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Harbin to Hailar 哈尔滨 – 海拉尔
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 4 hours against about 9½ hours by train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥410 against ¥102.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TrainHarbin 哈尔滨 → Hailar 海拉尔 | 9 h 19 minK7091, fastest | 9½ hours | ¥102standard class | 409:00–20:56 |
| FlightHarbin Taiping (HRB) → Hulunbuir Hailar (HLD) | 1 h 30 minin the air | 4 hours | about ¥410varies by day | 108:55 |
By train
4 direct trains a day run from Harbin to Hailar, between 09:00 and 20:56. The fastest, K7091, takes 9 h 19 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥102. Coming back, 5 trains a day, the fastest 9 h 26 min (K7092, 12:09 to 22:50).
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 Harbin Taiping (HRB) to Hulunbuir Hailar (HLD), 1 h 30 min in the air, at 08:55, with Chengdu Airlines. One flies back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥410.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Harbin and on to Hailar, so the trip can be broken there.
- Qiqihar 齐齐哈尔 260 km from Harbin · 1 h 26 min there, 7 h on
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 Harbin: Harbin Ice & Snow World, Central Street & St Sophia Cathedral.
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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About Harbin · Hulunbuir, with Hailar · Where Harbin reaches in a day · All routes
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.