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Shaanxi Transportation
How about Shaanxi Transportation? Shaanxi was established as a provincial government since Qing Dynasty. On 10 January 1950, the People's Government of Shaanxi was established in Xi'an.
Shaanxi has a convenient and safety integrated transportation system. Shaanxi is a province with long history, numerous historical relics and scenic spots. It is very convenient not matter by air or by railway or by highway when traveling in Shaanxi. Following are the brief introduction on air, railway, and highway within the province.
By Air
There 5 airports in Shaanxi Province. They are located in Xian/Xianyang, Yan'an, Yulin,Baoji and Ankang.
Xi’an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) is one of the top ten airports and one of the eight hub-airports in China. It is located 50 km (about 31 miles) northwest of downtown Xi’an in Xianyang, a neighboring city. It has contacted with near 30 airline companies including New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Frankfurt, Vancouver, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. It cooperates with 41 airlines, operating over 244 air lines to about 119 cities / regions at home and abroad. Starting here, passengers can fly to major cities in midwestern China within one hour like Chengdu, Chongqing, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Lanzhou, Xining and Yinchuan; to 70% of China’s territory within 2 hours; and all of China’s capital cities and major tourism cities within 3 hours. There are eight shuttle bus lines between the airport and downtown Xi’an and one between the airport and Xianyang city. The facilities and services here like left luggage, restaurants, smoking room and others make one’s departure and arrival easy and pleasant.
By Railway
The railway transportation in Shaanxi is very convenient, and travelers can get to Shaanxi from main cities in China. In 2015, total mileage of railway in Shaanxi was more than 4,300 km, freight volume was 201 million tons and passenger traffic was 37.3696 million peron-times. Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi, is one of six largest hinges of railway passenger transport in China. Through developing sea-railway combined transportation with Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjing and other harbors, outbound goods of Shaanxi could be directly exported after one-off customs clearance and commodities inspection in Xi’an.
Major Railway Staions in Shaanxi:
Xi'an is a city where six of China's main railway lines intersect, thus the city is linked with all of China’s provincial capital cities and four municipalities, for instance, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Haikou, Tibet, etc. Apart from the capital cities, visitors can easily find trains for many tourism cities such as Guilin, Dunhuang, Luoyang, Suzhou, Qingdao, Huashan,Zhangjiajie, etc. Read More: Xi'an North Railway Station Xian Railway Station Yan'an Railway Station, Hanzhong Railway Sttaion
High-speed Railways in Shaanxi
Several high speed rails such as Xuzhou-Lanzhou High Speed Rail, Datong-Xi’an High Speed Rail, etc pass the city make to reach Beijing, Shanghai and even Shenzhen within 10 hours.
Xi'an-Chengdu High-speed Railway,operated in Dec 2017, is the first high-speed railway connecting southwest and northwest China through the Qinling mountains. It takes only 3 hours by bullet trains from Xian North Railway Station to Chengdu via Hanzhong.
The Long-Hai Railway runs across Shaanxi region and connects Huan Mountain, Lintong, Xi'an, Xianyang and Baoji; trains are available to Yan'an, Tongchuan and Ankang in Xi'an.Xi’an is a city where six of China's main railway lines intersect, thus the city is linked with all of China’s provincial capital cities and four municipalities, for instance, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Haikou, Tibet, etc. Apart from the capital cities, visitors can easily find trains for many tourism cities such as Guilin, Dunhuang, Luoyang, Suzhou, Qingdao, Huashan, etc.
Several high speed rails such as Xuzhou-Lanzhou High Speed Rail, Datong-Xi’an High Speed Rail, etc pass the city make to reach Beijing, Shanghai and even Shenzhen within 10 hours. Among the five railway stations in the city, three are used for passengers' transportation while the East and the West are for freight only.
By Highway
The highway communication of Shaanxi covers most parts of Shaanxi centering on Xi’an. There are several Bus Stations in Xi’an, and Xi’an is one of the biggest highway transportation junction ranks only second to Beijing. Shaanxi construction Traffic mileage was over 50,000 km and mileage of expressway was 1,300 km in 2005. At present, expressway runs through Shaanxi and expressway Xi’an-Baotou was open to traffic. Centered on Xi’an, expressway network of Shaanxi, taking national main trunk line and great path of west China as framework, connecting with 10 cities in Shaanxi and striking towards outside Shaanxi, has taken shape. In 2005, freight volume was 235 million tons and passenger traffi c was 336 million person-times.