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Edition HistoryEdit Air

By air:

Shantou Waisha Airport is 13 kilometres northeastward from the urban district of Shantou City. The airport provides many flight courses to main cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Changsha. You can get to most cities in China from here. Meanwhile, there is international scheduled flight to Bangkok too. It is quite convenient to travel by air.

There is a shuttle bus running between Waisha airport and the downtown area of Shantou. The bus fare is 10Yuan/person.

Civil aviation ticket office
Address: Second floor of Bank of Communications mansion, No.83 East Jinsha Road.
Ticket office of the airport sales department
Address: in the domestic air terminal of Waisha Airport
Consultation telephone of Waisha Airport: 0754-8251915, 0754-8626678-2333
Telephone of free ticket delivery (Shantou area): 0754-8251915
Hotline of service supervision of Waisha Airport: 0754-8612317

Edition HistoryEdit Train

Raiyway:

Shantou railway station is located in the eastern part of the city which covers an area of 633,333 square meters. The station enjoys convenient transportation. No.2, No.4, No.6, No.8, No.11 and No.12 buses could reach the plaza in the front of the railway station.

You can take trains from Shantou railway station to more than twenty major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. You can ask for the details by phone or on the internet.

Consultation telephone of Shantou railway station: 0754-6338814

Edition HistoryEdit Bus

Highway:

There are six Passenger Depots in Shantou City. They are Shantou passenger terminal, Nanxiang Passenger Depot, Xidi Passenger Depot, China Tourism Passenger Depot, Dongxia Passenger Depot and Jinsha East Passenger Depot.

Shantou coach terminal is located on No.7 Chaoshan Road. It is mainly responsible for the coaches to peripheral cities and cities of Guangxi, Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces. The consultation telephone is 0754-8222705. There’re express coaches to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The direct coach from Shantou to Guangzhou sets out every one hour from 7:35 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. everyday. The travel lasts for about five and a half hours. Two coaches from Shantou to Shenzhen set out every one-hour from 6:10 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. everyday.

China Tourism Passenger Depot is mainly in charge of the coaches to other cities in Guangdong Province and cities in Fujian Province.
Address: No.41 Shanzhang Road, Shantou.
Consultation telephone: 0754-8629888-31245

Jinsha East Passenger Depot is mainly in charge of the coaches to major cities in Guangdong Province.
Address: Huanbizhuang, East Jinsha Road, Shantou.
Consultation telephone: 0754-8265854

Nanxiang Passenger Depot
Address: No.19 Chaoshan Road, Shantou.
Consultation telephone: 0754-8224943

Dongxia Passenger Depot
Address: No.70 Dongxia Road, Shantou.
Consultation telephone: 0754-8626130

Edition HistoryEdit Boat

Ferry:

Shantou is closed to the water, so it is very convenient and timesaving to take ferry. There are many ferry stations in Shantou City. They are Ferry Dock of Shantou Passenger Depot, Ferry Dock of Shantou Port, Ferry Dock of Xidi Passenger Depot, Guangchang Ferry Station and Changshanwei Dock. All these docks offer short-distant ferries.

Besides, there are special sightseeing activities every night in the summer on the west yacht dock of Guangchang Ferry Station. The activities include two sections. The first section is the dinner tour of the bay, which starts at 18:40. The second section is the night tour of the bay, which starts at 21:10. Floating on the water in cool summer night is really enjoyable and satisfied. You can take No.9, 12, 16, 17 and No.19 buses to the dock.

Hotline for tourists' complaints of Guangchang Ferry Station: 0754-8566445

Changshanwei Dock mainly deals in the short-distant ferry from Changshanwei to Laiwu to provide people convenience.

Consultation telephone: 0754-5500214
Hotline for tourists' complaints: 0754-5500500

Edition HistoryEdit Local Transport

 Inner transportation:

Public Bus
The fare of the public bus is usually 2 Yuan/person/ride, and there are some buses are 1 Yuan or 5 Yuan.

Taxi
According to different types of the cars, the taxies in Shantou are divided into two categories. The starting rate of the taxies in first category is 9 Yuan for the first 3 kilometers while the starting rate of taxies of second category is 7 or 8 Yuan. It's usually about 2.5 Yuan per kilometer afterwards.