By Air

Foshan Shadi Airport was built to reduce the air traffic pressure on Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. It stopped civilian flights in 2002 and reopened from November 2009. Now, it has flights to Beijing and Wuxi. 

By Train

Foshan Railway Station is located at 1 Wenchang Road, Foshan City. The city is connected with the national railway network via the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang Railway. Several trains stop at Foshan Railway Station on their way to many large and medium cities such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Chongqing, and Nanning.

Each day, dozens of trains complete the trip from Guangzhou to Foshan in less than one hour. The ticket price is about CNY10 for hard seat and CNY12 for soft seat. The whole journey only takes around 30 minutes. The train T804 runs from Kowloon, Hong Kong to Foshan. It departs from Kowloon at 10:42 and arrives at Foshan Railway Station at about 13:22. While, the train T806 travels from Foshan to Kowloon, Hong Kong. It leaves from Foshan at about 16:13 and arrives at Hung Hom Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong at about 18:49. The train ticket fare is HKD210/adult and HKD105/child. Since the sixth large scale speed up of the national railway system, Foshan passengers to Sanya do not transfer from Guangzhou any more. About three trains a day from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to Sanya will make a stop in Foshan railway Station.

Transportation
1. Bus Route: 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 133, 134, 138,156, 159, 201, 208, 238, 258, 259, 280, Tourist Bus (1, 2, 3, 4)
2. You can take bus 115, 116 or 122 from Foshan Railway Station to Foshan Shadi Airport.
3. The taxi fare is around CNY20 from Foshan Railway Station to Foshan Airport.
4. Bus 101, 138, 134, 127, 122 or 116 can take you from Foshan Railway Station to Foshan Hongyun Bus Station.

By Long-distance Bus

There are about 16 long-distance bus stations in Foshan, mainly including Foshan Long-distance Bus Station, Zumiao Long-distance Bus Station, Oriental Square Long-distance Bus Station and Shunde Long-distance Bus Station.

 Foshan Long-distance Bus Station (Foshan Hongyun Long-distance Bus Station)
Foshan Bus Station is the main terminal for Foshan's bus service. It operates inter-province lines to many cities in Hunan, Jiangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Henan provinces. Bus lines to most cities in Guangdong Province are also available. Buses to Guangzhou, Dongguan, Zhuhai and Shenzhen depart every 15 to 40 minutes.
Address: Fenjiangzhong Lu, Chancheng District
Service Time: 06:00-20:50
Bus Route: 1, 2, 2B, 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30, 104

 Zumiao Long-distance Bus Station
Zumiao Long-distance Bus Station is one of the most importance long-distance bus stations in Foshan. It mainly offers bus to Guangdong Provincial Bus Station next to Guangzhou Railway Station and Guangzhou Zhongshanba Lu Long-distance Bus Station.
Address: 2, Chengmentu Lu, Chancheng District
Service Time: 05:30-22:00
Bus Route: 1, 2, 2B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 34, 137

 Oriental Square Long-distance Bus Station
Oriental Square Long-distance Bus Station mainly provides long-distance buses from Foshan to Guanyao, Pingzhou, Fangcun and Guangzhou Jiaokou Long-distance Bus Station.
Address: 87, Jinhuadong Lu, Chancheng District
Service Time: 06:30-19:00
Bus Route: 13, 19, 31

 Shunde Long-distance Bus Station
Shunde Long-distance Bus Station is a large long-distance bus station which serves bus lines to many provinces, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Henan, Zhejiang, Hong Kong, Macau and others.
Address: Nanguozhong Lu, Shunde District
Service Time: 05:50-20:30
Bus Route: Bus of Chancheng-Daliang, Shunde

 Foshan—Hong Kong
You can take cross-border coaches to Hong Kong from Hotel Fortuna Foshan, Foshan Crowne Plaza Hotel (Foshan Hotel), Chancheng Hotel or Debao Hotel. The coach journey is about 3.5 hours. It costs about HKD80-100.

 Foshan—Macau
From the No.31, North of Foshan Avenue where the Foshan Tourist Corporation is located, visitors can take two hours and a half from Foshan to Macau leaving at 07:30 for HKD70.

By Water

Going to Foshan by boat is a wonderful idea, as visitors can admire the scenery along the river. Located in the back portion of the Pearl River Delta, waterway transportation has always been crucial to the transportation industry of the city. There are seventy-six waterways in Foshan creating an inland shipping route of over 1,350 kilometers (839 miles). Many of the ports in its five districts have been integrated into the Port of Foshan. It plays an important role in freight, but its passenger transport function has always been small. Now, there are three ports offering passenger transport services: the Gaoming Port, the Pingzhou Port, and the Shunde Port. Their business lines mainly focus on the Foshan-Hong Kong routes.

Gaoming Port:
Address: Yanjiang Road, Gaoming District, Foshan City
Bus routes: 236, 251
Gaoming Port – Hong Kong
Departure time from Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui): 08:20
Departure time from Gaoming Port: 15:30
Ship Passage: HKD180-200 (CNY176-196)
Voyage Duration: About 2 hours

Shunde Port
Address: Desheng Dong Road, Shunde District, Foshan City
Departure time from Hong Kong: 07:40, 08:30, 13:30, 15:20;
Departure time from Shunde: 09:40, 10:50, 15:50, 17:30
Ship Passage: HKD153 (CNY150)
Voyage Duration: Two hours

 Pingzhou Port
Address: No.1, Yong'an Road, Nanhai District, Foshan City
Bus Routes: 108, 115, 120
Pingzhou – Hong Kong
Departure time from Hong Kong: 07:00, 13:30
Departure time from Pingzhou Port: 09:45, 16:00
Ship Passage: HKD143 (CNY140)
Voyage Duration: About two and a half hours

Pingzhou – Guangzhou
Departure time: 07:40-17:40 (only operating on weekends and departing every forty minutes, 15 liners a day)
Ship Passage: CNY8
Voyage Duration: About thirty minutes

Pingzhou – Wuzhou
Departure time: 18:00
Ship Passage: CNY48
Voyage Duration: 16 hours