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Transportation in Wuxi
Wuxi is set conveniently on the Beijing-Shanghai railway line with the Great Canal flowing through the city. The transportation system is well developed.
By Air
Wuxi has a small airport with flights to Beijing (1.5hours, RMB720), Foshan (2.5hours, RMB740) and Kunming (2hours, RMB1160). Tourists to other destinations should go via nearby Changzhou, Nanjing or Shanghai airports.
By Train
There are about 60 fast trains that stop by Wuxi daily, heading for nearby cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and distant cities like Beijing, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Xian, Lanzhou, Xining, Chengdu and Urumqi. Almost every major city in China is directly connected with Wuxi. The train station is north of the canal ring. You can take bus no.11 to get there. If you have to line up for a ticket, try window No.2, where the service tends to be a little quicker than elsewhere.
By Water
The Xishan ferry dock is to the southwest part of the city. There are daily tourist boats to Changzhou (3hours) and Suzhou (3.5hours). It is also pleasant to go to Huzhou across Taihu Lake (RMB114 for a twin room). The boat departs around 17:30 and arrives at 07:30 the next day.
By Road
There are three long distance bus stations in Wuxi. The main one (Wuxi keyun zongzhan) is only minutes walk northwest of the train station at No.18 Guangqin Lu. There are bus services to Shanghai (2 daily; 07:50, 12:10) and Wenzhou (1 daily; 13:30). Wuxi Bus Station (Wuxi qiche zhan) is at No.114, Tonghui Dong Lu. It operates daily buses to Shanghai (RMB43, 20 minute intervals), Suzhou (RMB18 20 minute intervals), Nanjing (RMB52, 10 minute intervals), Qingdao (RMB250; 2 night buses daily at 19:30, 20:30) and Wuhan (RMB280, 3 daily). The West Station (Wuxi qiche xizhan) is on the west bank of the Great Canal on Liangong Lu near a roundabout. (Take bus No.20 or No.820 from the railway station.) Most expresses headed for Zhejiang and Anhui depart from here. Also there is a daily bus to Shanghai (RMB44), 4 to Nanjing (RMB44), 1 to Nantong (RMB43), 5 to Suzhou (RMB15), 1 to Hefei (RMB90; 09:10) and 3 to Wuhan (RMB280).
