Lowest CO2€104.29
- China Railway CR782106:265h 14m11:40Yantai Railway StationHefei railway station
Door to door 5h 58mCO2 24.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Yantai to Hefei train
Trains from Yantai to Hefei start at €97.69 and take 5h 55m at their fastest.
The Trains from Yantai to Hefei starts at €97.69 and takes 5h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 731 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 55mDoor to door
- 5h 11mMoving
- €97.69From
- 24.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €79.54 | 5h 40m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Hefei railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Yantai to Hefei
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €84.5190 days
- €55.0160 days
- €61.3945 days
- €58.5530 days
- €76.8421 days
- €112.2414 days
- €119.327 days
- €117.553 days
- €153.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €55.01.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €153.54, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €99.26Sun
- €97.49Mon
- €79.79Tue
- €85.69Wed
- €119.32Thu
- €101.62Fri
- €112.24Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Yantai
Rail
- Yantai Railway Station
- Yantaibei Railway Station
- Yantainan Railway Station
Hefei
Rail
- Hefei railway station
- Hefeibei Railway Station
- Hefeidong Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 731 km against 731 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nanjing, Weifang, Qingdao, Huai'an. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Yantai at 06:26 and the last at 17:32, across 7 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 32m | 1h 22m | 3h 10m | €79.79 | 185.2 kg | 4 |
| Train | 5h 55m | 5h 11m | 44m | €97.69 | 24.1 kg | 7 |
Questions about Yantai to Hefei
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Yantai to Hefei take?
The Train from Yantai to Hefei takes 5h 55m door to door, of which 5h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 731 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 Yantai to Hefei cost?
The Train from Yantai to Hefei starts at €97.69 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €104.29. 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 Yantai to Hefei?
1 operators run the Train from Yantai to Hefei: China Railway. Between them they file around 7 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 Yantai to Hefei use?
The Train from Yantai to Hefei leaves from Yantai Railway Station and arrives at Hefei 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 Yantai to Hefei?
Traveling from Yantai to Hefei by Flight costs €79.79 and takes 4h 32m door to door, against 5h 55m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Yantai to Hefei?
Fares for the Train from Yantai to Hefei bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €55.01. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Yantai to Hefei produce?
The Train from Yantai to Hefei produces about 24.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 731 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Yantai to Hefei?
Operators on the Train from Yantai to Hefei publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 55m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Yantai to Hefei on September 12, 2026: 731 km of route against 731 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €97.69, and 5h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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