Transportation to and from Heilongjiang Province is relatively accessible with 6 airports as well as convenient railway, long-distance bus and passenger ship connections.
The Harbin International Airport is located 33km northwest of Harbin City, providing flights to over 50 domestic and international destinations, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi’an and cities in the States, Russia, Japan, Malaysia and England. Shuttle buses provide cheap access to and from the airport, costing around 20 RMB for the journey. Alternatively a taxi to the airport will cost around 60 RMB.
Harbin has two railway stations in its city, linking cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Jinan. The city is also crossed by the Trans-Manchurian line of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which runs all the way between Moscow and Beijing. For more information about the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The Nangang Bus Station in Harbin offers coaches and long-distance buses covering the majority of Heilongjiang Province and well as destinations such as Shenyang in Liaoning Province and Changchun in Jilin Province. Recently a new route opened between Harbin and Vladivostok in southeast Russia, with the twelve-hour journeys running daily.