Taiyuan

By bus
By bus

The bus station is located at the south side of Yingze Dajie, between train station and Bingzhou Lu.

Beijing
takes about 6 hours
Datong
takes about 5 hours
Shijiazhuang
takes about 4 hours
Wutaishan
takes about 4-5 hours take travel sickness medication an hour before this trip if you are prone, consider suggesting parents give their children some as well as vomiting is common on this journey
Yan'an
takes about 9 hours
Yulin
takes about 8 hours

Minibuses leave the train station parking lot for Datong, Pingyao, Shijiazhuang and Wutaishan National Park .

By train
By train

Taiyuan Station is located at the eastern end of Yingze Dajie

Beijing
takes about 8-10 hours, or 3.5 hours by the new CRH bullet trains
Chengdu
takes about 30 hours
Datong
takes about 6-8 hours
Guangzhou
takes about 32 hours
Luoyang
takes about 12 hours
Shanghai
takes about 22 hours
Xian
takes about 11-12 hours
Zhengzhou
takes about 10 hours