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Qingdao to Changsha 青岛 – 长沙
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5 hours against about 6½ 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 ¥690 against ¥832.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHongdao 红岛 → Changsha South 长沙南 | 6 h 24 minG427, fastest | 6½ hours | ¥832standard class | 607:16–12:08 |
| FlightQingdao Jiaodong (TAO) → Changsha Huanghua (CSX) | 2 h 40 minin the air | 5 hours | about ¥690varies by day | 808:00–21:00 |
By train
6 direct high-speed trains a day run from Hongdao to Changsha South, between 07:16 and 12:08. The fastest, G427, takes 6 h 24 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥832. Coming back, 7 trains a day, the fastest 6 h 47 min (G426, 08:23 to 11:49).
Qingdao: Qingdao North also has many high-speed trains.
By air
8 nonstop flights a day from Qingdao Jiaodong (TAO) to Changsha Huanghua (CSX), 2 h 40 min in the air, 08:00 to 21:00, with Shandong Airlines, China Southern Airlines and XiamenAir. 8 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥690.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Qingdao and on to Changsha, so the trip can be broken there.
- Lianyungang 连云港 190 km from Qingdao · 1 h 32 min there, 6 h 52 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Changsha.
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Hunan Museum 湖南省博物馆
A Han marchioness, her silk banner and a gauze robe as thin as air
Around Qingdao: Qingdao Old Town & Seafront, Mount Lao (Laoshan).
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.