Originally Posted by
TRAVELSIG
Any updates on what a taxi may cost? Or private driver?
I need to head from the centre of Shanghai tomorrow to the Shangri-La Hotel Suzhou. Am I better off to take a car all the way- or get a train and then get off at ? ? and taxi to the hotel?
Thanks for any advice- I will be leaving from a meeting on Hengshan Road.
To update I ended up taking the train today as a driver would have taken a long time due to the heavy amount of rain in Shanghai this morning.
The train travel time is 25 minutes.
The drive from Hengshan Road to the train station took 35 minutes- it would have been much less had the weather not considerably slowed down traffic today.
The train cost was 60 RMB first class Shanghai-Suzhou. Personally for a 25 minute ride I would not really bother with first class however everything else was sold out due to last minute ticket purchase so it may be a matter of convenience.
Having taken a car and driver previously- this is a much faster solution and also far more relaxing considering the traffic in/around Shanghai.