How to get to shanghai city center from pudong international air port

How to get to shanghai city center from pudong international air port

There are 2 terminal in shanghai pudong international air port. normally all international line arrive to terminal 2, shanghai is the biggest city in China, so the traffic is very busy, how to go to shanghai city center is a most question of people who is first time come to shanghai. So let me introduce you some method as below:

1: by subway: subway/metro line 2: 

You can take subway line 2 go to shanghai center directly (People’s square station). And No 19 exit, you will get center of city which we call it east Nanjing road, (east Nanjing road is the biggest walking street in shanghai city) You can walk from west go to easy, and in the end of Nanjing road, you will get Waitan,(famous in shanghai)

Cost: RMB 8

Subway Opening time: 5:30 am-10:00 pm

Total use time: one hour

2: by taxi:

From pudong air port to people’s square is about 50 km. total cost is 170-190 RMB (traffic is not busy), if traffic is busy, the cost will more, and if you take taxi after 11:00pm,The billing methods is different. It is more expensive than daytime.

Cost: RMB 170-190 (traffic not busy)

Opening time: 24 hour * 7

Total use time: less than one hour (traffic not busy)

3: magnetic levitation trains and subway.

If you want to feel the world’s only commercial operation of the maglev train, the Speed can reach 430 km / h, then you can try it in pudong air port.

From pudong air port station to subway line 2 longyang station by maglev train.

transfer to line 2 subway in longyang station  go to people’s square

 Maglev pudong air port —–longyang station transfer subway line 2—-people square station.

Cost: RMB 50 for maglev and RMB 7 for subway, total RMB 57

Opening time: 7:00 am – 9:40 pm

Total use time: one hour and 20 minutes

Comparison the results of above 3 methods

Subway advantage: fast, in time, low cost

Subway disadvantage: too much passenger,

Taxi advantage: any time, comfort

Taxi disadvantage: expensive, and if traffic is busy, will use more time

Maglev advantage: very fast, comfort

Maglev disadvantage: expensive and need transfer to subway

Below is some daily languages to help you solve some little problem, and I show you Chinese-English, so when you meet problem, you can show this to any Chinese people. All Chinese people is warmly and friendly, they will help you.

1：我想做地铁2号线： where is number 2 subway

2 : 我想坐出租车： where I can take the taxi

3: 我想换RMB，请问银行在哪里？  I want to change some RMB, where is bank.

4: 我想乘坐磁悬浮I want to take Maglev Train。

5: 我想找个经济的酒店： i want find a economic hotel

6: 你知道哪里有穆斯林餐厅吗： do you know where I can find a Muslim Restaurant;

7: 我想去过虹桥火车站: I want to go to hongqiao train station

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