Nanjing Workshop on Geometry and Analysis 2005

Travel Information

 


Transportation

 

Nanjing is a beautiful ancient city in south-east China , located at town stream of the Yangtze River. Nanjing is famous for its historic and cultural sites, such as Dr. Sun Yatsen Mausoleum, Ming Dynasty’s Tom, the world cultural heritage, Confucian Temple etc.

 

(I) Arrive at Nanjing by Airplanes:

 

There are direct flights between Nanjing and international cities: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing.

 

(1.a) Foreign participants will be able to be picked up (sent away), by prior arrangements, at (to) the Nanjing airport.

 

(1.b) If you did not find anyone to pick you up, then try to take a taxi to Nanjing University. The taxi fare (from Nanjing Airport to Nanjing University) is about $16USD, which takes about 40 minutes.

 

(1.c) Please note that, if you fly into Nanjing via Shanghai, then there are two airports in Shanghai and you might have to take bus and/or taxi between Shanghai’s two airports.

 

In general, international passengers will arrive at "Shanghai Pudong International Airport". The domestic flights between Shanghai and Nanjing are operated from "Shanghai Hongqiao Airport". However, there are direct buses from Pudong and Hongqiao international airports (for flights from Shanghai to Nanjing).

The departure times of the buses from Pudong international airport are 12:40, 15:40, 16:40 and 19:20; from Hongqiao international airport are 11:30, 13:45, 16:45, 17:45 and 20:20. Bus fares in China are very cheap, (1 Euro = 10 Chinese Yuans). Taxi fares between two airports might be under 25 Euros.

 

(1.d) There are many flights between Nanjing and Beijing (or Hong Kong). If you do not speak Chinese, it might be easy to fly into Nanjing via Beinjing (or Hong  Kong) as well.

 

 

(1.e) There might be more flights between Europe and Beijing (or Hong Kong). One can choose to fly into Beijing (or Hong Kong) then fly to Nanjing without changing airports. It is a plus.

 

      

 

(II)  Ground transportation between Shanghai and Nanjing:

 

Nanjing is 300km away from Shanghai. It takes 3.5 hours to travel between Nanjing and Shanghai by freeway-bus and/or train.

 

(2.a) There also are direct buses from Shanghai’s two airports to Nanjing, which are very convenient.

 

(2.b) If you choose to take train to Nanjing, you need to take ground transportation from "Shanghai Pudong International Airport" to Shangai Train Station. The time table for train from Shanghai to Nanjing is listed below.

 

(2.c) After you get off the train (or bus), you can take a taxi to Nanjing University. The taxi fare is about $2USD from Nanjing Train Station (and/or Nanjing Bus Station) to Nanjing University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(III) The following are the informations of the passenger trains from Shanghai to Nanjing: 

(Price and schedule subject to Change without notice)

 

 

Train No.

Departure Station

Departure Time

Arrived Station

Arrived Time

Distance

Travelling Times

车次特征

Train fares

5054

Shanghai

02:35

Nanjing

07:35

303

5 hours

0 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 

5046

Shanghai

04:04

Nanjing

08:56

303

4 hours

52 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$24RMB(Hard seat)

$40RMB(Soft seat)

$61RMB(Tourish coach)

$93RMB(Soft berth)

5056

Shanghai

05:26

Nanjing

10:28

303

5 hours

2 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $41 RMB(Hard seat)

$92RMB(Tourish coach)

$141(Soft berth)

2526

Shanghai

06:36

Nanjing

11:29

303

4 hours

53 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$24 RMB(Hard seat)

$61RMB(Tourish coach)

$93(Soft berth)

T702

Shanghai

07:00

Nanjing

09:57

303

2 hours

57 minutes

Express 

$68 RMB(Hard seat)

$86RMB(Soft seat)

5026

Shanghai

07:45

Nanjing

13:32

303

5 hours

47 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$24 RMB(Hard seat)

$40RMB(Soft seat)

$61RMB(Tourish coach)

$93(Soft berth)

T714

Shanghai

08:00

Nanjing

10:50

303

2 hours

50 minutes

Express 

$47 RMB(Hard seat)

$72RMB(Soft seat)

K290

Shanghai

08:10

Nanjing

12:00

303

3 hours

50 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$98RMB(Tourish coach)

$147(Soft berth)

T722

Shanghai

09:00

Nanjing

11:47

303

2 hours

47 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$72RMB(Soft seat)

1346

Shanghai

09:08

Nanjing

13:25

303

4 hours 17minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$41RMB(Hard seat)

$92RMB(Tourish coach)

$141(Soft berth)

K56

Shanghai

09:21

Nanjing

12:56

303

3 hours

35 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$98RMB(Tourish coach)

$147(Soft berth)

T716

Shanghai

10:00

Nanjing

13:10

303

3 hours

10 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$72RMB(Soft seat)

1496

Shanghai

11:53

Nanjing

15:46

303

3 hours

53 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$41RMB(Hard seat)

$92RMB(Tourish coach)

$141(Soft berth)

2106

Shanghai

12:32

Nanjing

16:34

303

4 hours

2 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$41RMB(Hard seat)

$92RMB(Tourish coach)

$141(Soft berth)

1352

Shanghai

12:43

Nanjing

16:47

303

4 hours

4 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$24RMB(Hard seat)

$61RMB(Tourish coach)

T720

Shanghai

13:25

Nanjing

16:54

303

3 hours

29 minutes

Express 

 

K34

Shanghai

13:33

Nanjing

17:11

303

3 hours

38 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$98RMB(Tourish coach)

$147RMB(Soft berth)

2182

Shanghai

13:47

Nanjing

18:24

303

4 hours

37 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$24RMB(Hard seat)

$61RMB(Tourish coach)

$93RMB(Soft berth)

T712

Shanghai

14:10

Nanjing

17:20

303

3 hours

10 minutes

Express 

$86RMB(1st class soft berth)

$72RMB(2nd class soft berth)

$129RMB(Special class berth)

T732

Shanghai

14:17

Nanjing

17:28

303

3 hours

11 minutes

Express 

 72RMB(Soft seat)

1462

Shanghai

14:24

Nanjing

19:13

303

4 hours

49 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$24RMB(Hard seat)

$61RMB(Tourish coach)

$93RMB(Soft berth)

T138

Shanghai

15:08

Nanjing

18:05

303

2 hours

57 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$98RMB(Tourish coach)

$147RMB(Soft berth)

T116

Shanghai

15:40

Nanjing

18:31

303

2 hours

51 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$98RMB(Tourish coach)

$147(Soft berth)

T726

Shanghai

15:47

Nanjing

18:39

303

2 hours

52 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$72RMB(Soft seat)

T132

Shanghai

16:03

Nanjing

19:04

303

3 hours

1 minutes

Express 

$47RMB(Hard seat)

$98RMB(Tourish coach)

$147RMB(Soft berth)

K816

Shanghai

16:10

Nanjing

20:19

303

4 hours

9 minutes

Express 

$72RMB(Soft seat)

1658

Shanghai

16:17

Nanjing

20:35

303

4 hours

18 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

$41RMB(Hard seat)

$92RMB(Tourish coach)

$141(Soft berth)

T706

Shanghai

17:03

Nanjing

19:51

303

2 hours

48 minutes

Express 

$86RMB(1st class soft berth)

$72RMB(2nd class soft berth)

$107RMB(Special class soft berth)

K188

Shanghai

17:10

Nanjing

21:10

303

4 hours

0 minutes

Express 

 $40RMB(Hard seat) $85RMB(Tourish coach)  

$128(Soft berth)

1566

Shanghai

17:24

Nanjing

22:05

303

4 hours

41 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $41RMB(Hard seat) $92RMB(Tourish coach)  $141RMB(Soft berth)

T52

Shanghai

18:20

Nanjing

21:17

303

2 hours

57 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)  $147RMB(Soft berth)

K372

Shanghai

18:50

Nanjing

23:01

303

4 hours

11 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)  $147RMB(Soft berth)

2552

Shanghai

19:32

Nanjing

23:49

303

28 hours

17 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $41RMB(Hard seat) $92RMB(Tourish coach)  $141RMB(Soft berth)

K282

Shanghai

19:48

Nanjing

23:36

303

3 hours

48 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)  $147RMB(Soft berth)

1396

Shanghai

20:43

Nanjing

01:05

303

4 hours

22 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $39RMB(Hard seat) $87RMB(Tourish coach)  $132RMB(Soft berth)

5018

Shanghai

20:50

Nanjing

01:12

303

4 hours

22 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $41RMB(Hard seat) $92RMB(Tourish coach)  $141RMB(Soft berth)

K376

Shanghai

21:04

Nanjing

00:56

303

3 hours

52 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)  $147RMB(Soft berth)

K818

Shanghai

21:14

Nanjing

01:25

303

4 hours

11 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)  $147RMB(Soft berth)

K812

Shanghai

21:40

Nanjing

01:37

303

3 hours

57 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)

5022

Shanghai

21:56

Nanjing

02:52

303

4 hours

56 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $24RMB(Hard seat) $40RMB(Soft seat)  $61RMB(Tourish coach)

K838

Shanghai

23:08

Nanjing

03:05

303

3 hours

57 minutes

Express 

 $47RMB(Hard seat) $98RMB(Tourish coach)  $147RMB(Soft berth)

1228

Shanghai

23:32

Nanjing

04:25

303

4 hours

53 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $24RMB(Hard seat) $61RMB(Tourish coach)  $93RMB(Soft berth)

5016

Shanghai

23:45

Nanjing

04:11

303

4 hours

26 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $41RMB(Hard seat) $92RMB(Tourish coach)  $141RMB(Soft berth)

5008

Shanghai

23:52

Nanjing

04:04

303

4 hours

12 minutes

Ordinary passenger express train

 $24RMB(Hard seat) $61RMB(Tourish coach)