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Shenyang to Hailar 沈阳 – 海拉尔
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 4½ hours against about 17½ hours by train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥570 against ¥157.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TrainShenyang North 沈阳北 → Hailar 海拉尔 | 17 h 21 minK927, fastest | 17½ hours | ¥157standard class | 311:48–13:06 |
| FlightShenyang Taoxian (SHE) → Hulunbuir Hailar (HLD) | 2 hin the air | 4½ hours | about ¥570varies by day | 114:25 |
By train
3 direct trains a day run from Shenyang North to Hailar, between 11:48 and 13:06. The fastest, K927, takes 17 h 21 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥157. It runs overnight, so a sleeper berth saves a hotel night. Coming back, 5 trains a day, the fastest 15 h 44 min (K2624, 06:50 to 21:30).
Hailar: No high-speed rail: only conventional and overnight trains, from Harbin, Shenyang or Beijing, so most visitors fly.
By air
One nonstop flight a day from Shenyang Taoxian (SHE) to Hulunbuir Hailar (HLD), 2 h in the air, at 14:25, with Juneyao Air. One flies back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4½ hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥570.
At the other end
Featured places around Hailar in Hulunbuir.
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Hulunbuir Grassland 呼伦贝尔大草原
Summer grassland to the horizon, looping rivers and yurts near the Russian border
Around Shenyang: Mukden Palace.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.