Zhèngzhōu Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The most useful long-distance bus station is opposite the train station.

Buses run between approximately 6.30am to 7pm to Luòyáng (Y35, two hours, every 20 minutes), Kāifēng (Y19, one hour, every 25 minutes), Xīnxiāng (Y24, one hour), Dēngfēng (Y19, one hour, every 35 minutes) and Ānyáng (Y50, every 40 minutes). Slow buses to Luòyáng make a stop in Gǒngyì (Y20) or you can take a direct bus.

Buses to the Shaolin Temple (Y21, 1½ to 2½ hours) leave every 20 to 30 minutes between 6am and 11.30pm. Other destinations include Běijīng (Y170 to Y190, eight hours, every 40 minutes) between 8.30am and 10pm.

Train

Zhèngzhōu is a major rail hub with trains to virtually every conceivable destination, including the Běijīng–Kowloon express.

Tickets are easy to buy at the advance booking office (6835 6666; cnr Zhengxing Jie & Fushou Jie; 8am-noon & 2-5pm).

Hard-seat prices include Ānyáng (Y29, three hours), Běijīng West (Y46 to Y94, seven hours), Hànkǒu (Y36 to Y73, five hours), Kāifēng (Y5.50 to Y13, 1½ hours), Luòyáng (Y10 to Y20, 2½ hours), Shànghǎi (Y64 to Y130, 10 hours), Tàiyuán (Y45, 10 hours) and Xīnxiāng (Y13, 1½ hours).

For Xī’ān take the faster, two-tiered ‘tourist train’ (Y78 hard seat, 7½ hours) that leaves Zhèngzhōu at 9am and arrives in Xī’ān around 4.30pm.

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Air

Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; Zhōngguó Mínháng; 6599 1111; 3 Jinshui Lu) sells tickets. Airport shuttle buses (Y15, 40 minutes, hourly from 6am to 6.30pm) leave from the CAAC office for the airport, 30km south of the city centre. A taxi to the airport costs around Y100 (40 minutes).

There are daily flights to Běijīng (Y690), Shànghǎi (Y790), Guìlín (Y1130) and Hong Kong (Y2200). Less frequent services fly to Wǔhàn (Y500) and Xī’ān (Y510).

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