Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €12.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 19m over 72 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 30 September 2026
€11.88 to €12.44
- 88%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zhu Cheng City
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:10First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €22.34Mon21
- about €15.74Tue22
- about €19.04Wed23
- about €19.59Thu24
- about €16.29Fri25
- about €16.29Sat26
- about €17.39Sun27
- about €12.99Mon28
- about €12.44Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €12.99Thu1
- about €11.89Fri2
- about €14.09Sat3
- about €11.89Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €12.99Thu8
- about €11.89Fri9
- about €14.64Sat10
- about €11.88Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Jiaozhou for the night the train gets in
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When to book Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8914 days
- €17.397 days
- €19.043 days
- €22.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 88 percent. The dearest point is €22.34, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
72 km
63 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
1,000,000 → 619,266
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 72 km against 63 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Qingdao, Yinzhu, Yishan, Rizhao. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Jiaozhou Railway Station
Most of the points near Jiaozhou Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
The fastest journey from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou takes 1h 19m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 21m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
The cheapest fare from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou is €11.88, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.09. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
The cheapest way from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 19m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
Fares from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 88 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
China Railway, 中国铁路济南局集团有限公司 publish service areas covering both Zhu Cheng City and Jiaozhou, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
33 percent of the services we sell from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou are direct. The rest connect at Qingdao, Yinzhu, Yishan, Rizhao, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou use?
Services from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou by train leave from Zhucheng Railway Station and arrive at Jiaozhou Railway Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Zhu Cheng City to Jiaozhou on 20 September 2026: 72 km of route against 63 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Jiaozhou is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Jiaozhou and across China
Day trips that leave Jiaozhou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Zhu Cheng City reaches 14 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 259 km. Jiaozhou reaches 41 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 280 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zhu Cheng City
- 14Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Jiaozhou
Leaving Jiaozhou
- 41Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators