About Yangzhou
Yangzhou is a city with over 2000 years history. Historically, Yangzhou was one of the wealthiest cities in China, known at various periods for its great merchant families, poets, artists, and scholars. Yangzhou is unique and colorful in its cultural characteristics. Yangzhou Opera, Yangzhou art crafts, the Slender West Lake Park and Yangzhou’s Ancient city area have been listed as candidates of China’s world cultural heritages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangzhou
How to get to Yangzhou?
https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Nearby-Airports/Yangzhou
The nearest airport to Yangzhou is Yangzhou airport (Route 3). However, if there are no direct flight to Yangzhou, we recommend that you arrive at Nanjing Airport (Route 1), which takes about 1.5-2 hours to reach Yangzhou. Shanghai Airport (Route 3) is also possible but with a larger distance. If you chose to arrive at Shanghai then we recommend that you take the train, which takes about 2-3 hours.
There are few options to reach Yangzhou city:
Route 1: Nanjing Airport (NKG, Nanjing Lukou international airport, www.njiairport.com)
From Nanjing Airport to Yangzhou city:
1. By bus: takes about 2 hours and costs 65 RMB
Timetable:
| 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:30 |
2. By taxi: takes about 90 mins and costs about 400 RMB.
Route 2: Shanghai Hongqiao Airport (SHA, www.shanghaiairport.com)
From Shanghai Airport to Yangzhou city:
1. By train:
First take the subway from “Hongqiao Airport” to “Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station” (¥ 10), then take the train to Yangzhou.
Time table from Shanghai Hongqiao to Yangzhou:
| Train number | D3090 | G8302 | D3064 | G7580 | G7316 | G7586 | D2924 | G7320 | G7390 |
| Departure time | 08:34 | 08:45 | 09:21 | 09:36 | 11:29 | 11:47 | 14:16 | 14:23 | 14:30 |
| Arrival time | 11:34 | 10:35 | 12:15 | 12:44 | 13:17 | 13:44 | 16:00 | 16:12 | 16:24 |
| ¥ (1st Class) | 213 | 212.5 | 213 | 213 | 218.5 | 216.5 | 185 | 207.5 | 218.5 |
| ¥ (2nd Class) | 135 | 133 | 135 | 135 | 137 | 136 | 116 | 130 | 137 |
| Train number | D2914 | C3772 | G2612 | D5562 | C3796 | G7584 | G7550 | G8304 | |
| Departure time | 15:04 | 15:09 | 15:53 | 16:29 | 18:51 | 19:21 | 19:53 | 21:13 | |
| Arrival time | 17:03 | 18:15 | 17:59 | 19:26 | 21:49 | 21:30 | 21:52 | 22:57 | |
| ¥ (1st Class) | 185 | 227 | 216.5 | 227 | 213 | 212.5 | 202.5 | 194.5 | |
| ¥ (2nd Class) | 116 | 143 | 136 | 143 | 135 | 133 | 127 | 121 |
2. By taxi: takes about 3 hours and costs about 750-900 RMB.
Route 3: The nearest airport to Yangzhou is Yangzhou (YTY, Yangzhou Taizhou international airport, www.yztzairport.net).
From Yangzhou airport to Yangzhou city:
1. By bus or train
Timetable:
| Bus (¥ 30) | 9:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 16:50 | 19:00 | 21:30 | 0:30 |
| Train (¥ 25) | 9:00 | 13:00 | 17:10 |
2. By taxi: takes about 55 mins and costs about 110 RMB.