Luòyáng Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Regular bus departures from the Luòyáng long-distance bus station (Luòyáng chángtú qìchēzhàn;6323 3186) include Zhèngzhōu (Y30, 1½ hours, every 20 minutes), Gǒngyì (Y8.50, 40 minutes, every 20 minutes), Kāifēng (Y36, three hours, every 30 minutes) and Xīnxiāng (Y50, 2½ hours). Other destinations include Ānyáng (Y61, four hours), Běijīng (Y173, nine hours), Tàiyuán (Y98.50, eight hours) and Xī’ān (Y71, four hours). The bus station is across from the Luoyang train station.

Buses to similar destinations depart from the Jinyuan bus station (Jǐnyuǎn qìchēzhàn) just west of the train station.

Fast buses to Shàolín (Y16, one to 1½ hours) depart every half hour until 4.30pm; slow buses (Y15, two hours) run until 6pm and pass by Dēngfēng. Travel time will speed up when the expressway to Dēngfēng is completed.

Train

Hard-sleeper train-ticket prices include Běijīng West (Y117 to Y185, eight to 10 hours), Dūnhuáng (Y247 to Y401), Shànghǎi (Y153 to Y246, 14 to 15 hours) and Xī’ān (Y67 to Y103, six hours). Regional destinations include Kāifēng (hard seat Y17, three hours) and Zhèngzhōu (hard seat Y11, 1½ hours).

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Air

You would do better to fly into or out of Zhèngzhōu. CAAC (Zhōngguó Mínháng; 6231 0121, 24hr 6539 9366; 196 Chundu Lu) is in an ugly white-tile building north of the railway line, but tickets can be obtained through hotels. Daily flights operate to Běijīng (Y890, one hour), Shànghǎi (Y890, one hour) and other cities.

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