Shanghai Transportation: Airport, Railway, Highway, Waterway, City Transport

Shanghai Transportation is closely related to visitors’ Shanghai Tour, the city of Bus lines, vehicles, and passenger capacity are ranked as number one compared to other cities in China. Nowadays, Shanghai's transportation system is comprised of railways, waterways, roads, air, and pipelines, with a large-scale integrated transport network. Shanghai Port is the largest hub in China

There are 47 bus stations and 1611 long-distance bus lines to 660 cities throughout China. The city has an amazing traffic network, including a road, viaduct, river-crossing tunnel, bridge, subway, and elevated rail.

Shanghai is served by Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Shanghai Airport. There are direct international flights between Shanghai and some European and US cities. The Huning (between Shanghai and Ningbo) and the Hu Hang (between Shanghai and Hangzhou) railways lead Shanghai to other places in China.

Shanghai Map

Shanghai Highlights provides various maps of Shanghai. Find maps of Shanghai's most famous tourist destinations

Shanghai Train Schedule

Shanghai has four railway stations, Check out the train timetable to fix your schedule.

By Highway

The national road lines in Shanghai are led all over China with good road conditions.

City Transport

As one of China’s largest and most important cities, Shanghai boasts one of the best city transportation systems in the nation. Below are some details on the workings of the city’s networks.

It may be helpful to purchase a Shanghai Jiaotong Card (上海交通一卡通), which can be used to pay for most trips on buses, the metro, and taxis. This can save time at the point of entry. You may purchase these cards at any metro station and some convenience stores.

Big Bus Tour

This well-planned big bus tour takes you to all of the city’s top landmarks including the Jade Buddha Temple, the Oriental Pearl Tower, the People’s Square, and the Bund. These open-top buses run regularly and offer the flexibility for visitors and travelers to hop on and off at their leisure and convenience to enjoy Shanghai’s most interesting places as you wish.

Maglev Train

The rapid Maglev Train's main route is between Longyang Road and Shanghai Pudong International Airport. It is a vital part of Shanghai's traffic development and the first Maglev train used in the world for transportation, tourism, and sightseeing.

One end is the Longyang stop of Subway Line 2, and the other is Pudong Airport. The route is 30 kilometers long and runs up to 430 kilometers per hour, taking just 8 minutes from end to end.

Subway

Shanghai has 12 subway lines that link the city, with stations mainly set near top destinations and hubs. Rush hour tends to be 7 am to 9:30 am, and 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm during which the trains get extremely crowded. The lines are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13. 7 more lines are under construction to provide even more coverage in the future.

Taxi

There are about 50.000 Taxies in Shanghai most of which are Santana. the largest Taxi companies in Shanghai are Volkswagen (lake blue), Qiang Sheng(yellow), Johnson(white), Bus(green), and Hai Bo (blue).

The price is shown in the following chart:

Kind reminder:

• Travelers can bargain down the price during the night and can share a taxi for several people.
• If there is a waiting time, the driver will charge you one meter's cost for each five minutes.
• The taxi booking and complaint telephone number.

Public Bus

There are more than 1,100 official bus lines in Shanghai with about 50 more opened or adjusted every year. Travel by bus is more extensive and cheaper than by metro/subway. Buses can be categorized in many ways. Some are daytime buses, others run only during rush hour and at nighttime.

There are also bus lines defined by the areas they operate, for example being concentrated in the Western Pu River area, Eastern Pu River area, around the Pu River (bridge and tunnel), and the Suburban area. Almost all the buses today are air-conditioned and cost 2 Yuan; some bus fares are based on distance traveled. Some buses have a conductor service while others do not.

Ferry

Nanpu Bridge, Yangpu Bridge, Xupu Bridge, Lupu Bridge, and many tunnels across the Huangpu River offer direct links between the Pudong New District and the Puxi Area. Ferry boats thus provide convenient transport service across the Huangpu River.

This means travelers can shave time off their travels by avoiding the crowded bridges and tunnels all while appreciating the stunning river scenery. Ferryboats are also available between the mainland and 3 nearby islands: Chongming, Changqing, and Hengsha.

By Subway

Shanghai is a vast metropolis that can seem overwhelming by sheer volume alone. Thankfully, for tourists and locals alike, the Shanghai subway system is easy to use and sprawls the entire city.

By Waterway

Located in the center of China's north and south coastline, Shanghai is the biggest port city in China and the third largest port in the world. the steamers there are connected to more than 400 ports in the world.

Because of the speed, the steamer business is not quite brilliant with only some of them running like the steamer to Dalian, Shen Yang at the interval of 4 days from the Fair Road dock while the other long-distance shipping along the coastline has been stopped. there are scheduled steamers near places like Nan Tong, Ding Hai, and Pu Tuo at Sixteenth Pu Wharf.

If you want to go to Zhou Shan Islands, you should first take a bus at sixteenth pu and to Lu Chao Port or Gold Mountain Port to board a steamer. travelers going to Chang Xing Island and Hengsha Island should board the steamer at Wusong dock. Make the boarding place clear before going to Chong Ming Island. Besides, travelers who want to Inchon and Pusan in Korea or Osaka and Kobe in Japan would board the inter-domestic steamer at the Rainbow Wharf.

Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal

Wusongkou is situated in the northern part of Shanghai, at the confluence of the Huangpu River and Yangtze River, the original is the mouth of the Wusong River, known as Wusongkou. Wu Songkou today has become the mouth of the Huangpu River we should call it “Huangpukou”, but the official name never changed, it seems to tell people of this old history.

Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal is connected approach to the land by a platform and the passenger terminal building. The total 420 meters long of approach spans drawing a beautiful arch when seen in the distance. Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal has a capacity of 200,000 tons of large international cruise ship parking, which is currently the largest cruise terminal in China.

International tourist who are taking the cruise ship with over 100,000 tons to travel to Shanghai, can board here, and transfer by water motorboat or land transportation to begin their trip in Shanghai.

And the comparable operating platform, owning the fame of the largest platform above water. The whole platform area covers 34,000 square meters, the Oval of the Orient-eyes which is for access to the passenger terminal building is blending over water, it achieves the goal of a one-stop-shop to meet the passengers’needs by the waiting room, customs clearance, transfer, tourism, and many other services. Also, it built up a large car parking lot around the platform to meet the parking demand

Wusongkou Transfer Service and Tours

• Shanghai Wusongkou Cruise Terminal pickup and transfer to hotel
• Wusongkou Cruise Terminal pickup and transfer to Pudong Airport
• 1-Day City Essence Private Tour with Wusongkou Cruise Terminal Transport
• 3-Day Essence of Shanghai Tour with Wusongkao Cruise Terminal Transfers

Shanghai International Cruise Terminal

Shanghai International Cruise Terminal (also known as the "one drop dock"). East starts from Gao Yang Road, and West to the Hongkou Port, North to Dongdaming Road, and South to Huangpu River. It covers an area of 150,000 square meters, a total construction area of 410,000 square meters; it is made up of 13 single buildings.

The whole project includes the reconstruction of 850 m long Shoreline Avenue, the new international passengers’ terminal building as well as building the Riverside Green and opening space of 80,000 square meters.

The Transportation Center has a 181,000-square meters super large underground space, allowing more than 1000 cars to park at the same time, it will meet the demand of 3-luxury cruise ships boarding, and the center is equipped with 24 hours of piloting, tug boat, and repair services.

Shanghai International Cruise Terminal with a total investment of 260 million dollars, has there are 3 docks for 70,000 - 80,000 tons of large cruise ships boarding. Two years ago, Shanghai officially joined as one of the international cruise ship port cities, Shanghai people are so familiar with what created this history- Aileen Gina Ship, that the world's three major cruise ship companies of Carnival Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Star Cruises are set up their chain offices in Shanghai.

Legend of Seas currently is the biggest cruise ship; Shanghai is its base departure port. Displacement of up to 70,000 tons, set up with 11 decks, and nearly 960 rooms, has a capacity of 2,074 tourists. This cruise ship is like a sea-cruising luxury hotel and has all kinds of facilities as restaurants, shopping centers, and entertainment facilities.

Shanghai International Cruise Terminal Transfer Service and Tours

• Pudong Airport Pickup and Transfer to Shanghai International Cruise Terminal
• Shanghai Hongqiao Airport pickup and transfer to Shanghai International Cruise Terminal
• Shanghai Classic Private Tour with Shanghai International Cruise Terminal Transport
• 3-Day Shanghai Memories tour with International Cruise Terminal Transfer

Baoyang Cruise Terminal

Baoyang Cruise Terminal is situated at No.18 Baoyang Road, it is owned by Shanghai Aton Shares company as well as a member of one of the seven main ports in Shanghai. The passenger building was established in 1994 and has 68 staff work for this company, the total area covers 23,000 square meters and the terminal facilities have 2 steel mass, and one passenger ferry dock, the water level is 5 m in depth, 150 m of line length.

On the land is a ship waiting room, ticket office, car parking lot, hotel, supermarket, and supporting service facilities, public bus No.51, Anbei shuttle bus, and Tourism Line No. 5 are directly to downtown from Baoyang Cruise Terminal.

In recent years, there have been nine high-speed vessels, two passenger ships, three passenger ferries operating in Boyang Terminal, and 48 boats departing from here a day. Baoyang Ferry terminal has a passenger capacity of 5,400 people a day.

140 car parking spaces are divided into a personal vehicles area, bus parking, a taxi waiting area, and waiting for transit vehicles parking, on the other side, 2 new high-speed ship docks and 2 approach bridges were recently built up here.

Baoyang Cruise Terminal Transfer Service and Tours

• Shanghai Baoyang Cruise Terminal pickup and transfer to hotel
• 3-Day Essence of Shanghai with Shanghai Baoyang Cruise Terminal Transfers

Waigaoqiao Containers Vessels Terminal

Waigaoqiao Terminal has a coastline of 900m long with three container vessel piers, allowing the fourth and fifth generation of container vessels to board. The land area has a total of 500,000 square meters, including a container yard area of 238,000 square meters, and flat boxes up to 6,200. this terminal has built up nine containers of land bridge every 100 meters.

There are 12 prestigious international container shipping companies Including United States President Shipping, United Kingdom rail Navigation Java, France CMA CGM, and Japan packet of NYK are has opened 16 international container shipping routes. At the same time, Waigaoqiao terminals also have more than 10 chain routes in the Yangtze River and along the coastline. The throughput of this pier is up to 1.789 million containers a year.

Luchaogang Cruise Terminal

Luchaogang Cruise Terminal is located in Luchao Town, Nanhui District, which is in the further south of Shanghai. It was established in 1995, reputed as the important portal of the South-East Sea. However, with the development of Lingang New Town, and the limitation of water level, energy levels, and tonnage, the original car and passenger ferry terminal has been unable to meet its development needs.

The newly built Luchaogang ferry boat terminal of car and passenger ferry piers is 180 meters next to the old port, available for 5,000-ton car and ferry boat parking. The new terminal is planned to be built up to 190 meters long and 30 meters wide, and the other side has an approaching bridge with more than 900 meters stretch of four-lane approach extending to the sea.

The completion of the new terminal will greatly enhance the transport capacities, and effectively release the traffic from Nanhui to Chengsi, and Zhoushan islands. keeping a great development of Nanhui's modern harbor city construction. At the same time, Luchaogang terminal will become an important connection bridge between Shanghai ports.

Luchaogang Cruise Terminal Transfer Service and Tours

• Shanghai Luchaogang Cruise Terminal pickup and transfer to hotel
• Shanghai Luchaogang Cruise Terminal pickup and transfer to Hongqiao Airport/Hongqiao Railway Station

Shanghai Area Code and Zip Code

Check the zip codes of the districts of Shanghai if you want to mail something