Wuhan Transportation - Getting There



By Air

International and Domestic Flights
There are more than 150 domestic and international lines connecting Wuhan with over sixty metropolises inside China and abroad. Currently Wuhan has five direct international lines to Osaka, Fukuoka, Seoul, Bangkok, and Singapore. Another line sponsored by China Southern Airlines is from Wuhan to Guangzhou and on to Paris.

Airport
A 20-kilometer speedway drive from the Tianhe International Airport (WUH) to the city center takes only twenty minutes. Airport shuttle buses leave for the city following flight arrivals. From the airport to Hankou, the bus will charge 15 yuan per person, 20 for Hanyang, and 30 for Wuchang; a taxi drive to the city area is about 80-120 yuan.

 Wuhan Flights (brief introduction & flight search)

Enquiry
Airport Enquiry: 0086-027-8581 8888
Southern Airlines Enquiry: 0086-027-8530 0000
Eastern Airlines Enquiry: 0086-027-6362 3820

Tickets
Within China, air tickets can be booked in advance in hotels, guesthouses, and ticket agencies in the city. Tickets are also available after working hours at the counter in the departure hall in the airport Waiting Building.

Ticket Offices:
Air China: 027-83786780
Southwest Branch of Air China: 027-83619392
Wuhan Tianhe Airport: 027-83666666 (tickets can be delivered to your hotel room)
Waiting Building of Tianhe Airport: 027- 85818888
Hankou Financial Steet: 027- 85719338 (at No. 901, Jianshe Dadao, Hankou)

Airport Shuttle Bus

 Tianhe Airport to Downtown Wuhan:
Line 1: Arrival Hall of Tianhe Airport→Minhang Residential District, Hankou District→Jinjiadun Bus Station, Hankou District→Xinhualu Bus Station, Hankou Distrcit→Fujiapo Bus Station, Wuchang District
Departing time: according to the flights' arrival time
Ticket fare: CNY15/person for stops in Hankou District; CNY30/person for stops in Wuchang District

Line 2: Arrival Hall of Tianhe Airport→Hongji Bus Station, Wuchang District→Luxiang, Guanggu, Wuchang District
Departing time: 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
Ticket fare: CNY30 to Hongji Bus Station; CNY40 to Luxiang, Guanggu

 Downtown Area to Tianhe Airport
Line 1: Fujiapo Bus Station, Wuchang District→Minhang Residential District, Hankou District→Tianhe Airport
Departing time: From Fujiapo Bus Station: 06:00, 07:20, 08:00, 08:40, 09:20, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 20:00
From Minhang Residential District: 06:20~22:00
Ticket Fare: CNY30/person at Fujiapo Bus Station; CNY15/person at Minhang Residential District

Line 2: Xinhualu Bus Station→Jinjiadun Bus Station→Minhang Residential District→Tianhe Airport
Departing time: From Xinhualu Bus Station: 06:20, 06:40, 07:00, 07:20, 07:40, 08:10, 08:40, 09:10, 09:40, 10:10, 10:40, 11:10, 11:40, 12:10, 12:40, 13:10, 13:40, 14:10, 14:40, 15:10, 15:40, 16:10, 16:40, 17:10, 17:40, 18:10, 18:40, 19:10, 19:40
From Jinjiadun Bus Station: 06:20, 07:00, 07:20, 07:40, 08:00, 08:30, 09:00, 09:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:40
From Minhang Residential District: 06:20~22:00
Ticket fare: CNY15/person

Line 3: Luxiang, Guanggu→Hongji Bus Station→Tiahe Airport
Departing time: hourly from 05:30 to 17:25
Ticket fare: CNY40/person at Luxiang, Guanggu; CNY40/person at Hongji Bus Station

By Train

Wuhan Railway Station
High Speed Train in Wuhan Railway Station
As a transportation hub in central China, Wuhan has three main railway lines: Jingguang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway, Handan Railway (Hankou-Danjiangkou-Chongqing-Chengdu) and Wujiu Railway (Wuchang-Jiujiang-Shanghai). 

Train travel options are available between more than twenty major cities and Wuhan, including Beiing, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Luoyang, Chongqing, Xi'an, Guangzhou and Nanchang. Trains from Wuhan to other cities in Hubei Province are available daily. The high speed railway connecting Wuhan and Guangzhou make Wuhan a more widely recognized transportation hub. It shortens the distance between Wuhan and Guangzhou from 11 hours to less than 3 hours (only 2 hours from Changsha to Guangzhou) with a speed of 350km per hour. The speed train number is started with 'G'.  There are 26 pairs (30 pairs during the Spring Festival) of trains daily shutting between Wuhan and Guangzhou. At present, as many as 40 trains are available everyday from Wuhan Railway Station to Guangzhou North Railway Station.

 Wuhan Train Schedule

Trains Stations in Wuhan
The Yangtze Rive divides Wuhan into two parts, Hankou and Hanyang on the western bank, and Wuchang on the eastern, called Three Towns of Wuhan. There were two passenger stations in the city, one in the town of Wuchang and the other in Hankou. As the completion and opening to traffic of Wuhan-Guangzhou Speed Railway on December 26, 2009, the new Wuhan Railway Station becomes the third train station of the city. This new railway station release the pressure on Hankou and Wuchang stations. Accesses to the new station are not perfectly built now. In the near future when the cross river bridge and subway Line 4 are completed, Wuhan Railway Station will be a large comprehensive traffic hub, easily reached from every corner all around the city. 

Wuhan Railway Station mainly has high speed trains and some slow trains to Zhengzhou and Jiujiang directions. Hankou Railway Station is undergoing renovations and platforms will increase from 4 to 8. It mainly has special fast trains between Shanghai and Chengdu via Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan and Chongqing, and part of ordinary slower trains. Wuchang Railway Station will play a supplementary role, offering services to ordinary trains on Jingjiu and WUjiu Railways, as well as short inter-city rail routes in the east to Huangshi and Nanchang.

three trains stations in Wuhan
Three Railway Stations in Wuhan
Bus No. 10 and Special Line 561 run between Hankou and Wuchang stations, and Bus 610 runs between Wuhan and Hankou stations.  Make sure you go to the right station and confirm this at the ticket counter before you book tickets. Below is the information on the two stations presented separately.

Wuhan Railway Station transport information
Currently, 7 bus lines have been open to traffic leading to Wuhan Railway Station: Nos. 234, 540, 551, 610, 643, 725 and 734. Bus 610 connects Wuhan Station to Hankou Station. Yangchunhu Passenger Bus Center in Wuhan Station provide 150 buses everyday to surrounding regions at present and more buses will be added. 

Wuchang Railway Station (WRS) transport information
Trolley
No. 4 WRS <--> Qiao Kou
No. 6 WRS <--> Shui Guo Hu (the provincial government)
No. 8 WRS <--> East Lake

Bus
No.10 WRS <--> Hankou Railway Station
No. 59 WRS <--> China University of Geoscience
No. 66 WRS <--> Huazhong Normal University
No. 74 WRS <--> Huazhong Agricultural University

Special Lines
No. 507 WRS <--> Passenger Port of Wuhan
No. 511 WRS <--> Hong Gang Cheng
No. 518 WRS <--> East China University of Technology
No. 538 WRS <--> Guan Shan
No. 561 WRS <--> Hankou Railway Station
No. 564 WRS <--> Wuhan University
No. 577 WRS <--> Di Jiao (Jiang An)
No. 410 WRS <--> Hong Lou <--> Yellow Crane Tower <--> Heptachord Terrace (Guqin Tai) <--> East Lake

Hankou Railway Station (HRS) transport information
No. 9 HRS <--> Passenger Port of Wuhan
No. 10 HRS <-->Wuchang Railway Station
No. 38 HRS <--> Ji Qing Jie (night street) <--> Dock of Yue Han
No. 519 HRS <--> Heptachord Terrace (Guqin Tai)
No. 533 HRS <--> Jianghan Lu (Hanjiang Walking Street)
No. 536 Heptachord Terrace (Guqin Tai) <-->HRS
No. 545 HRS <--> Xin Hua Road
No. 561 HRS <--> Heptachord Terrace (Guqin Tai) <--> Wuchang Railway Station
No. 610 Wuhan Railway Station <--> HRS
No. 803 Xin Hua Road <--> HRS
Special Line 9 <--> Passenger Port of Wuhan

By Water

Wuhan Passenger Port
Wuhan Port
As one of the ports of call on the Yangtze River, Wuhan welcomes cruise travelers to this ancient city; ferries are available to Chongqing, Shanghai, and other riverside cities. Dozens of cruise services in Wuhan offer deluxe cruises to the famous Three Gorges. The Passenger Port is located on the western bank of the Yangtze River, at the right end of the famous Jianghan Road.
 For details of Getting to Wuhan by Water.

By Road

With the rapid development of road construction, China's highway mileage is second in the world with a total of over 30,000 kilometers (1864 miles). Overland buses are the most important means of transport in many parts of China. By 1999, over 1.35 million kilometers (840,000 miles) highway had been put into use. Compared to air and trains, buses are the cheapest means of transport.

Travel to other cities from Wuhan
The national and provincial expressways and highways in Hubei Province connect Wuhan with most provinces and cities in Central and Southern China. Travel from Shanghai to Wuhan by train is 1,200 kilometers (746 miles) and will take about 18 hours and the highway travel is 950 kilometers (590 miles), about 12 hours. The Beijing - Zhujiang Expressway enables travelers to take a 1300-kilometers (808 miles) drive direct to Wuhan from China's capital city. Below are destination tables of Distance Passenger Stations in Wuhan listing cities you can reach by bus from Wuhan.

Fu Jia Po Passenger Station
Address: No. 262, Wu Luo Road, Wuchang District
Contact: 027- 87274817, 8008809188
Destinations: Buses leave from this station for Shanghai and major cities in Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Henan and Zhejiang provinces.

Jin Jia Tui Passenger Station
Address: Opposite the Hankou Railway Station
Contact: 85870482
Destination Table: Buses leave from this station for Shanghai and major cities in Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.

Q & A Search:

Q & A on Getting to Wuhan

1.

Feb. 28,2010 10:54 Reply

Mr.goutam(inda) said:

i am going to work at wu han city ,can i get india resturant or india grocery shop in wu han

Mar. 2,2010 20:29
Mr.Jamie replied:

I know two Indian restaurant in Wuhan:
one is Indian Kitchen in 868, Jiefang Dadao, the first floor of Tian'an Holiday Hotel.
The other is 金津咖喱 Jinjin Curry, in 31 Xudong Road, Wuchang, Kai Xuan Men Square

2.

Feb. 24,2010 15:05 Reply

Mr.Tuta(Fiji) said:

Hello!
I would like to know how long does it take to go to Tianhe airport from Luxiang or Fujiapo. Also, where exactly in Luxiang is the station for the Airport shuttle bus?
Thanks

Feb. 25,2010 21:27
Mr.Terrance replied:

Hello,Mr.Tuta
The total journey from Fujiapo Long Distance Bus Station to Tianhe Airport takes 2 hours normally. I donot know the station in Luxiang, but you can take airport shuttle bus at Fujiapo Passenger Station at Wu Luo Road, Wuchang District of Wuhan.

Feb. 25,2010 21:34
Mr.Tuta(Fiji) replied:

thanks a lot Mr.Terrance!

3.

Feb. 18,2010 03:35 Reply

Mr.ronnie(Malaysia) said:

May i know what is the different between the first classs over the second class seating ( bullet train )?
Is it easy to buy the train ticket from Guangzhou - Wuhan.

Thank you.

Feb. 18,2010 08:34
Mr.ALIMUSLIM(China) replied:

First classes are much more comfortable than economy classes; first class costs you 749 RMB , the economy one costs you 469 RMB.
Yes, it is easy to buy the tickets.

Good luck!

4.

Dec. 25,2009 20:47 Reply

Ms.Helen Chen(China) said:

The first Wuhan-Guangzhou high speed train has left Guangzhou North Railway Station for Wuhan Railway Station at 08:55 of Dec 26. Currently, there are about twenty-one high speed trains running between Wuhan and Guangzhou, via the other twelve stops distributed in Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei Provinces. The 1068.6-kilometer's journey could be finished in three to four hours at a speed of 350kms/hour. Compared with the other normal speed trains between these two cities, seven hours could be saved at least. The ticket fare is CNY780/first-class seat and CNY490/second-class seat. These trains are equipped with eight or sixteen carriages, each of which could carry an estimated 600 or 1,200 passengers.

5.

Nov. 10,2009 01:55 Reply

Ms.Xue Ting said:

Hello. How long will it take to get from wuhan to shanghai by train and how much will it cost? Thanks.

Nov. 10,2009 03:57
Ms.Lisa replied:

At Hankou Railway Station of Wuhan, there are four bullet trains departing to Shanghai eveyday. It will take about 5~6 hours on the way. The ticket fare is CNY254.

At Wuchang Railway Station of Wuhan, there are two bullet trains and five common trains to Shanghai. You could search the details at: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/

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