Zhengzhou
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[edit] Getting in & Getting out
[edit] By Air
The airport, Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport (郑州新郑国际机场), is about 30 km southeast of downtown Zhengzhou, at the border line of town of Xuedian (薛店镇) and town of Mengzhuang (孟庄镇). There are about 19 airlines with a total of 61 routes from/to Zhengzhou, going to 45 cities.
Airport shuttle buses run from the airport to Henan Civil Aviation Hotel Zhengzhou centrally located at 3 Jinshui Road. The shuttle buses operate between 6:00--18:00, and take about 40 minutes between the airport and the hotel. The buses depart the airport whenever necessary according to the arrival schedule of the flights; and leave the hotel for the airport every hour at the beginning of each hour. The shuttle bus ticket is 15 RMB. Taxi costs about 80 RMB one way.
The airport info line is 0371-68510055.
[edit] By Train
Zhengzhou railway station is over 100 years old (established in 1904). China's biggest transit station for both passenger trains and freight trains. China's two railway arteries, Beijing-Guangzhou (京广线) and Longhai (Lianyungang, Jiangsu -- Lanzhou, Gansu) (陇海线) (Long for Gansu, and Hai for Lianyungang) intersect here at Zhengzhou [1]. The station handles over 260 passenger trains every day and about 61.5k passengers on average every day (over 90k passengers on a peak day). You can get here from nearly every major cities, such as Beijing (about 11 hours), Guangzhou (about 18 hours), Xi'an (about 5 hours) and Shanghai (about 14 hours).
The train station info line is: 0371-68356666
You can buy the tickets 2 ~ 10 days in advance. Station window # 57 ~ 60 sells tickets 4~10 days in advance, and other windows sell tickets 1~3 says in advance.
[edit] By Bus
The long-distance bus station is right across from the train station. Buses are generally cheaper, but less comfortable than the trains, even though the long-distance buses generally come with sleepers. Buses go to almost all major cities in China.
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- Dahe Jinjiang Hotel
- Express by Holiday Inn Zhengzhou
- Fengleyuan Hotel
- Holiday Inn Zhengzhou
- Kai Lai Hotel
- Red Coral Hotel
- The Geat Wall Hotel
- Xinhua Jianguo Hotel
- Zhengzhou Weilai Conifer Hotel
- Zhengzhou Jin Qiao Hotel





