How to get to Changsha South Railway Station by Metro or Taxi
Changsha South Railway Station is located in Yuhua District, 15.5km southeast of Changsha downtown, 17.9km southwest of Changsha Huanghua Airport. Changsha South Railway Station can be reached by Metro Line 2, line 4, maglev train, taxi and bus.
Option 1, Take Metro
Changsha South railway station can be reached by Metro Line 2 and line 4. Metro trains are mostly recommended public transport to get to Changsha South Railway Station.
Metro Line 2
Metro station: B1 floor of Changsha South Railway Station
Interval: 6 minutes
The first train: 06:33, the last train: 23:03
Ticket price: RMB2-8
Metro Line 4
Metro station: B1 floor of Changsha South Railway Station
Interval: 7 minutes
The first train: 06:36, the last train: 23:06
Ticket price: RMB2-8
Option 2, Take Taxi
Taxi is one convenient and fast, but also the most expensive way to get to Changsha South Railway Station.
Taxi drop-off areas are on 1F and B2 floor. The pick-up areas are on B2 floor
The one way taxi fare from Changsha Downtown to Changsha South Railway Station is around RMB39, 35 minutes.
If you take the taxi, you can show the following Chinese sentence to Taxi driver:
司机, 请带我去长沙南站, 谢谢! (Please drive me to Changsha South Railway Station, thank you!)
Taxi Fee in Changsha
Day(5:30~22:00) | Night(22:00~5:30) | |
---|---|---|
0~2 km | RMB8 | RMB10 |
2~13 km | RMB2 per km | RMB2.4 per km |
over 13 km | RMB3 per km | RMB3.6 per km |
Option 3, Take Maglev Train from Changsha Airport
The 18.55km Maglev railway links Changsha South Railway Station and Changsha Huanghua Airport. The Maglev train with a maximum speed of 100 km/h finishs the journey in 20 minutes. It is the recommended way to get to Changsha South Railway Station from Changsha Huahua Airport
Maglev station: 150 metres from the No.3 of North Arrivals on B1 floor
Interval: 12 minutes
Stop: 1
The first train: 07:00, the last train: 22:30
Ticket price: RMB20
Option 4, Take Bus
There are 18 bus routes to or pass Changsha South Railway Station, including bus 8, bus 16 and bus 39. The bus station is on B1 floor, east station square or west station square.
But the buses are not recommended to foreign passengers, because most bus stops are in Chinese and few bus crew or driver can speak English.