Transportation

2019-12-15

Travel to TDLI

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute is located at Minhang Campus (southwest area) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The university has seven campuses, Minhang Campus is one of the two main campuses, another one is Xuhui Campus (downtown area). There are several different ways to the destination:
From the airport to TDLI
From Shanghai Pudong International airport to the campus Suggestion: taking taxi, 60 minutes, 280 RMB. From Shanghai Hongqiao International airport to the campus Suggestion: take a taxi, 45 minutes, 180 RMB.
From the Hongqiao train station to the campus
Suggestion 1:take a taxi, 45 minutes, 150 RMB. Suggestion 2:take the bus of Hongqiao Shu Niu 4, get off at the station of Dongchuan Road Yongping Road, 1hour 50 minutes, 7 RMB.
From the Shanghai train station to the campus
Suggestion 1.take a taxi, 60 minutes, 130 RMB. Suggestion 2.take the subway line 1 to the Xinzhuang station, transfer to line 5 to the Dongchuan Road station, then take walk to the campus, 1hour 30 minutes, 6RMB.
From the Shanghai Southern train station to the campus
Suggestion 1.take a taxi, 33minutes, 70RMB Suggestion 2.take the subway line 1 to the Xinzhuang station, transfer to line 5 to the Dongchuan Road station, then take walk to the campus, 1hour 15 minutes, 5RMB.
For the comprehensive travel information including map of Shanghai, Shanghai airports, railway, metro and bus stations, please refer to http://en.sjtu.edu.cn/about-sjtu/life-sjtu/useful-traffic-information/

Shanghai Metro

Shanghai has an extensive public transport system, largely based on buses, taxis, and a rapidly expanding metro system. All of these public transport tools can be accessed using the Shanghai Public Transportation Card.The Shanghai Metro rapid-transit system and elevated light rail has 11 lines (numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8 ,9,10 and 11) at present and extends to every core urban district as well as neighbouring suburban districts such as Songjiang and Minhang. It is one of the fastest-growing systems in the world - the first line opened in just 1995. Shanghai also has the world's most extensive bus system with nearly one thousand bus lines, operated by numerous transportation companies. Not all of Shanghai 's bus routes are numbered - some have names exclusively in Chinese. Bus fares are usually ￥1, ￥1.5 or ￥2, sometimes higher, while Metro fares run from ￥3 to ￥9 depending on distance.