--- title: "Chalu to Ningbo – 3 ways by car, train, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Chalu to Ningbo is 78 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 15m. Cheapest: drive from ¥37. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chalu-to-ningbo" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/chalu-to-ningbo.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Chalu to Ningbo [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo) [Ningbo to Chalu](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ningbo-to-chalu) **Fastest:** 1h 15m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ¥37\ by car\ **Distance:** 78 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 3\ from 08:00, Sun 8 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 78 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 8 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best¥91 cheaper than the train and about as quick. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 15m¥37–49 Estimated 95 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo) - [**Train** 1h 16m¥128–240 Estimated next 6 from 08:00 · 中国国家铁路集团有限公司](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo) - [**Taxi** 1h 15m¥245–370 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from China; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in China** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.chn.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [09:02 → 10:18 1h 16m · direct 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 G1894¥128–240](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo&date=2026-11-08&time=08%3A00&it=t8sksn3) 2. [09:55 → 11:10 1h 15m · direct 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 G7540¥128–240](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo&date=2026-11-08&time=08%3A00&it=t11ftfbe) 3. [10:43 → 11:59 1h 16m · direct 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 G878¥128–240](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Chalu&to=Ningbo&date=2026-11-08&time=08%3A00&it=tif1svp) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Chalu to Ningbo? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 15m door to door. The straight-line distance is 78 km. What is the cheapest way from Chalu to Ningbo? Driving is the cheapest, from ¥37. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. Is there a direct train from Chalu to Ningbo? Yes. Of the trains we read from 08:00, 3 are direct, the fastest taking 1h 15m; more may run later in the day. Fares run ¥128–240 across classes. How far is Ningbo from Chalu by road? About 95 km, roughly 1h 15m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ¥37–49; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Ningbo Prefecture-level & sub-provincial city in China Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in the northeast of Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. Ningbo is the southern economic center of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, which includes Shanghai among other cities. The port of Ningbo–Zhoushan, spread across several locations, is the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage and the world's third-busiest container port since 2010. [The Ningbo guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ningbo) Worth your time - Baiyun Manor A home from the 1300s, which the family turned into an exclusive school in the 1600s. - Drum Tower A symbol of Ningbo and an entrance to a pedestrian shopping district, this tower is a mix of architectural styles. - Fufu Shi Another old house that gets 5-10 visitors per day, this one displays a literature collection. - Ningbo Banking Guild Hall Former guild hall for banking and foreign exchange, which was important in Ningbo due to significant foreign trade. 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