If you are in the process of planning your Beijing Tours, and considering to add Badaling Great Wall on your Beijing Tour program, you are advised to take the train from downtown Beijing directly to Badaling Great Wall.
At the time of writing, Badaling Great Wall is the only Wall that you can directly reach by train: 2 daily trains from Beijing North Railway Station ( Beijing North) to Badaling Great Wall and 3 daily trains from Badaling Great Wall to Beijing North Railway Station. Actually all the 5 daily trains run between Beijing Railway North Station and Yanqing County. The final stop – Yanqing County is a 14-minute train ride west of Badaling Stop.
It takes about one hour to get to Badaling Great Wall from downtown Beijing. Tickets are available and easy to get at the ticketing office of Beijing North Railway Station ( Beijing North ). The soft seat ticket costs RMB 17, and the hard seat ticket costs RMB 14. The entrance to the Badaling Great Wall is a 20- minute walk from Badaling Railway Station.
How to get to Beijing North Railway Station ( Beijing North )
First take Subway Line 2 and get off at Xizhinmen Subway station. From the station you walk short distance and get to the next building that is Beijing North Railway Station. You can easily purchase the train ticktes at the ticketing office in the main hall of the station. It is a very nice train same quality as the bullet train. You’d better to buy a round trip ticket.
Beijing Railway North Station → Badaling Great Wall Timetable & Fares ( Unit: RMB )
| Train No. | From | Dep time | To | Arr Time | Soft Seat | Hard Seat |
| Y567 | Beijing North | 09:3 | Badaling | 10:42 | 17 | 14 |
| Y575 | Beijing North | 13:19 | Badaling | 14:28 | 17 | 14 |
Badaling Great Wall → Beijing North Ralway Station Timetable & Fares ( Unit: RMB )
| Train No. | From | Dep time | To | Arr Time | Soft Sleeper | Hard Seat |
| Y572 | Badaling | 11:42 | Beijing North | 12:59 | 17 | 14 |
| Y580 | Badaling | 15:22 | Beijing North | 16:28 | 17 | 14 |
| Y588 | Badaling | 19:40 | Beijing North | 20:57 | 17 | 14 |
Remark: For more information on Beijing North Railway Station, please check 4 Railway Stations in Beijing.
On the way, you can enjoy the total view of the Guan Valley Scenic Area, pass by Juyongguan Great Wall, and especially immersing yourself in the hundred-year-old Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway, first designed by Mr. Zhan Tianyou (1861 – 1919), the famous Chinese designer of the railway.
The Train Passes Juyongguan Pass Great Wall
The train is passing by Juyongguan Pass Great Wall
After getting off the train at Badaling Station, walk eastward for 20-minute and you will reach the foot of Badaling Great Wall.
Travel Tips:
1. You’d better to purchase your round trip tickets one day in advance to avoid possible fully booking if you book on the spot.
1. You’d better to purchase your round trip tickets one day in advance to avoid possible fully booking if you book on the spot.
2. If you don’t want to be tied to the rigid train timetable, you may take Bus 919 from Badaling Great Wall to Jishuitan, one of the north stop at Subway Line 2.
3. You can also take Bus 919 at Deshengmen to Badaling Great Wall, then take train back to Beijing.
4. When you are going to use Bus 919 to get to Badaling or from Badaling to Beijing, please be mindful for the fake Bus 919.
To get to the Bus 919, you are advised to take the subway and get off at Jishuitan Stop. Then you walk all the way to Deshengmen, which is a whole block east of the Jishuitan Subway Exit A. There are about 5 lines of 919 in Beijing which lead to different places all throughout Beijing, a little bit confusing. So be sure to get the correct Bus 919 to Badaling. Kindly reminder: there will be allegedly “official tourist information volunteers” with red badges on, who will try to drive tourists to get on their minibuses with all sorts of excuses to lure you on. Just don’t go for it. Otherwise, you will be on a nightmare trip.
5. For more information on Beijing North Railway Station, please check 4 Railway Stations in Beijing.
