Location:

By Air
The flight time from Beijing to Nanjing is a little less than two hours and one hour by air from Shanghai.

Airport
Lu Kou International Airport in Nanjing is located to the southeast of the city, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the city center. Getting there by road takes about 45 minutes. The Airport Highway is also connected with several main intercity expressways, which connect to nearby cities. A taxi driver from the airport to the city area costs more than 100 yuan.

Airport Transport
Airport to City
Airport shuttle buses leave from the Arriving Building and take passengers to the city center (the Xinjiekou Area). The first bus departs 30 minutes after the first flight arrival. The interval depends on the amount of passengers and flights.

Route: Arriving Building - Qili Jie- Jinyu Hotel -Beijing Donglu -Tianjin Road (Drum Tower)
There are also regular buses to the nearby cities of Changzhou, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang.
Taxi service is available on the first floor of the Arriving Building in the airport.

City to Airport
Airport shuttle buses leave from the Airport Ticket Office in Xinghan Building at No. 180, Hanzhong Road daily with an interval of half an hour from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Meanwhile, most three-star and above-rating hotels in the city have special bus services to the airport.
There are other seven domestic airports in Wuxi, Suzhou, Lianyungang, Xuzhou, Changzhou, Nantong and Yancheng, which allow tourists to take a quick trip between these areas inside Jiangsu Province.

By Bus

Public Bus
Public buses cover every corner of the city but the names on the signposts at the stops are confusing for foreigners. The easiest way is to write down the destination you want to go in Chinese characters on a sheet and take it with you. There's no conductor on public buses and you need to put one yuan into the money box when you get on a bus. For air-conditioned buses, two yuan is charged.

By Taxi
Taxis ply the main streets in the city. Fares start eight yuan for the first three kilometers, and 2.4 yuan for each additional kilometer. At night the charge is the same initial charge plus 2.7 yuan for each additional kilometer. Unlike those in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen, the Waiting time is not charged.

Route
Hongshan Zoo ---> Nanjing Railway Station ---> Xin Mofan Malu ---> Xuanwu Men (Xuanwu Gate) ---> Gulou (Drum Tower) ---> Zhujiang Lu ---> Xinjiekou (downtown area) ---> Zhangfuyuan ---> Sanshanjie ---> Zhonghua Gate --->Xiaohang ---> Olympic Center (the southern ending)

Car Rental
Nowadays, car rental is available in large cities in China. The most well known one in Nanjing is Zhongbei Car Rental Company at No. 400, Zhongshan Nanlu, tel. 025-2261544. You may not find an English speaker there so try to ask a local student for help. The prices range from 200 to 400 yuan, a standard car is 220 yuan/day and a luxury one is 260 yuan/day with a limit of 300 kilometers. Service fee for driver is not included.

By Train
The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing connects railways on the northern and the southern river banks so that Nanjing has become the train transport hub of Eastern China. At the intersection of the national Jinghu Railway (Beijing-Shanghai Railway) and Ningtong (Nanjing -Tongchuan) Railway, Nanjing has a convenient rail network, with direct trains to Beijing, Shanghai (four hours), Hangzhou (two hours), Tianjing, Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Hangzhou (five and a half hours)and Xian.

Nanjing Train Stations
There are four passenger stations in Nanjing. The Nanjing Train Station, located in the northern suburb near the Xuanwu Lake, is the main passenger station in the city. All trains passing and leaving from Nanjing stop at this station. Passengers can easily change trains there. There are also three other train stations in the city, namely the West, South and North stations. All initial trains leave from the West Station and short-trip trains start from the Southern Station for nearby cities and towns.

Ticket booking in the city area:
• Jianda Building between Hongqiao Lu and Shanxi Lu
• Blue Express 2, at Room 106, No. 9 in Jin Xianghe Lu
• Huashan Hotel at No. 81, Longpan Zhonglu
• 1st floor of Gulou Post Office Building at No. 366 Zhongshan Lu

Agencies above open from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Nanjing Passenger Port
Located in the northern end of Jiangbian Lu in Xiaguan area, Nanjing Passenger Port is close to West Nanjing Railway Station. Tourist Bus No.4 and public buses of 10, 31, 34 or 302 can reach the port.
Enquiry: 025 - 58805501.