Shanghai boasts one of the best transportation systems in China. As a major port city and the largest city in Eastern China, this is the major hub for the eastern region. It has an easy access to the outside world by all means of transport: ocean, offshore and inland water shipping, high way and railroad transport, air flights etc. As the biggest seaport in China, the port of Shanghai has trade links with ports of over 100 countries and regions.City transport is also convenient.

World's First Commercial Magnetic-Levitation Train
The world's first commercial "maglev" train — reaching a peak speed of 270 mph — transports passengers along a 20-mile track between downtown Shanghai and the city's ultra-modern Pudong International Airport in just over 10 minutes.

This new bullet train is perfectly safe because it has no wheels and never touches the track, so it can't derail. It rides above its track suspended by powerful opposing magnets.

Pudong International Airport
This recently-built airport — stunning and modern — is located about 30 miles east of the Pudong business district. Travelers must pass through Customs when traveling within China as well as internationally.

Hongqiao Airport
This airport is only 12 miles west of downtown Shanghai.

Metro
Nowadays, Shanghai has 4 Metro lines: Line No.1(Shanghai Railway Station-Xinzhuang), Line No.2(Zhongshan Park-Zhangjianggaoke), Line No 3, or Light Rail Train (Shanghai South Railway Station-Jiangwanzhen), and Line No. 5.

The main city scenery and shopping centres of Shanghai are along metro lines, so metro is a very convenient way for you to visit Shanghai.
No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 5.

Bus
There are more than 1,100 bus lines in Shanghai. Buses are often packed to the hilt and at times, impossible to board. The closest thing to revolutionary fervor in Shanghai today is the rush-hour bus ambushes. Once on board, keep your valuables tucked away since pickpocketing is easy under such conditions, and foreigners make juicy targets.

Contrary to popular belief, buses are not colour coded-the bus number is. Buses 1 to 199 operate from 5 am to 11pm. Buses in the 200 and 400 series are peak-hour buses, and 300 series buses provide all-night service. Suburban and long-distance buses don't carry numbers-the destination is in characters.

The ticket prices are divided into several kinds which are according to the length of the routes and the condition of the bus, RMB 1 for the routes less than 13 km long, RMB1.5 for the over-13 km long routes, RMB 2 for air-conditioned buses.

But we do not recommend you to use bus since it is crowded and often gets caught in jam. Taxi and metro are your first choices.

Taxi
There are 50,000 taxies running in Shanghai City. They are reasonably cheap and easy to flag down, but try to avoid the peak hours of 7 to 9 am and 5 to 7 pm. The start price is RMB 10 for 3 km and RMB 2 for following each 1 km. At night (23:00-5:00) the start price is RMB 13 for 3 km and RMB 2.6 for following each 1 km, once exceeding 10 kilometers' journey, it would be RMB 3.9 for each kilometer, and the bargain is permitted, also, you could take the taxi to travel in a group.

Huangpujiang ferry
There are more than 20 ferry lines between the Bund and Pudong Business District. Ticket price is RMB 0.5/person, RMB 1.3/bike, RMB 1.5/auxiliary bike, RMB 2/motobike; freight train and truck go across the Dongtan Road-Nenjing Road, Mingshen Road-Dandong Road, RMB 10-20 for each one.

Transportation Tips
Before you leave your hotel, ask the Front Desk to write down the name, address and phone number of your hotel in Chinese. Also have them write down your destination in Chinese and show this to the taxi driver before setting off. Remember, not everyone speaks English.