By Air

In fact, Foshan has its own airport which is located in the northeast region of the city. It is for both military and civilian use, operating since 1985. However, it stopped civilian flights in 2002. In order to reduce the air traffic pressure on the Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport, the government plane to reopen Foshan Airport as an important lateral airport and the reconstruction prepared for the reopening is undergoing. It is expected to be navigable before 2009. A dozen flights are planed to be opened at that time, including Beijing Nanyuan, Chengdu, Wuxi and Shanghai.

If you wish to get to Foshan by air, the Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport (CAN) should be your choice, as passenger transport services are not available yet in Foshan. It is about one hour's drive from downtown Foshan to Guangzhou. There are express lines running from the Foshan Bus Station directly to Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport. The first run from Foshan Bus Station starts at 05:00 and the last at 21:00, while the first and the last run begin from the airport respectively at 06:00 and 22:30. All in all 33 buses are dispatched daily with a departure interval of 30 minutes. The whole ride takes about one hour and a half costing CNY28.

In addition, there is a special shuttle bus line from Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport to Shunde District, because the airport established two terminal building there. They bring great convenience to local people. One is Shunde Termial Building located in Jiaxin Chengshi Guangchang (Jiaxin Plaza), Daliang new city zone and buses leave every an hour for Guangzhou since 06:00 and arrives at the airport 80 minutes after. The other one is Beijiao Terminal Building in Kunzhou Industrial Zone. Shuttle buses depart every sixty minutes since 06:20 and the whole course takes 70 minutes.

From the Airport to Shunde, the first airport buses depart at 08:00 and the last at 20:30. The ticket price is about CNY55 between the airport and Shunde Termial Building and it costs CNY50 between the airport and Beijiao Terminal Building.

Tips: Visitors can book air tickets at the CAAC sales office in No.37, Dafu Road, Chancheng District.

By Train

It is convenient to get to Foshan by train. 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, Kowloon, 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. One train departs Kowloon at 12:30 for Foshan. The trip takes about three hours, and tickets cost CNY33 (hard seat) or CNY50 (soft seat). Since the sixth large scale speedup 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.

Tips: 1. Address of Foshan Railway Station: No.1 Wenchang Road, Foshan City
Bus Route: 107, 116, 118, 122, 138, 207, 211, 212, 259, 261, 280 (A and B)
2. Passengers can buy trains ticket ten days ahead of time and CNY5 per ticket are charged for service. Apart from the railway stations, there are some fifty other ticket booking offices throughout the city. They offer great convenience.

By Long-distance Bus

Foshan has hundreds of inter-town and inter-province bus lines. There are also lines to the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. Apart from the Foshan Bus Station, Foshan also has other bus stations in other districts of the city.

Located in Fenjiang Zhong Road, Chancheng District, 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.

Service Time: 06:00-21:30
Bus Route: 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 133, 134, 138, 208, 238, 259, 280 (A and B)

In addition, visitors can take through buses to Hong Kong from the Foshan Hotel and the Chancheng Hotel. Every day, three buses respectively depart at 09:00, 14:30, and 16:00 from the Foshan Hotel and at 09:05, 14:35, 16:05 from the Chancheng Hotel and arrive in Hong Kong in four hours. The ticket charge is HKD150 (CNY147). These two hotels are both located in Fenjiang Road, within ten minutes drive from the Foshan Railway Station and the Foshan Bus Station. Another bus to Hong Kong from the Golden City Hotel in No.48 Fenjiang Nan Road departs at 14:00 and costs HKD100 (CNY98).

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 (CNY69).

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
Details of Passenger liners: Departure time from Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui): 08:20; from Gaoming Port: 15:30
Ship Passage: HKD180-200 (CNY176-196)
Bus routes: 236, 251

Shunde Port
Address: Desheng Dong Road, Shunde District, Foshan City
Details of Passenger liners: Departure time from Hong Kong: 07:30, 08:30, 10:45, 13:30, 15:20, 18:00; from Shunde: 08:30,
10:00, 11:00, 15:00, 17:30, 20:20
Ship Passage: HKD153 (CNY150)
Voyage Duration: Two hours

Pingzhou Port
Address: No.1, Yong'an Road, Nanhai District, Foshan City
Details of Passenger liners: Departure time from Hong Kong: 07:00, 13:30; from Pingzhou Port: 09:45, 16:00
Ship Passage: HKD143 (CNY140)
Voyage Duration: About two and a half hours

Departure time from Pingzhou to Guangzhou: 07:40-17:40 (departing every forty minutes, and 15 liners a day)
Ship Passage: CNY8
Voyage Duration: About thirty minutes
Bus Routes: 108, 115, 120