There are 8 ways to get from Europe to Datong by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Hohhot Baita International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET)FRA - HET
- Take the bus from hohhot Station to Datong bus station
21h 55m¥2,068–6,682Drive 8,960.4 km
- Drive from Europe to Datong8,960.4 km
4d 8h¥10,411–15,038Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)FRA - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
18h 41m¥2,975–7,818Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hbf
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)HAJ - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
21h 24m¥3,160–5,108Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)NUE - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
23h 5m¥3,470–8,995Train, train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)LEJ - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
21h 36m¥3,033–10,035Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport, train
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)BER - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
20h 13m¥3,493–6,505Train to Frankfurt, fly to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport (TYN)FRA - TYN
- Take the bus from Taiyuan Bus Terminal to Datong
25h 16m¥2,311–7,270
Frankfurt (FRA) to Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Datong is to train and fly which costs ¥3100 - ¥5500 and takes 21h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Datong is to train and fly which takes 18h 41m and costs ¥2900 - ¥8000.
The distance between Europe and Datong is 7878 km. The road distance is 8960.4 km.
It takes approximately 21h 55m to get from Europe to Datong, including transfers.
Datong is 7h ahead of Europe. It is currently 3:36 AM in Europe and 10:36 AM in Datong.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Datong is 8960 km. It takes approximately 4 days 8h to drive from Europe to Datong.
There are 36+ hotels available in Datong.
What companies run services between Europe and Datong, Shanxi, China?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Datong. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET), walk to Hohhot Airport, take the line 1 bus to Hohhot Station, walk to hohhot Station, then take the bus to Datong bus station. Alternatively, you can drive from Europe to Datong in around 4d 8h.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–12,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–12,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–10,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–10,000
- Website
- aeromongolia.mn
Flights from Frankfurt to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Frankfurt to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–10,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- okair.net
Flights from Frankfurt to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥180–460
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥200–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥120–400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥210–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥140–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥180–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥490–540
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥150–170
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥240–270
- Business Class Seat
- ¥360–550
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥100–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥100–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥100–140
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥140–190
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥95–150
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥150–240
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥160–250
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥200–300
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Taiyuan Bus Terminal to Datong
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥90–130
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
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