Fúzhōu Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

There are two long-distance bus stations in town: one in the north near the train station, and one at the southern end of town, down from the CAAC office on the corner of Guohuo Xilu and Wuyi Zhonglu. Most services are available from both bus stations.

There are economy bus services departing for Guǎngzhōu (Y180 to Y258, nine hours), Shànghǎi (Y280, 18 hours), Wēnzhōu (Y125 to Y190, 4½ hours), Quánzhōu (Y52 to Y60, two hours) and Xiàmén (Y68 to Y80, three hours). Deluxe buses to Guǎngzhōu (Y258 to Y280, eight hours) and Shēnzhèn (Y260, eight hours) depart from the south bus station. Luxury buses travel to Xiàmén (Y80 to Y99, 2½ hours) from the north bus station. Night buses leave the north bus station for Wǔyí Shān (Y86 to 90, eight hours).

Train

The train line from Fúzhōu heads northwest and joins the main Shànghǎi–Guǎngzhōu line at the Yīngtán junction in Jiāngxī. There are also trains from Fúzhōu to Wǔyí Shān (Y47 to Y72, 5½ hours). There are no trains to Xiàmén.

There are direct trains from Fúzhōu to Běijīng (Y443, 34 hours) and Shànghǎi (Y242, 18½ hours). It’s fairly easy to buy tickets at the train station, from a spot about 100m to the left of the main train station building, when you are facing it. Many hotels will book train tickets for a service fee, and there’s also a train ticket booking office in the entrance of the Lida building (Lìdà Dàshà; 8am-5pm), opposite the post office.

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Air

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; Zhōngguó Mínháng; 8334 5988; Wuyi Zhonglu) has daily flights to major destinations such as Běijīng (Y1550, 2½ hours), Guǎngzhōu (Y830, one hour), Shànghǎi (Y780, 70 minutes), Hong Kong (Y1810, 80 minutes) and Wǔyí Shān (Y490, 30 minutes). Airport buses leave from the Apollo Hotel (Ābōluó Dàjiǔdiàn; 8305 5555; 132 Wuyi Zhonglu) every 25 minutes beginning at 5.50am. The last bus is at 7.15pm. Tickets are Y20 and the 50km trip takes about an hour.

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