Chengdu Transportation

Air

Chengdu Shuangliu Airport is the forth-largest airport in China. There are more than 60 scheduled flights to the major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Nanjing, Hanzhou, Zhangjiajie (in Hunan Province), Xi'an, Lanzhou, Urumqi, Lhasa, Chamdo, Xiamen, Guilin, Kunming, Haikou. The international and interregional flights include those to Hong Kong and Bangkok.

The Airport is 20 km from the city center, around 35 minutes' drive. It costs 8-10 Yuan to take the shuttle buses which leave every 15 minutes. Tourists can take the buses in front of the Civil Aviation Mansion (on Southern Renmin Street). The shuttle buses do not stop on the way, but tourists from the airport can ask to get off near Tiaoshanta, and take No. 34 bus to get to the Western Bus station or the Northern Railway Station. It takes about 40 Yuan to go from the International Airport to the Western Bus Station by taxi. Tourists who want to get to the Xinnanmen Bus Station can take the shuttle bus first and get off at Minshan Hotel, and then walk along Minjiang road before getting to the bus station (it takes about 5 Yuan to get to the bus station by taxi from the hotel). Tourists can get to Wuguiqiao Bus Station by No. 303 bus.

Ticket Offices:

• Southwest Airlines Ticket Office, Chengdu
  Address: No.41, Erduan, Southern Renmin Street, Chengdu
  24-hour inquiry and ticket-delivery telephone: 028-86668080
  Group tickets delivery telephone: 028-86662200

• Sichuan Airlines Ticket Office, Chengdu:
  Address: Tianfu Square, Chengdu?? Telephone: 028-86678541
  

Railway

Chengdu is the most important transport hub in southwestern China. There are trains running between Chengdu and the major cities of China, such as Beijing, Xi'an, Kunming, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Urumqi, Shanghai, Lanzhou.

Bus/Coach

Chengdu is also the largest hub of highway transport in southwestern China. Six national highways join in Chengdu: national highway 108 (Sichaun-Shanxi highway, Sichuan-Yunnan highway), national highway 213 (Sichuan-Gansu, Chengdu-Kunming Highway), 317 (the northern Sichuan-Tibet Highway), 318 (Sichuan-Wuhan, Hubei Province, Sichuan-Tibet highway), 319 (Chengdu-Chongqing), and 321 (Sichuan-Guizhou). There are long distance buses running between Chengdu and many tourist scenic spots, such as Jiuzhaigou-Huanglong (Jiuzhaigou is located in Nanping County of northwestern Sichuan; and Huanglong in Songpan County, about 100 km from Jiuzhaigou), Daocheng County (in southwestern Sichuan), Emei Mountain (in Emei City, which is in southwestern Sichuan), Leshan Giant Buddha (in Leshan City), Kangding (located in the western plateau of Sichaun where many Tibetan people live), Dujiangyan Irrigation Project (in western Chengdu Plain, 56 km from Chengdu) , Ziyang City (in central Sichuan).

Local Transportation

Public Bus: It costs 1 Yuan for common buses and 2 Yuan for air-conditioned buses in Chengdu. Tourists can get to most of the scenic spots in the city by bus.

Taxies: The starting price is 5 Yuan (for the first 1 km) andit it's then 1.4 Yuan for every additional km. A 50% return charge is required when the distance exceeds 7 km.

Pedicabs: The price is similar to that for taxies, sometimes even more expensive. Generally the starting price is 5 Yuan.

Tips:

• Tourists should prepare some small changes since most of the public buses without conductors.

• Complaint telephone for taxi service：028-86636630

• One pedicab seats at most 2 adults and one child who is no higher than 1.2 meter. Generally no luggage is allowed in the pedicab.