Getting There

 By Air
As a mid-sized and burgeoning city, Yueyang now doesn't have its own airport. However, tourists can fly to Changsha Huanghua International Airport which is about 90 minutes' drive from Yueyang downtown areas. Please don't worry about the transportation between Yueyang and Changsha. There are trains and long-distance buses from Changsha to Yueyang.

Yueyang Sanhe Aviation Booking Office: 0730-248888; 0730-8221111
Baling Aviation Booking Office: 0730-8842410; 0730-8821111

 By Train
Yueyang Railway Station located in Zhanqian Road has daily trains to Beijing, Guangzhou, Changsha, Guilin, and Nanning. The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway Line passes by Yueyang, thus it is convenient for tourists traveling from Yueyang to the north or the south of China. Public buses No.5, 15, 17, 36 can take tourists to Yueyang Railway Station. In addition, there are many trains operating between Changsha and Yueyang in a day and the whole journey takes about 1.5 hours.

Yueyang Railway Station Enquiry: 0730-3241122
Yueyang Railway Station Ticket-Booking: 0730-1601600

 By Ship
Yueyang City is beside Dongting Lake and near the Yangtze River; so the passenger transport by water is convenient. Chenglingji Port in Yueyang is the biggest port in Hunan Province and from Yueyang, tourists can take ships to reach Chongqing, Shanghai, Nanjing, etc. Public bus No.22 in Yueyang City can take tourists to Chenglingji Port.

Behind Yueyang Pavilion (Yueyang Lou) and in Nanyue Po area of Yueyang there is another port called Port of Yueyang for passenger transport and tourists can take ships to visit Junshan Island. Public bus No.29, 9, 10, 22, 24, 31, 33 can drive tourists to this port.

And there are still two scheduled sea routes departing from Port of Yueyang to Yuanjiang and Bailuo in Yueyang:
Port of Yueyang→Yuanjiang: departing at 08:00
Berths along the journey: San Liu Hu (11:20), Xing Fu Gang (11:50), Nan Da He (12:20), Si Hu Shan (12:40), Zhong Ma Tou (13:15), Huang Mao Hu (14:30), Cao Wei (15:30), Yuanjiang (17:35)
Port of Yueyang→Bailuo: departing at 09:30

 By Long-distance Bus
From Changsha to Yueyang, tourists can take the long-distance bus in Changsha East Bus Station; the bus leaving for Yueyang departs every 30 minutes from 07:20 to 18:00. There are more than two long-distance bus stations in Yueyang, but Yueyang Bus Station and Dongting Bus Station are considered as the two main bus stations.

The coach bus in Yueyang Bus Station located at Baling Road (Middle) is mainly to the destinations within Hunan: Pingjiang, Miluo, Changsha, Xiangtan, etc. and outside Hunan: Qingdao, Shanghai, Zhanjiajie, etc.
To Changsha: 07:00-18:00 one shift every an hour
Ticket fare: CNY32/CNY55 per person
To Pingjiang: 07:20, 07:50, 08:30, 09:10, 09:50, 10:40, 11:10, 11:40, 13:30, 15:30, 16:30
Ticket fare: CNY35 per person
To Miluo: 07:20-17:00 one shift every 20 minutes
Ticket fare: CNY16 per person
To Xiangtan: 07:50, 10:30, 13:00, 14:00, 15:30
Ticket fare: CNY42/CNY52 per person

Dongting Bus Station is located at Dongting Avenue of Yueyang City which is 500 meters (about 0.3 miles) from Dongting Lake Bridge. Destinations like Yichang anf Jingzhou of Hubei as well as Changde, Zhangjiajie and Huarong in Hunan could be reached from this station. Tourists can take the public buses No.35, 37 to arrive at this station.

In another station called Wulipai Shehui Bus Station, there are coach buses mainly to the places around Yueyang City including some scenic areas:
To Nanhu Lake: 12:00
To Miluo: 09:30
To Zhang Guying Village: 07:00-16:30 with one shift every 15 minutes

Besides the above ones, tourists can also take long-distance bus at the Yueyang Railway Station. There are scheduled runs between Yueyang and many other cities in China like Zhanjiang and Zhuhai of Guangdong, Xian of Shaanxi, Qingdao of Shandong as well as Chongqing and Jinzhoug in Hubei.

 Getting Around

 By City-bus
In Yueyang City, there are about 42 bus lines running regularly day and night. Here are some stops of the useful bus lines:

No.10 Yueyang Lou (Pavilion)→Nan Yue Po→Qiao Xi→Lianyun Mansion→Kangyue Huayuan→Yuefang Tielu Qiao (Bridge)
Working hours: 06:00-22:00
No.22 Desheng Men→Qiao Xi→Nan Yue Po→Yueyang Lou (Pavilion)→Dongting Yudu→Dongting Bridge→Port of Chenglingji→The First People's Hospital of Yueyang→Yueyang Railway Station
Working hours: 05:50-20:00
No.29 International Mansion→Yueyang Railway Station→Yueyang Lou(pavilion)→ Port of Yueyang
Working hours: 06:00-21:00
No.33 Kangyue Huayuan→Xin Lu Kou→Wu Li Pai→International Mansion→Dongfeng Square →Nan Yue Po→Yueyang Lou (Pavilion)
Working hours: 06:00-22:00

 By Taxi
The convenient transportation tools are not only city buses but also the taxi. In Yueyang City the fare for a taxi is CNY5 for the first 2 kilometers (about 1.24 miles), and subsequent every kilometer costs CNY1.5. The fuel surcharge ought to be added according to the rising oil price.
Taxi Service Complaint: 0730-8224244