How to Get to Yellow Mountain: By Train, Flight and Long-distcne Bus 2023

Huangshan Tunxi International Airport is an international airport mainly serving tourists to Yellow Mountain. So far, the airport has opened over 20 airlines, both domestic and international and regional routes, connecting Huangshan City with Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Guilin, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Hefei, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Taipei, Busan, Incheon (Seoul), Singapore and others cities. If you fly to Huangshan from mainland China, it takes only about 2 hours from Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Chongqing, about 1 hour from Shanghai and Shanghai. International flight travelers needs about 2 hours from Taipei, at least 5 hours from Hong Kong and half day from other connected cities in Asia to get to Huangshan City. Huangshan Tunxi International Airport >>

Route: Huangshan Tunxi International Airport (Tunxi) → Tourist Transfer Center (Tangkou Town) → Cable Car Station on Huangshan Mountain
It takes about 1 hour to drive from the airport to Dongling (东岭) or Zhaixi (寨西) Transfer Center in Tangkou. Another 30 minutes is needed for taking shuttle Park Bus from Tangkou to Cloud Valley Cable Car Station (云谷索道)/Mercy Light Pavilion Cable Car Station (慈光阁索道) on Mount Huangshan.

● By Public Transportation

Route: Huangshan Tunxi International Airport (Tunxi) → Huangshan Bus Station (Tunxi) → Tourist Transfer Center (Tangkou Town) &rarr Cable Car Station on Huangshan Mountain

First, you need to take taxi or airport bus from the airport to Huangshan Bus Station in Tunxi. It takes about 20 minutes of 9kms’ driving. Then, take a bus to Dingling (东岭) or Zhaixi (寨西) Transfer Center in Tangkou from Tunxi, costing around 1 hour. Finally, you will get on a Park Bus to arrive at Mercy Light Pavilion/ Cloud Valley Cable Car Station in front/back of Mount Huangshan.

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How to Get to Yellow Mountain | Tunxi to Yellow Mountain | How to Get to Tangkou

First, Take Trains to Huangshan City (Tunxi 屯溪)

Totally, there are more than 50 daily trains running (or passing) to Huangshan City from Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and more other cities. Most are high speed bullet trains and few are normal (overnight) trains. Within just short hours, tourists can not only enjoy the most advanced bullet trains (Gaotie 高铁) on board with amazing speed and modern facilities, but also view different landscape of China en route. Read the timetables below to find your perfect gateway city to make a Huangshan high speed train tour.
>> Huangshan High Speed Trains

Huangshan North Railway Station is located in 15km north suburb of Tunxi (about 30 minutes’ drive), Huangshan City and 50km south of Huangshan Mountain Scenic Area (about 1 hour’s drive). Once upon arrive, there are direct Tourist Shuttle Buses departing from Huangshan North Railway Station & Huangshan Railway Station to (Cloud Valley/Mercy Light Pavilion)Cable Car Stations on Mt. Huangshan and Tangkou Town, foothill of Huangshan Mountain. The second and the last step is taking a 30 minutes’ Park Bus to Cable Car Station in Huangshan Mountain. (Tips: Huangshan North Railway Station is much closer to Huangshan Mountain, while Huangshan Railway Station is located near Tunxi, downtown Huangshan City.)

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Transfer Route: Huangshan North Railway Station/Huangshan Railway Station (Tunxi) → Tourist Transfer Center (Tangkou) →; Cable Car Station (on Mount Huangshan)

1. Huangshan North Railway Station/Huangshan Railway Station, Tunxi to Tangkou (Distance: about 50 km, Duration: 1 hour)
Direct bus departs from Huangshan Tourism Passenger Transport Hub (upon arrival, turn left & walk 200m to) at Huangshan North Railway Station and arrives at Dongling/Zhaixi Transfer Center in Tangkou Town. The regular buses run between 07:30 am to 17:30pm every day. If your train arrives at Huangshan Railway Station, you can take 1 hour’s through buses to Tangkou Town, or 1.5 hours' to cable car stations on mountain area.

2. Dongling/Zhaixi Transfer Center, Tangkou → Huangshan Mountain (Distance: 9~13km, Duration: 30 minutes)
The Park Bus departing from Touris Distribution Center, Tangkou takes about 30 minutes to get to Could Valley/Mercy Light Pavilion Cable Car Station in Huangshan.

Apart from taking flights and trains, there are still lots of direct long-distance coaches running from Hefei, Yixian County (黟县), Shexian County (歙县), Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui and Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan and else cities in neighboring Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces to Tangkou Town and Tunxi (downtown Huangshan City). Compared to bus to Tunxi, taking bus to Tangkou Town is more recommended, which would benefit you less transfer, only another one from Tangkou to Huangshan Mountain.

Among all cities, the Shanghai to Huangshan Bus takes about 5.5 ~ 6.5 hours and Hangzhou to Huangshan Bus needs nearly 4.5~ 5 hours.Interested in bus travel to Mount Huangshan? Check more available bus schedules to Tangkou Town listed as follows.