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Edition HistoryEdit Introduction

Changsha had convenient transportation even in ancient times. There are more than one hundred watercourses including Xiang River and Dongting Lake. Nowadays, there are national highway 107, 319 and 106, as well as several other speedways; through Zhuzhou, Beijing-Guangzhou railway connects Zhejiang- Jiangxi railway in the east and Hunan – Guizhou railway in the west; the provincial railway Shimen – Changsha connects Yidu (Hubei) -Liuzhou (Guangxi) railway; Huanghua Airport is an international airport and has several international flight courses; the watercourses are very convenient also.

Edition HistoryEdit Air

Huanghua International Airport is 24.2 kilometers east to the center of Chengsha City, near Huanghua Town of Changsha County. It is the biggest airport with the most complete establishment in Hunan Province.

Now, from Huanghua Airport, there are non-stop flights to 53 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Kunming and Chongqing. There are no flights to Inner Mongolia and Tibet.

There are special buses from the downtown to the airport. Stop: Civil Aviation Hotel (No 75, Wuyidonglu) during 6:30 AM to the close of fights. Time: 6:30 am – the close of all fights. One can also take public bus No 114 from railway station to Huanghua Airport. Time: 6:30 am to 16:30. One way: 65 minutes.

CAAC General Booking Office in Changsha: 0731-4119831

General Booking Office in Changsha (passenger transport): 0731-4112222

Changsha Aviation Information Center: 0731-4449540

Edition HistoryEdit Train

Changsha is the transportation hinge of China. Through Zhuzhou, Beijing-Guangzhou railway connects Zhejiang- Jiangxi railway in the east and Hunan – Guizhou railway in the west; the provincial railway Shimen – Changsha connects Yidu (Hubei) – Liuzhou (Guangxi) railway.

The railway station is located at Dongzhanlu of downtown. It could be reached by many public buses such as 108, 110, 111 and 113. Changsha railway station is an important big modern station at Beijing – Guangzhou Railway. There are waiting rooms for express train and way train as well as honored guest waiting room. Everyday, there are nearly one hundred passenger trains departing or passing Changsha, reaching all the big and moderate cities of China.

Call center (human): 0731-2637122

Call center (automatic): 0731-2634567

Information Desk of railway station: 0731-2296421

Edition HistoryEdit Bus

There are 107 national highway from Beijing to Shenzhen, 319 national highway from Xiamen to Chengdu and 106 national way crossed in Changsha.

There are three long distance bus stations: East Station, West Station and South Station.

From East Bus Station, there are mainly coaches to Hefei, Nanchang, Xiamen, Nanjing and Shanghai.

From South Bus Station, there are mainly coaches to Guilin, Xianmen and other cities and counties of Hunan Province.

The West Bus Station is located at Xiaoxiangbeilu, with long distance buses to the cities and counties of Hunan Provinces.

Besides, there are also intercity buses to Zhuzhou and Xiangtan at the south of Friendship Apollo Commercial Plaza every 15 fifteen minutes, with a price of RMB 16.5 and RMB15.5.

East Bus Station Information Desk: 0731-4611731

South Bus Station Information Desk: 0731-5630505

West Bus Station Information Desk: 0731-8816553

Public Bus Trouble Call: 0731-5520110

Edition HistoryEdit Boat

The watercourses of Changsha can reach rivers and sea.

Through Yueyang, the ships can reach Chongqing, Wuhan and Shanghai. There are navigations to the coast cities of the Changjiang River and some sea ports such as Nanjing, Shanghai and Lianyungang.

From Changsha Ship Passenger Transport Center Station, There are regular ships to Yiyang, Anxiang, Changde, Xiangtan, Xiangyin and Yueyang, etc.

Information Desk of Changsha Ship Passenger Transport: 0731-2222307

Edition HistoryEdit Local Transport

 Public Bus

Of the downtown, there are perfect public transportation system, covering all the city zone and outskirts. The price is RMB 1 for common public bus and RMB 2 for air-conditioning public bus.

Changsha Public Bus Trouble Call: 0731-5520110

Special Tour Line

There are three special tour lines in Changsha City, reaching the tourist spots like Yuelu Academy, Provincial Museum, Chuanshan Academy, the Original Residence of Jia Yi and Kaifu Temple. Each ticket can be uses twice, with a price of RMB 3.

Information Desk: 0731-5570668

Taxi

At day time, the flag-fall price of taxi in Changsha is RMB 3 for 1 kilometer, subsection charge within 3 kilometers: RMB 4 for 1 to 1.5 kilometers, RMB 5 for 1.5 to 2 kilometers, RMB 6 for 2 to 2.5 kilometers, and RMB 7 for 2.5 to 3 kilometers. Over three kilometers, RMB 1.8 is charged for each kilometer.

At nighttime (21:00 – 05:00 am), the charge is: within 3 kilometers, adds RMB 1 on the base of day time charge; over 3 kilometers, RMB 2.16 for each kilometer.

It is charged every 500 meters. If the passenger requires the taxi stop and wait midway, RMB 1.8 / each 5 minutes during daytime or RMB 2.16 during nighttime.

One way carry for than 10 kilometers, 50% more of the original price would be charged after 10 kilometers. If the passenger takes the same taxi back, charge the original price.

Taxi Trouble Call: 0731-4303488