Guangzhou Transportation - How to Get to Guangzhou

Guangzhou has a very convenient transportation network. It is connected with China's major cities with flights and trains.

Travel to Guangzhou by Air

Guangzhou is served by Baiyun International Airport. It is around 25 kilometers away from the city center, and it is very easy to get from the airport to the city as there are buses, trains, and taxis that depart there. The airport also serves hundreds of flights on a daily basis, some of which are coming from other Asian countries such as Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It also accepts flights from European and American cities such as Paris, Melbourne, and Los Angeles.

You can also take a plane from Hong Kong International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, or you can ride an Airport Expressway train for 24 minutes, which takes you to downtown Hong Kong or Kowloon. From Austin Station, you can take a train for 4 minutes to Hung Hom, and then 42 minutes from Hung Hom to Shenzhen for 42 minutes. From Shenzhen, you can take another train through China Railways for about an hour.

Travel to Guangzhou by Train

The city has three railway stations. These are Guangzhou Railway Station, East Railway Station, and the North Railway Station. The South Railway Station serves Wuhan and the city. The East Railway, on the other hand, serves bullet trains that are coming from Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The biggest of them all is the Guangzhou Railway Station, which transfers passengers across other cities in the country including Chengdu, Nanjing, and Beijing.

Guangzhou also has an underground railway called Guangzhou-Foshan Line. There’s also the APM (Automated People Mover System), which works to decongest passengers in the railway stations, especially during peak hours.

Guangzhou-Hong Kong/Hongkong-Guangzhou Train

There are a few ways to go between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, including crossing the border and taking a train or bus at the Luohu Train and Bus Station or traveling by direct train between Kowloon of Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

Taking a direct train running from the Hung Hom Railway Station in Kowloon and the Guangzhou East Station in the Tianhe District in Guangzhou and making a stop in the city of Dongguan is a good choice. It takes about 2 hours for a single trip with a distance of 182 kilometers (113 miles).

Here are more about Hongkong to Guangzhou trains.

Travel around Guangzhou by Taxi

In the city, more than 15,000 taxis traverse the road, and they may come in different colors, depending on their operators. Taxi fares can begin from CNY10 and CNY2.60 thereafter. If you let the taxi wait for at least an hour, the rate can go up to as much as CNY26. Since most of the taxi drivers cannot speak English, make sure that you can bring with you the hotel address card with English and Chinese translations.