Beijing Transportation

Air
Located about 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of downtown Beijing, Beijing Capital Airport is the largest airport in China. You may find direct daily flights to most big cities in the world.
Go downtown:
1. Airport Shuttle: RMB16-25/person
2. Taxi: RMB80
There are some other airports in Beijing, such as Nanyuan Airport, Xijiao Airport, Beiyuan Airport, Liangxiang Airport, Shahe Airport, Tongxian Airport, Miyun Airport, Badaling Airport etc. However, most of them are for military used and are less known to the public.

Train
Beijing is with the most complete and organized train system in China. There are four railway stations in Beijing: Beijing Railway Station (in eastern Beijing), Beijing West Railway Station (in the southwest of the city), Yongdingmen Station (in the south) and Xizhimen Station (in the north). Many buses stop at these stations, so you need not worry about getting downtown from these places.

Coach
Get to Beijing by coach is very convenient. There are four major long-distance bus stations in Beijing: Dongzhimen (northeast; Dongzhimenwai Xiejie), Muxiyuan south; Haihutun, Fengtai District), Beijiao (north; Deshengmenwai) and Majun or Guangqumen (east; Guangqumenwai).

Travel around the city

1. Pubic Bus
Public buses are the cheapest way to get around Beijing. The flat rate for an electric car and ordinary public car is RMB1. Buses equipped with air-conditioning or of special line are charged according to the distance.

2. Taxi
Comprehensive Price: price = starting price (RMB10) + (mileage – starting miles (3 km)) * priced per kilometer (RMB2)
Taxi call in Beijing:
Tel: 961001, 68373399
For taxi complaints:
Tel: 68351150

3. Bicycle
The best way to travel around the city is by bike. You can rent bicycles by the day at hotels throughout Beijing (around RMB20-30). You may also rent bikes at some bicycle shops where the charge is lower.

4. Subway
The subway fare begins at RMB2. The subway operates from 5.30am to 11pm daily and entrances are marked by a logo of a square inside a “C” shape. All stops are marked in pinyin, and announced in English and Chinese. Here is a map of Beijing subway lines for your reference.

Shanghai Transportation

Air

There are two civilian international airports in Shanghai. Pudong International Airport is 30 km from downtown and 40 km from the Hongqiao International Airport, which is only 13 km from downtown.

Go to Pudong International Airport:
1. Get to the Longyang Road first and then take a taxi to the airport which costs you about 80 Yuan.
2. Magnetic Suspension Train
Ordinary: 50 Yuan for one-way ticket, 80 Yuan for return ticket
VIP: 100 Yuan for one-way ticket, 160 Yuan for return ticket

Go to the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport:
Take a taxi from the People’s Square: RMB50

Consultation Hotline:
Pudong International Airport: 96990
Hongqiao International Airport: 52604620

Train

It is an inexpensive and comfortable way to get to the city by train. There are shanghai station (locally called the new station), the west station in shanghai (the former Zhen Ru station) and shanghai south station(the former new Long Hua station) among which shanghai station to be the main station with 70 couples of trains coming from and going to the big and middle cities in China.

Coach

Now there are over 1,000 routes served by 40 long-distance bus stations in Shanghai. The main highways in shanghai are:
1. The three national roads line 312(from shanghai to Yi Ning, Xin Jiang), line 318(from shanghai to ZhangMu, Tibet) and line 320 (from shanghai to RuiLi, Yunnan) lead to the western part of China.
2. The national road 204(Tongjiang, Hei Longjiang—San Ya, Hai Nan) which passing shanghai goes through most of the beautiful cities along the coastline of eastern China.
3. The Hu ning (A11 Road), Hu Hang (A8 Road), Hu jialiu (a12 Road), Hu qingping (A9 Road) connected the main cities around shanghai.

Travel around the city

1. Pubic Bus

The ticket fare is around RMB2.

2. Taxi
Compare with other cities, taxis are relatively expensive. In the daytime, the price is CNY12 for the first three kilometers (1.9 miles), an additional charge of CNY2.4 for every succeeding kilometer within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) and CNY3.6for every succeeding kilometer after 10 kilometers. At night from 23:00 to 5:00 the next morning, the taxi fare is CNY16 for the first three kilometers, an additional charge of CNY3.1 for every succeeding kilometer within 10 kilometers and CNY4.1 for every succeeding kilometer after 10 kilometers. You can bargain over prices when taking taxis at night.

Taxi Calling Numbers
Qiangsheng: 021-62580000
Dazhong: 021-96822
Jinjiang: 021-96961

3. Metro
Shanghai Metro is the best way to explore the city as it is quite comfortable and convenient.
Here is a map of Shanghai subway lines for your reference.

Lhasa Transportation

Air

There are flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming, Diqing, Chongqing, Chengdu, Lanzhou, Xian, Xining, Chamdo and Katmandu, with over 40 flights every week.

Go downtown:
1. Airport Shuttle: RMB20/person
2. Taxi: RMB150-250

To the airport:
1.Airport Shuttle: RMB20/person
2. Taxi: RMB150-250

Airport Consultation: 0891-6182220

Train

Coach

There are five highways to Tibet: Sichuan-Tibet Highway (Chengdu-Lhasa), Qinghai-Tibet Highway (Xining-Golmud-Lhasa), Xinjiang-Tibet Highway (Yecheng-Purang), Yunnan-Tibet Highway (Xiaguan-Markham) and Sino-Nepal Highway (Lhasa-Zhangmu-Katmandu).

Travel around the city

1.Mini-bus

2RMB/Person

2.Taxi & Bicycle

The best way to travel around the city is by bike or by taxi. Taxis are relatively inexpensive and taking a taxi may cost you 10 Yuan no matter where you go in the city. You can rent bicycles by the day at hotels throughout Lhasa (around 20 per day).

Beijing Public Service

Lhasa Public Service

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