{"id":1792,"date":"2010-11-15T22:24:30","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T14:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/15\/how-to-take-a-bus-in-shanghai\/"},"modified":"2010-11-15T22:24:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T14:24:30","slug":"how-to-take-a-bus-in-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shanghai-travel\/how-to-take-a-bus-in-shanghai","title":{"rendered":"How to Take a Bus In Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">If you&#8217;d like to take a bus for your\u00a0<\/span><a onmousedown=\"return clk(0,'','','','15','','0CF8QFjAO')\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_tours\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #551a8b;\">Shanghai Tour<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"> in order to be close to the local people in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shanghai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">, you must have some basic information on how to take a bus in Shanghai.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There are many kinds of buses in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shanghai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0&#8211; one RMB non air-conditioned buses, two RMB air-conditioned buses, and buses charged according to the distance of your bus ride. One route\u00a0may be served by both non-air conditioned and air-conditioned buses with different ticket prices. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Air-condtioned <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/shanghai_transportation\/bus.php\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shanghai Bus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">s are marked with the Chinese characters&#8221;\u7a7a\u8c03&#8221;. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/shanghai_transportation\/bus.php\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shanghai Bus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0lines with two or digit numbers starting with the &#8220;1&#8221; or &#8220;7&#8221; usually have no ticeket salespersons. Passengers are expected to feed exact change into a money slot at the front by the driver. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Bus lines with the digit nunber of &#8220;2&#8221; usually run during the peak hours in the morning while the bus lines with the number of &#8220;3&#8221; operate in the evening. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Unnumbered Daqiao Xian (Bridge Line) and Suidao Xian (Tunnel Line ) link the Pudong and Puxi. In the morning you will expect huge crowds on the trip from Pudong to Puxi in the morning and from Puxi to Pudong in the evening. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The buses running in the suburbs are served by Zhuan Xian (Special Lines). These special lines are enough to take you to have sightseeing outside the city of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shanghai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The main urban bus hubs are scattered around Shanghai railway stations, long-distance bus stations, People&#8217;s Square, Xhjiahui, Zhongshan Park and Wujiaochang. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The bus stops can be very confusing, especially in the large bus hubs. The bus stops in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Shanghai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0are usually named after the name of the streets\u00a0the stops\u00a0are located. But very often some bus stops with the same names are separated far from each other or bus stops of different names are located in the same place. If you are not quites sure whether you are on the right bus, you may confirm with the ticket salesperson or the bus driver. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">One thing you must keep in mind is that there are many one-way streets in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Shanghai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">, so your return bus trip may be not the same bus route from that of your departure. When you start to use\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shanghai_travel_guide\/shanghai_transportation\/bus.php\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\">Shanghai Bus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">\u00a0service, you must make sure you make the correct bus lines and the right direction as well as your return route.<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1788\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1788\" title=\"Shanghai bus 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shanghai bus 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1789\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1789\" title=\"Shanghai bus 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-2.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shanghai bus 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1790\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1790\" title=\"Shanghai bus 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-3.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shanghai bus 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1791\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1791\" title=\"Shanghai bus 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-4.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shanghai-bus-4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shanghai bus 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 If you&#8217;d like to take a bus for your\u00a0Shanghai Tour in order to be close to the local people in Shanghai, you must have some basic information on how to take a bus in Shanghai. \u00a0 There are many kinds of buses in\u00a0Shanghai\u00a0&#8211; one RMB non air-conditioned buses, two RMB air-conditioned buses, and buses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shanghai-transportation","category-shanghai-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}