Chengdu Transportation
Thereare direct flights from Shuangliu Airport in Chengdu to many domestic as well as international destinations. There are daily flights to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing and Hong Kong as well as regular flights to Bangkok and other southeast Asian destinations. The airport is a twenty-minute drive from the China Southwest Airlines office on Renmin Nan Lu by shuttle bus (every half an hour). It costs RMB3. A taxi from the center of town to the airport should cost RMB30.
Chengdu is linked to 12 major Chinese cities including Beijing (8 hours), Shanghai (16 hours), Kunming (22 hours) and Xi'an (17 hours). Train tickets can be bought at the ticket booking office outside the railway station. It can be very difficult to get tickets and it is best to make your travel arrangements at least two days in advance. The railway station is in the north part of the city, a half-hour drive from the city center. Chengdu's buses are sweaty and crowded. However, at only Y1 per ride, Y2 for double deckers, they are certainly an affordable means of transportation. The no. 16 bus is the most useful, travelling north/south on Renmin Lu between Chengdu's north and south railway stations. Try to pick up an English city map at your hotel or one of the foreign language book stores. There is one at the intersection of the south 1st ring road and Kehua Beilu.These maps have a complete listing of bus routes.
Other useful bus routes:
- No. 99: Running north/south on Renmin Lu between the railway stations
- No. 303: Running between the airport and the north railway station
- No. 35: Running more or less east/west along the north side of the Fuhe river, through downtown
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