By plane
The nearest airport is in Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport FTAT Code:CGO, an hour away and a Â¥160 taxi ride. An alternative way from the airport to Kaifeng is to take a shuttle bus from just outside the arrival gate to Civil Aviation Hotel æ°èªå¤§é åºï¼in Jinshui Road (¥15, then walk east for around 20 minutes to the mini bus station Deyi Bus Station 德亿汽车ç«ï¼ from where you can take a bus to near Kaifeng Railway Staion (¥7.
By train
Kaifeng is on the Shanghai-Xi'an line. Hard seat tickets may be difficult to obtain but next day or even same day hard-sleeper tickets from Shanghai, 6.5 hours, Â¥222; from Xi'an, 7 hours, ¥140 are readily available outside peak periods. The train from Zhengzhou is around 45 minutes and costs ¥11-19.
Kaifeng now has high speed rail connections- 1 hour from Zhengzhou.