jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Posted (7 months 1 week 20 hours ago) and read 1435 times:
What's the easiest/quickest way to get to the Civil Aviation Museum at Datangstan from the Beijing Railway Station at near the inner City Wall? All the web pages attached to it are in mandarin
Hywel From Peru, joined Apr 2008, 718 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (7 months 1 week 19 hours ago) and read 1421 times:
TripAdvisor has this to say:
Directions to get there: Take subway line 5 north to last stop (Tiantongyuanbei) and exit north where there is a small bus station. Take bus 643 to the 15th stop which is the China Aviation Museum (Hangkong Bowuguan) bus stop. Take a little 3 wheeler or walk the 3/4 mile to the museum entrance.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11113 posts, RR: 63 Reply 2, posted (7 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 1399 times:
Or hire a car and driver, but that will be more expensive. As you can see from Google Earth, there is a very long road/taxiway up to the museum, so if taking the bus you can either walk that or take a trike/taxi. Allow at least three hours at the museum, if you want to photograph absolutely everything and read all the detail then you need more like 5 or 6.
UK_Dispatcher From United Arab Emirates, joined Dec 2001, 2550 posts, RR: 33 Reply 3, posted (7 months 1 week 15 hours ago) and read 1399 times:
I have only ever done it by using a taxi from the hotel in Beijing, but unless there are at least a couple of you it is not the cheapest option.
I have been 3 times and am going again on Friday 19th October. A long shot, but if you happen to be in Beijing that day, there are a few of us hiring a minibus to go there.
The TripAdvisor info has been there for a long time, so I wouldn't fully trust it's reliability.
You really must do all possible to visit Dantangshan though - it is an amazing collection of aircraft and not to be missed.
jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7335 posts, RR: 52 Reply 4, posted (7 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1313 times:
Quoting Hywel (Reply 1): TripAdvisor has this to say:
Directions to get there: Take subway line 5 north to last stop (Tiantongyuanbei) and exit north where there is a small bus station. Take bus 643 to the 15th stop which is the China Aviation Museum (Hangkong Bowuguan) bus stop. Take a little 3 wheeler or walk the 3/4 mile to the museum entrance.
That's exact;y how you get there
Quoting UK_Dispatcher (Reply 3): The TripAdvisor info has been there for a long time, so I wouldn't fully trust it's reliability.
Turns out it was accurate. We took a cab there, which cost 200RMB. We took the walk, bus, subway back, and after trial and error, we made it back via reverse of the above directions.
Quoting UK_Dispatcher (Reply 3): I have been 3 times and am going again on Friday 19th October. A long shot, but if you happen to be in Beijing that day, there are a few of us hiring a minibus to go there.
I'm heading to NRT tomorrow, so I won't be in town then. But enjoy it,
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