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Qingdao to Shenyang 青岛 – 沈阳
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 4 hours against about 8 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 ¥440 against ¥554.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainQingdao North 青岛北 → Shenyang North 沈阳北 | 7 h 54 minG1208, fastest | 8 hours | ¥554standard class | 706:24–19:42 |
| FlightQingdao Jiaodong (TAO) → Shenyang Taoxian (SHE) | 1 h 35 minin the air | 4 hours | about ¥440varies by day | 1006:50–18:15 |
By train
7 direct high-speed trains a day run from Qingdao North to Shenyang North, between 06:24 and 19:42. The fastest, G1208, takes 7 h 54 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥554. Coming back, 7 trains a day, the fastest 7 h 34 min (G1266, 10:57 to 22:09).
Qingdao: Qingdao North also has many high-speed trains.
By air
10 nonstop flights a day from Qingdao Jiaodong (TAO) to Shenyang Taoxian (SHE), 1 h 35 min in the air, 06:50 to 18:15, with Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines and Spring Airlines. 10 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥440.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Qingdao and on to Shenyang, so the trip can be broken there.
- Yantai 烟台 180 km from Qingdao · 1 h 1 min there, 9 h 30 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Shenyang.
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Mukden Palace 沈阳故宫
The Manchu palace where the Qing dynasty was proclaimed, years before it took Beijing
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.