Wuhan is a major city in a central position. It has all the bus, rail, road and air connections youwould expect.
By plane
Wuhan can be accessed easily from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport WUH (http://www.whairport.com/) about an hour outside of the city center. Flights from all major domestic airports are available, including Xian, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hong Kong and Taipei. International flights operate from Seoul, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore and Bangkok. Thai AirAsia (http://www.airasia.com) recently launched (http://thestar.com.my/met...) its daily Bangkok-Wuhan service.
By ship
You can also reach Wuhan via boats on the Yangtze River, either from downstream centers such as Shanghai and Nanjing or from Chongqing further upstream, via the famous Three Gorges route.
By train
Wuhan is a major railway hub, connected by direct trains with most of China's major cities. Overnight express trains Z series trains take one from Beijing ¥263, Shanghai, Hangzhou or Ningbo in 9-12 hours. There are also frequent train connections from Guangzhou taking about 12 hours and a bit less frequent trains from Shenzhen.
Besides over night trains, there are also day-time high-speed trains D and G series which connect Wuhan with Beijing via Zhengzhou, Shanghai via Hefei and Nanjing, Guangzhou ï¼via Changsha) and Nanchang. It takes 4.25â6.15 hours to Shanghai Â¥280, 8.5 hours to Beijing and 3-4 hours to Guangzhou Â¥490. The journey to Guangzhou has been reduced to around 3 hours since the opening of the 300km/h train, it runs every 15 minutes and makes it faster than flying.
There are three major passenger train stations: Wuhan, Wuchang and Hankou. WuhanâGuangzhou high-speed trains arrive at Wuhan station. Hankou station is current being renovated.
By bus
There are two major long distance bus stations, again in Hankou and Wuchang respectively, which tend to have buses visiting both.