Atlas of China
Hangzhou to Tianjin 杭州 – 天津
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5 hours against about 5½ hours by high-speed train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥640 against ¥588.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHangzhou East 杭州东 → Tianjin South 天津南 | 5 h 5 minG818, fastest | 5½ hours | ¥588standard class | 2008:22–20:37 |
| FlightHangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH) → Tianjin Binhai (TSN) | 2 h 15 minin the air | 5 hours | about ¥640varies by day | 707:35–22:05 |
By train
20 direct high-speed trains a day run from Hangzhou East to Tianjin South, between 08:22 and 20:37. The fastest, G818, takes 5 h 5 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥588. Coming back, 20 trains a day, the fastest 4 h 7 min (G743, 05:50 to 22:39).
Tianjin: Intercity trains from Beijing South reach Tianjin station in about 30 minutes.
By air
7 nonstop flights a day from Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN), 2 h 15 min in the air, 07:35 to 22:05, with Air China, XiamenAir and Capital Airlines. 6 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥640.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Hangzhou and on to Tianjin, so the trip can be broken there.
At the other end
Featured places around Tianjin.
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Five Great Avenues 五大道
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
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.