Fastest€44.89
- China Railway CR962106:243h 9m09:33Jinan railway stationYantai Railway Station
Door to door 3h 53mCO2 13.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Jinan to Yantai train
Trains from Jinan to Yantai start at €48.19 and take 3h 53m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Jinan to Yantai on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Jinan to Yantai starts at €48.19 and takes 3h 53m door to door, run by 1 operator over 404 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 53mDoor to door
- 3h 9mMoving
- €48.19 to €120.24From
- 06:24 to 07:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 13.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€48.19 to €120.24 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €99.34Wed16
- about €120.24Thu17
- about €93.29Fri18
- about €102.09Sat19
- about €87.24Sun20
- about €82.84Mon21
- about €63.59Tue22
- about €56.44Wed23
- about €83.94Thu24
- about €81.74Fri25
- about €81.19Sat26
- about €88.34Sun27
- about €64.14Mon28
- about €48.19Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €44.89 | 3h 31m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Yantai for the night the train gets in
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When to book Jinan to Yantai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.5490 days
- €42.6260 days
- €42.6245 days
- €59.1430 days
- €37.9021 days
- €48.1914 days
- €59.147 days
- €68.583 days
- €77.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €37.90.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 104 percent. The dearest point is €77.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €72.12Sun
- €50.88Mon
- €48.19Tue
- €56.44Wed
- €67.99Thu
- €66.22Fri
- €78.61Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Jinan
Rail
- Jinan railway station
- Jinannan Railway Station
- Jinan East Railway Station
Yantai
Rail
- Yantai Railway Station
- Yantaibei Railway Station
- Yantainan Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
- 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 404 km against 404 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Qingdao, Dalian, Weifang, Zibo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Jinan at 06:24 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 53m | 3h 9m | 44m | €48.19 | 13.3 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 4h 9m | 59m | 3h 10m | €49.70 | 102.3 kg | 2 |
Questions about Jinan to Yantai
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 the Train from Jinan to Yantai take?
The Train from Jinan to Yantai takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 3h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 404 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Jinan to Yantai cost?
The Train from Jinan to Yantai starts at €48.19 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €51.49. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Jinan to Yantai?
1 operators run the Train from Jinan to Yantai: China Railway. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Jinan to Yantai use?
The Train from Jinan to Yantai leaves from Jinan railway station and arrives at Yantai Railway Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Jinan to Yantai?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Jinan to Yantai, at €48.19 and 3h 53m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Jinan to Yantai?
Fares for the Train from Jinan to Yantai bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €37.90. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 104 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Jinan to Yantai produce?
The Train from Jinan to Yantai produces about 13.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 404 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Jinan to Yantai?
Operators on the Train from Jinan to Yantai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 53m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Jinan to Yantai on 15 September 2026: 404 km of route against 404 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €48.19, and 3h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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