Transportation of Yueyang

Yueyang is a transportation hub located at the intersection of Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta economic circles, and Wuhan and Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan city clusters. Yueyang enjoys incomparable geographical advantages. It is a node city along the Yangtze River Economic Belt and among the city cluster along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is a key city in Dongting Lake Ecological Economic Zone, and a gateway city of Hunan. A three-dimensional transport network of water, land, and air is taking shape in Yueyang.

Railways and expressways passing through the city include Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Menghua Railway（Jingzhou-Yueyang section）,Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway, expressways between Suizhou and Yueyang, Tongzhou and Pingjiang, Shishou and Huarong, Yueyang and Changde, Yueyang and Wacheng, Lixiang and Yueyang, as well as Linxian and Hubin, and National Highway 107.
 
Yueyang boasts 163 km of shoreline along the Yangtze River. It is a major port city that has a cargo handling capacity of 100 million tons. Chenglingji port is one of the eight deep water ports along the Yangtze River. Chenglingji port was approved to be a national first-class open port, a national comprehensive bonded zone, and one of the first batch of direct ports for freight transport with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. It was a pilot port of shipment for preferential rebate policy, and a designated port for importing meat, grain, finished vehicles, and solid wastes. Such national authorizations will be particularly significant for Yueyang's involving in developing the Yangtze River Economic Belt, so as to accelerate its port and open economies. Yueyang opened direct shipping route from Chenglingji port to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Shanghai’s Yangshan port. It also launched routes to ASEAN countries in support of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

Yueyang is 135 km away from Changsha Huanghua International Airport, and 185 km from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Highway are access to the two airports.

Yueyang Sanhe Airport started construction on December 10, 2015. It is located in Sanhe Township, Yueyang Economic and Technological Development Zone. It is about 18 kilometers from downtown Yueyang. It was officially open to traffic on December 26, 2018. As the feeder airport of Changsha Huanghua Airport and Wuhan Tianhe Airport, it can serve more than 23 million people living in areas around Dongting Lake, Jianghan Plain, and the neighboring areas of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi Provinces. By 2020, it is estimated that the airport will have a passenger throughput of 600,000; a cargo and mail throughput of 1,800 tons; and, an aircraft takeoff and landing of 6,450.

Contact Info

Airport
Sanhe Airport
Add.: Honggang Avenue, Yueyang County, Yueyang City
Ticket Info: 0730-2966666

Railway
Yueyang Railway Station
Yueyang and Beijing-Guangzhou Railway Runs through the city. Every day more than 70 trains leave Yueyang Railway Station for Beijing, Jinan, Guangzhou, Guilin, Wuhan, Kunming, Changsha, Hengyang and other cities.
Add: Zhanqian Road, Yueyang Tower Strict, Yueyang
Ticket Info: (0730)3241122

Yueyang East Railway Station
Add: Baling East Road, Yueyang Tower Strict, Yueyang
Ticket Info: 0730-96020088 / 95105105

Long-distance Bus
For the long-distance bus stations in Yueyang, the Yueyang Bus Station and Dongting Bus Station are considered as the two main bus stations.

Yueyang Long-distance Bus Station
Located at No.359 Baling Road (Middle), it is mainly to the destinations within Hunan: Pingjiang, Miluo, Changsha, Xiangtan, etc. and outside Hunan: Qingdao, Shanghai, Chongqing, etc.
Ticket Info: 0730-8233000

Dongting Bus Station
Located at No.171 Dongting Avenue (湖南省岳阳市岳阳楼区洞庭大道171号), it is 500 meters (about 0.3 miles) from Dongting Lake Bridge. Destinations like Yichang and Jingzhou of Hubei as well as Changde, Zhangjiajie and Huarong in Hunan could be reached from this station. Tourists can take the No.35 or No. 37 buses to arrive at this station.
Ticket Info：0730-8783322

Waterway
Yueyang is an important port along the Yangtze River, and the Chenglingji Port in the north of the city proper is the largest port in Hunan. From the Chenglingji Port, ships can go upstream to Chongqing, and go downstream to Shanghai.
Ticket Info: 0730-8592303

Urban Traffic
The main means of transportation in Yueyang are buses and taxis, the bus fares ranging from CNY 1 to CNY 3.

Taxies

	Starting Price (Within 2 Kilometers)	After 2 Kilometers
	Daytime:5 yuan, Evening(21:00-05:00):5.6 yuan	Daytime:1.5 yuan/km;Evening(21:00-05:00):1.8 yuan /km

  Every 3 minutes of low speed (no more than 12 km/h) driving adds a timing charge of CNY 1, at most CNY10 every single pass.

Source: yueyang.gov.cn