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Old Aug 3, 2013 | 8:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
Depending on exactly where you could save megabucks and get Line 2 all the way to the airport. Takes about 50mins but costs RMB6!! All metal seats are a touch painful. My absolute prefered way of getting to PVG is the metro to Longyang Lu and then the Maglev. No traffic hassles, no scary taxi drivers and very reliable though having an office over a mtetro stations helps. Maglev station can be a bit steamy in summer though.
50 minutes? Surely you jest!

As I've said repeatedly in the Shanghai Ground Transportation, the buses are way out in front of the pack when you take cost, convenience, and timeliness into account.
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