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Edition HistoryEdit Air

Shenzhen Baoan International Airport is located 32 kilometers from the urban area. Now it opens 76 domestic flights and 53 scheduled flights. Everyday, there're more than 80 flights setting out to more than 50 cities in the country on average.

Booking office of Shenzhen Airlines: 0755-99777

Booking office of China Southern Airlines in Shenzhen: 0755-83288001

Booking office of China Northern Airlines in Tianchi: 0755-25568583

Hotline of information about leaving country: 0755-96897

Edition HistoryEdit Train

Jingjiu Railway which connects Hong Kong and Jingguang Railway join in Shenzhen. They combine hinterland, Shenzhen and Hong Kong together and provide convenient transportation by railroad. 

Trains from Shenzhen to Guangzhou: there are more than 40 trains running between Shenzhen and Guangzhou everyday. The tourists can almost get on a train whenever they arrive at the railway station. Try your best to take the trains whose numbers start with T. Their speed is much faster than those started with K.

Shenzhen Railway Station: 0755-82326560

Shenzhen Railway Station inquiry office: 0755-82328647

Shenzhen Railway Station booking office: 0755-82325043, 0755-82239680

Edition HistoryEdit Bus

There are several coach stations in Shenzhen including Luohu Passenger Depot, Futian Passenger Depot and Nanshan Passenger Depot. Everyday, there are regular coaches setting out to Guangzhou, Shantou, Zhanjiang, Fuzhou, Xiamen and every county of the city. Luohu Passenger Depot is in charge of the coaches setting out to major cities inside or outside Guangdong Province. Luohu Coach Station, which is near East Railway Station, is in charge of the coaches head for cities in Guangdong Province. The first floor of the station is mainly for luxury buses to Guangzhou which is set out every 5 minutes. The waiting hall upstairs is for other cities in Guangdong.　

K568 bus will take you from the airport to Shenzhen Railway Station directly. The departure time is from 7:30 to 23:30 in Shenzhen Airport and from 6:00 to 20:00 in Railway Station everyday. The interval between every two bus is 10 minutes and the carfare for the entire journey is 20 Yuan. 

Yinhu Coach Station: 0755-82439774

Inquiry office of Luohu Passenger Depot: 0755-82321670

Inquiry office of Futian Passenger Depot: 0755-8370620, 0755-83704526

Inquiry office of Nanshan Passenger Depot: 0755-26162978

Edition HistoryEdit Boat

There are eight ferry ports in Shenzhen like Yantian Port, Shekou Port and Chiwan Port. Everyday, there are regular boats setting out from Shekou Port to Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Macau, Hong Kong and Kowloon. Shekou passenger port is located on the intersection of Gang’ao Avenue and Gongye Avenue in Shekou. You can take No.419, 439 medium-sized buses to Shekou Port from Shenzhen.

Inquiry office of Shekou harbor: 0755-26695600, 0755-26671847

Inquiry of domestic ships of Shekou harbor: 0755-26695601

Booking office at Shekou Port for Hong Kong and Macao routes: 0755-26691213

Inquiry office at Shekou Port for Hong Kong and Macao routes: 0755-26691213

Edition HistoryEdit Local Transport

Shenzhen boasts a smoothly-operated inner-city transportation system. Public buses, public medium-sized buses, taxies, double-deckers and sightseeing buses can take you to wherever you want in this city.

The public buses, whose number is one or two digitals, are self-service ticketing. While the three digitals public buses are not. The carfare is changed according to the length of the route and ranges from 1 to 10 Yuan.

The starting rate of the taxi in Shenzhen is 12.5 Yuan for the first 3 kilometers and it's usually about 2.40 Yuan per kilometer afterwards.