buses you pay the conductor on the bus but for Anshan and Liaoyang you must purchase tickets at the office on the east side of Minzhu Square. These buses run medium distance routes to neighbouring cities within Liaoning. Buses stop departing this bus stations around 6pm. Passengers arriving to this station may be offloaded from the bus on a nearby street or some distance away at a yard used for storing coaches, sited behind the post office on Zhongshan Jie.

Anshan

takes about 1 hour 40 minutes

Benxi

takes about 1 hour

Liaoyang

takes 1 hour

Fushun

takes 50 minutes