Zhōngwèi Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

The long-distance bus station (chángtú qì­chēzhàn) is 1km east of the Drum Tower, on the southern side of Dong Dajie. A taxi here is Y3. Frequent buses to Yínchuān (Y24, three hours) leave every half hour from 6.30am to 6pm; express buses (Y34, two hours) make the trip six times daily. To get to Gùyuán, you’ll need to first get to Zhōngníng (Y9, one hour) or Tōngxīn (Y17, two hours) and change there.

Train

From Zhōngwèi you can catch trains heading to the north, south and southeast. By express train it will take you 2½ hours to reach Yínchuān, six hours to Lánzhōu (train K43; 9.20am) and 12 hours to Xī’ān (train 2586; 7.08pm). For Gùyuán (3½ hours) take the Xī’ān train.

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