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Living in
Shanghai •
Expatriate life
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• Transportation
- Drive
in Shanghai - Car Rental
There
are two airports in Shanghai, Hongqiao Airport is in the west of the
city, only for domestic lines, Pudong Airport is in the east of Pudong
with about 40 kilometers to the city, it's for domestic and
international lines.
Shanghai
railway station is located on Tianmu Xi Lu, in north of the town,
trains and luxury trains go to every destination where the lines
reach. There are several trains a day going to Suzhou, Wuxi and
Nanjing. 5 lines luxury trains "type Z" trip between
Shanghai and Beijing everyday and all leave in a half hour from
7:00-7:30pm. The trains trip between Shanghai and Hangzhou trips 4-5
times a day, the station is in south of Shanghai called Meilong
Station.
Shanghai
holds the best urban public transportation system in China, although
it's not good enough.
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Pedestrians
There are plenty of sidewalks where pedestrians can stroll at
leisure. Crossing the road like a local takes practice. A pedestrian
crossing could be not safe - watch out those cars which might not stop for you. Try to
cross at traffic lights, note that traffic can turn right at
any time regardless of a red light.
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Bus
Shanghai
has a well-planed bus lines system, there
are plenty of buses and conveniently go to anywhere of Shanghai. But
currently the buses are not very clean and crowded especially at 8:00 -9:00 am and 5:00-6:00
pm when people
are going to work or back to home. Buses run every 10-15 minutes from 4:30 am to
midnight.
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Taxis
Taxis are plentiful and provide an inexpensive means of
transportation. All taxi drivers will provide a receipt if requested.
Usually taxi drivers do not speak English so be sure to have your
destination written in Chinese. It is also helpful to have a Chinese
and English map.
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Metro
It
has the youngest metro system but most rapidly expanding in the world,
now 4 lines of metro open, each operating from south to north, west to
east, and circle lines, with one ticket can transfer in different
line. The
underground is very efficient and inexpensive but gets very crowded
especially at weekends.
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