Atlas of China
Hangzhou to Huangshan City 杭州 – 黄山市
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 1½ hours against about 3 hours by road, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥103. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHangzhou West 杭州西 → Huangshan North 黄山北 | 1 h 13 minG1305, fastest | 1½ hours | ¥103standard class | 4007:15–21:41 |
| By road214 km | 3 h | 3 hours |
By train
40 direct high-speed trains a day run from Hangzhou West to Huangshan North, between 07:15 and 21:41. The fastest, G1305, takes 1 h 13 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥103. Coming back, 40 trains a day, the fastest 1 h 13 min (C2364, 06:26 to 20:35).
Huangshan City: Huangshan North is about an hour by bus from Tangkou, the gateway town for the mountain.
By air
No nonstop flights.
By road
214 km by road, about 3 h of driving: routed on OpenStreetMap, with speeds calibrated on measured trips.
At the other end
Featured places around Huangshan City.
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Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山
Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting
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Xidi 西递村
A quieter UNESCO twin of Hongcun: flagstone lanes, merchant houses and a Ming archway
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Hongcun Village 宏村
A merchant village planned in the shape of an ox, mirrored in its own pond
Around Hangzhou: West Lake, Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng.
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.