Shanghai railway station
The city of Shanghai has several railway stations, among which Shanghai Railway Station, Shanghai South Railway Station and Shanghai West Railway Station are the main ones. These three stations provide convenient transportation for tourists to many destinations throughout China.
The hu ning (between shanghai and ningbo) and the hu hang (between shanghai and hangzhou) railways lead shanghai to the other places of china. there are shanghai station (locally called the new station), the west station in shanghai (the former zhen ru station) and shanghai south station(the former new long hua station) among which shanghai station to be the main station with 70 couples of trains coming from and going to the big and middle cities in china. in the west station, there are departure trains to yan tai and zao zhuang (in shan dong province), gan zhou (in jiang xi province), cheng du (in si chuan) and 8 couples of passing trains as well as the rail line from shanghai to zhang jia jie (a tourism place in hu nan province) directly. at the south station, there are 11 couples of arriving trains and departure trains between shanghai and hangzhou, jiashan and the gold mountain.
shanghai station
the layout of the main hall of the shanghai station is "two doors in south and north, elevated railway''. the station is modern with a set of advanced guiding system for travelers, together with 16 air-conditioned rooms and 7 auto staircase. there are north square and south square around the station with "the first south exit",,"the second south exit" and "the north exit" as well as a passage to the subway. the bus stations near the square are available.
Shanghai Railway Station, also known as New Railway Station, is located at No. 303 of Moling Road in Zhabei District. It serves as the largest passenger railway station in the city. Everyday at least 80 pairs of trains run between Shanghai and other cities all over the country, including Beijing, Xian, Qingdao, Harbin, Chengdu, Kowloon etc. Additionally it has bullet trains to Beijing, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and Changsha.
Tickets for trains departing from Shanghai go on sale nine days before the departure day. You can go directly to the ticket office on the first floor of the Complex Ticket Building of Shanghai Railway Station to buy tickets. For more additional information you can call the Shanghai Railway Station Information Line at 021-63179090, 021-95105123 or the Ticket Booking Line at 021-8008207890 (toll free), 021-95105105.
Train tickets are also sold at many other booking offices in the city of Shanghai. Ticket Offices at No. 230 of East Beijing Road, No. 1738 of West Beijing Road, and No. 431 of Changyang Road are the main locations. At other ticket offices in the city, tickets usually go on sale four days before the departure day and an extra fee of CNY5 will be charged. Train tickets can be purchased directly at a ticket office, or through a travel agency.
address: no.303 mo ling road
kind reminder: travelers can get to the shanghai station by taking bus no. 13,41,63,95,104,106,109,114,115,17,902,903,904,906,502,506,507,508,598, 3 tunnels, no.302,305,306,308,310,315,322,324,328,329 subway at night. besides, there is also a green passage for short distance travelers to buy tickets and take the train which is in service for24 hours with special waiting room and entrance to the platform and also special people who lead you to the train 10 minutes ahead of time.
South Square (7 Lines):
867: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Hanghua Xincun
144: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Nanpu Bridge
973: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Nanquan Xincun
315 (Night Line): Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Shanghai Railway Station
Airport Line 7: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Pudong International Airport
Shangzhu Line: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Zhujiajiao
Shangjia Line: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Jiading Passenger Transport Center
North Square (4 Lines):
729: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> East Sea University
236: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Laoximen
303 (Night Line): Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Nanpu Bridge
Shangcang Line: Shanghai South Railway Station <--> Cangyuan Xiaoqu
the meilong station in shanghai
the meilong station is a bus-liked station in shanghai with four scheduled trains to hang zhou. the travelers are allowed to buy ticket after getting on the train and reach the east station in hang zhou in one hour. in convenience of the travelers, the meilong station is connected directly with no1 subway.
address: mei long, shanghai
kind reminder: the travelers should first go to jinjiang merryland station by no.1 subway.
shanghai west station
some trains from shanghai to baotou (in nei meng gu province), qi qi haer (in ha er bin province), yan tai (in shandong province), changchun (in ji lin province), hengyang (in hunan province) and some trains to guangzhou (in guangdong province), ningbo (in zhejiang province) and the west station of nanjing (in jiangsu province) will depart from here.
address: no1 tao pu road.
Bus Routes: 1, 106, 129, 319, 516, 551, 742, 768, 807, 944, 966
Information Line: 021-62549500, 021-56241022
Beijing - There are a number of brand new night sleep trains running daily from Shanghai to Beijing, starting at 7PM in 10 minute intervals to 8PM and arriving at 7-8AM in Beijing. Fare is around ¥500 for a softsleeper, but they are very clean and the four-person cabins are quite comfortable. In the same new train, normal hardseaters are available for around ¥250. Food is now served when traveling in both directions, and there is a drinks and snacks trolley that comes past occasionally that you can purchase snacks from. For a regular normal sleeper in a standard train, which takes 13 hours from Shanghai to Beijing, expect to pay ¥200-300 with no food either
Hong Kong - The T99/T100 train to and from Hong Kong runs every other day (alternating between Shanghai->Hong Kong and Hong Kong->Shanghai) from Shanghai Railway Station (T99 leaves here at 5:15PM, T100 arrives here around noon), arriving at Hung Hom station in Kowloon(T99 arrives here around noon, T100 leaves here at 3:15PM). If traveling alone, expect to pay ¥800 each way for the soft sleeper, but discounts are given for group purchases (¥364 each way per person in a soft sleeper if purchased in a group of 4, for instance). Unless you are on a very tight budget, try to get the 'Deluxe Soft Sleeper' which fascilitates compartments of 2 beds and a private mainland-style mains socket (but with the introduction of new train cars, the regular soft sleeper also has a private mains socket for each room as well as one in the corridor of each car). Spaces are limited, so book well in advance. Keep in mind that you will still have to go through Customs and thus need a new visa for reentry into mainland China (unless you have a multiple-entry visa). However, going through Customs at the train station is much quicker than Customs at the airport; also, many restrictions present on air travel (liquid restrictions, baggage, etc) are not present on the train.
The new fast (200+ km/hr) CRH trains go South from Shanghai to Hangzhou, West to Suzhou and Nanjing, and North to Qingdao. These are very comfortable and convenient. Look for the separate "CRH" ticket counters.
Train travel between Shanghai and some of the adjacent tourist destinations is both efficient and convenient. A train trip from Shanghai to Suzhou takes between 40 and 90 minutes, while a train journey from Shanghai to Hangzhou takes between 1.5 hours and 4 hours.
There are sometimes tourist trains from Shanghai to Hefei and Mt. Huangshan in Anhui Province, Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province, and Wuyishan in Fujian Province.
In addition, there are special 'Holiday Trains' from Shanghai to Jinhu of Jiangsu Province, Mt. Sanqingshan and Mt. Longhushan in Jiangxi Province, Lishui and Mt. Yandangshan in Zhejiang Province, and Mt. Wuyishan of Fujian Province. The trains depart from Shanghai every Friday and returns on the following Monday morning. If you intend to travel on weekends, please go to the railway station, or any other branches of Shanghai Railway Administration for reservation. Up-to-date information on Holiday Trains can be obtained by phoning 021-63250169.
Train tickets are also conveniently booked in advance at one of the many travel service agencies. If urgent, they could also be directly booked at the train stations and the Shanghai Railway Station even has an English counter. Unfortunately be prepared that almost all information even in Shanghai Railway Station will be only in Chinese characters and even at the English counter you will face problems to communicate. It is advisable to prepare the paper with your destination displayed in Chinese characters. Unfortunately, this is further complicated by the fact that some tickets aren't sold at the main ticket office, this includes tickets to Hong Kong (Jiu Long), for that you need to go to a similar ticket office near the main ticket office. To get there, exit the main ticket office and go left (towards one of the metro exits and parallel to the train station), the ticket office is just across the road after the metro exit. You have to pass through a security check to get to the ticket office.
Additionally, tickets for some sleeper trains are now being officially discounted (discount varies by distance, maximum discount is 50%) up to July 1 so for now there is more incentive for taking the train for some trips.
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