Shenzhen Transportation Tips by Alain_Smeets Top 5 Page for this destination

With the ferry from Hong Kong to Shenzhen

This is the most expensive way of travelling to Shenzhen, but it’s also the most comfortable way of getting there. Why well when you travelled by ferry and by train you know what I’m talking about.

The boats have a maximum capacity of 400 passengers and it takes about one hour from HK to Shenzhen. At the customs at the Chinese side, you are only with the people from the boat and things go relatively fast.

In Hong Kong go to the China Ferry Terminal in Canton Road in Kowloon, here you can buy your tickets and it’s also the place where the ferries leave.

The ferry arrives in the Fu Yong Ferry Terminal close to the Shenzhen international airport.

There are 16 trips daily and the sailing time approx. 1 hour. The departures are between 0730 and 1945

It cost approximately 180 HK$ one-way.

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Mode: TO

Phone: (852) 2859 3333

Type: Ship/Boat

To your destination in Shenzhen: the China way

I was lucky that I was with my supplier and he took me with the mini busses that they use in China, a very cheap way of transport if you can find the correct bus to choose from.

When you leave the China immigration, walk towards the shopping centre and lot’s of people will ask you if you need a taxi, just ignore them. Just go up the stairs towards the shopping centre and then down again and you see a line of taxis waiting for customers, smile and pass them. (It was easy for me I just had to follow Alfred.)

You come to a bus park and there you have to find the bus that will bring you to your place. If you have the number, then you know which one to choose, otherwise good luck or you need to speak Chinese to ask for directions.

These are small minibuses and once you are in, it will leave when it’s full or when the departure time is there, what ever comes first. On the road to your destination there are no real bus stops, just yell when you want to get out. Sometimes you have to change busses to get to your final destination, make sure that you have everything detailed before you start this adventure.

I like this way much more then the ferry connection, you are surrounded by Chinese people, but because I don’t speak Chinese it’s for me impossible to communicate with them, so I try to sleep or look outside the window.

And travel light, the luggage goes with you inside the bus and you only have one seat.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Bus

To your destination in Shenzhen: the easiest way

For a foreigner without any help from a friend or supplier it will be not so easy to get to your place of destination. If you are alone, just take a taxi and show them the Chinese address and they will bring you there.

But make sure that you have the address with you in Chinese writing, not all of them can read and understand English.

When you leave the Fu Yong Ferry Terminal, you will see a lot of taxis waiting and just take the first in line.

When you leave the China immigration, walk towards the shopping centre and lot’s of people will ask you if you need a taxi. You can follow one of them or just go up the stairs towards the shopping centre and then down again and you see a line of taxis waiting.

Mode: AROUND

Type: Car/Motor Home

With the train from Hong Kong to Shenzhen

Take the KCR towards Lo Wu, this is the mainland boundary, it’s at the border between China and Hong Kong. There is a train almost every 10 minutes, so you don’t have to wait so long as for the ferry.

Lo Wu is the end station of the line and also the place where most people will leave, especially on a Monday evening when all the Hong Kong people are going back to Shenzhen to their work.

You don’t have to walk towards customs, just go with the flow and feel as one big happy family with the hundreds and hundreds of other travellers who all want to go to China. It can take a bit longer to clear the immigrations, but it’s a great experience. Once at the other side, you will cross the border river and then you have to go through immigrations at the Chinese side.

A ticket will cost you between 20 and 33 HK$, depending of your starting point.

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Mode: TO

Phone: (852) 2602 7799

Type: Train

Website: http://www.kcrc.com/