Xiamen Transportation
By Air
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) is located on the northeast Xiamen Island, 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) far away to the city center taking about 10 min by car. There are more than 50 domestic airlines working between Xiamen and other major cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guilin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Harbin and Qingdao. In addition, there is a number of flights between Xiamen airport and Hong Kong and aboard including South Korea, Japan, America, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
Tips: the subtle bus from Xiamen airport is leaving at 08:40 back to Xiamen city every day. However, there is no subtle bus from Xiamen city to airport. Tourists can take taxi or public bus to airport instead.
By train
There are three train stations in Xiamen. They are Xiamen train station and Gaoqi train station in Xiamen Island, and Xiamen north train station on inland. Most trains will stop in Xiamen train station of the center of Xian; most D-train from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing and others places will stop in Xiamen north train station. Because of the hilly landscape in Fujian province, the train is running not fast to Xiamen, so taking train is not the first recommended for our customers. Please pay attention for the train station you will arrival if you take train to Xiamen city.
By Coach
Visiting Xiamen from Shanghai, Zhejiang province (such as Hangzhou) and Guangdong province, tourists could take high express to Xiamen. There are three main coach stations in Xiamen including Jimei coach station, Hubin coach station and Songbai coach station. The long-distance passenger bus depot is located on Hubin South Road in Downtown Xiamen. Its buses go to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shantou, Guangzhou, Foshan, Meishan, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Longyan. There is Self-Service Information Kiosk in each bus station; you can check the coach schedule. Tickets could be purchased ticketing service spots at airport and Jimei bus station.
By Ferry
Xiamen harbor is one of the most busy nature harbors in southern China sailing in 24 hours every day, accessible to 10,000-ton ships. Tourists can take ship entering into Guilin from Shantou, Guangzhou, Hainan Island, Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdai, Yantai, Nanjing, Zhenjiang and Shanghai. In addition, there are ship between Xiamen and Taiwan. Ships from the Xiamen Harbor go directly to five dozens of countries including the Philippines, Mexico, Panama, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Japan and Russia.
