Transportation
Zhuhai has perfect transportation networks and quite convenient external access. It has initially established a comprehensive sea-land-air three-dimensional traffic and transportation network with the airport and harbor as the center. The city has seven first-class ports. It is merely over ten minutes' walks to and from Macau. The land transportation is even more convenient. The Lingding Ocean Bridge which leads to Hongkong is under construction. Work has also started on the construction of The Guang-zhu railway. In the near future the international city layout of Zhuhai will be established.
Air
Zhuhai Airport is located at the southwest tip of Sanzao Island in the West Zhuhai, 31 kilometers away from the urban areas. The airport is surrounded by the sea on three sides.. With all the indexes reaching the international advanced level, the airport has reached the standards of the international first-class civil airport. It covers an area of 92 thousand square meters and composed of the hall in general, the departure hall and the sightseeing hall. The embarking and disembarking passengers use different paths. As a modern airport, it has direct flights to and from more than 20 major cities, such as Chongqing, Shanghai, Guilin, Zhangjiajie, Beijing, Chengdu, Changsha, etc. Click here to search and book discount air tickets to and from Zhuhai .
There will always a bus heading for the urban areas when every flight arrives at the Zhuhai airport，20yuan/person. If you want to take a taxi, you can choose from the red ones. Most of these taxis take passengers to the airport and the drivers are reluctant to return with an empty car. Therefore the taxi fare is relatively cheap and can be bargained at about 50yuan.
Most of the ticket offices in Zhuhai often practise ticketing business of the Zhuhai airport, the Guangzhou Baiyun airport, and the Shenzhen airport.
Highway
Based on the high-grade arterial highways, Zhuhai highways system centers on the city and radiate to nearby counties and towns. It has established a land way traffic network system which connects major towns, ports, the airport and the harbor. There are highway coaches to and from many major southern cities in the country.
Waterway
The Zhuhai harbor has eight port areas, with Gaolan and Jiuzhou as the main ports. There are in total 5 first-class ports and 17 second-class ports. The Jiuzhou port is a oceanic traffic conjunction of the South China and the Asia-Pacific Region and has a direct navigation to and from large harbors within the province and beyond. There are daily boats coming and going between Hongkong, Shenzhen and Zhuhai. There are also 24 navigations every day from the Jiuzhou Harbor to Hongkong with a single trip of 70 minutes, and 50 navigations (fliers) every day heading for Shekou with a single trip of merely one hour.
Railway
Although there are no railways in Zhuhai, there are many train ticket offices, selling tickets for trains starting from the Guangzhou, which bring great convenience to train travelers. Be forwarned though, those offices don't deal with ticket cancellation. You have to go Guangzhou Railway Station in case you want to cancel your train travel plan.
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Urban transportation
The city transportation is very convenient and road infrasturcture reaches the level of a modern motropolis. Flowers dotted- roads and belevards crisscross the city proper and connect everyscenic attraction.
Taxis are plentiful and it is very easy to stop one at street.
Public buses
Public bus routes reach every corner of the city proper. All buses are very new with tidy inner appearance. Bus station waiting halls are unique harbor style garden. Most of the buses are equipped with self-service coin boxes and have no conductors. Therefore, passengers shall prepare enough small changes in advance before taking a bus.(2 yuan for the air-conditioned bus, 1 yuan for the common bus).
There are tourist buses equipped with with air-conditioning facilities and the close circuit television. The main tourist routes are the East and West Routes. Buses on the East Route run every thirty minutes; buses of the West Route run every twenty minutes.
Taxis
There are more than 1000 taxis passing through all the streets in Zhuhai. They stop at your wave of hand and charge at marked price. The starting fare is 10 yuan (13 yuan 12:00 p.m.), plus 2.4 yuan for each additional kilometer after that. If you encounter unreasonable charges or bad service quality , you can make a complaint by dialing the phone number marked on the taxis. Complaints call：0756--2261133.
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