Xianyang

Xianyang (咸阳; Xiányáng) is a city in Shaanxi Province.

By plane
A bus service operates between the airport and Xianyang West Railway Station. The bus departs from Terminal 3 and stops at Terminal 2 before heading to Xianyang West Railway Station. Buses to Xianyang West Railway Station run between 09:00 and 21:00. Buses going in the opposite direction, from Xianyang West Railway Station to the airport, operate between 08:00 and 19:30. There is one bus every 40 minutes in each direction. The fare is ¥15 and the journey time is about 40 minutes.

By local public transit
If coming from Xi’an, it is often easier to take a public bus or metro train.

Line 1 of the Xi’an Metro links downtown Xi’an with downtown Xianyang. Xianyang West Railway Station is the terminus of the line.

Line 14, which runs between the airport and Xi’an North Railway Station, has multiple stations in Xianyang.

Get around
The metro lines mentioned in the Get-in section may also be used to get around the city. There is, however, no direct line linking the western part of the city with the eastern part, so if you wanted to travel from Qindu District to the eastern part of Weicheng District by metro train, you would need to go into Xi’an first and change trains two times. Obviously, it would be somewhat easier in that case to catch a mainline train from Xianyang to Xi’an North Station, then get a metro train from there.

Of course, public buses are also available. WeChat users can use the same mini-app to pay the bus fare that they would use in Xi’an.

One bus that travellers might find useful is bus no. 1010, which runs between Feng River Forest Park Station on Metro Line 1 and Qingong Station on Metro Line 14. By taking this bus, you can travel between the western and eastern parts of the city without going through Xi’an.