The School of Physics and Astronomy [map] is located in Zhuhai campus in Tangjia (or Tangjiawan，唐家湾), a small town in the north suburbs of Zhuhai. Find below the local transport information. You may also find the taxi slip in Chinese useful.
[via Zhuhai airport] [via Guangzhou airport] [via Zhuhai train station] [via Guangzhou train station] [via Hongkong Airport/city] [via Shenzhen City] [Guangzhou SYSU campus]
| location: | south suburbs of Zhuhai city |
| features: | a small airport; not very English friendly; recommended for domestic visitors who speak Chinese. |
| taxi: | taxi to SYSU campus, costs about 200 CNY, a bit more than 1 hour |
| shuttle bus: | shuttle bus between Zhuhai airport and Tangyi Hotel in Tangjia (唐邑酒店). The information can be found here. You can also buy the tickets on wechat via wechat public account 珠海机场快线。 |
| bus: | virtually impossible (takes ~ 3 hours). |
| location: | north suburbs of Guangzhou city |
| features: | international airport; more English friendly. |
| shuttle bus: | Airport Shuttle bus to Tangjia: about 100 CNY, 2 hours; The information can be found at here. You can also buy the tickts on wechat via wechat public account 白云机场空港快线。 |
| taxi: | very expensive (>800 CNY); NOT reimbursable |
| bus: | None |
| location: | in Zhuhai city |
| features: | city center; not quite English friendly. |
| taxi: | about 80 CNY, 50 minutes |
| bus: | bus# 10/10a/k1/k3 to Zhong-Shan-Da-Xue station (中山大学站), about 80 minutes |
| location: | Guangzhou city |
| features: | city center; not quite English friendly. |
| intercity train: | There are frequent high-speed trains between Guangzhou South station and Tangjia. You can buy a ticket to Tangjiawan station (唐家湾站). Tangjiawan railway station is about 15min driving distance or 30min cycling distance from the campus, you can take a taxi or bus# 69/10a/k3 to Zhong-Shan-Da-Xue station (中山大学站) |
| campus shuttle bus: | take a taxi or subway to Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou south campus south gate (中山大学广州南校区南门), then take the campus shuttle bus from Guangzhou south campus to Zhuhai campus (the bus station is at the south gate), the shuttle bus may stop at many stations, be sure you get off in Zhuhai campus |
| ferry: | You can take the ferry between Zhuhai Jiuzhou Ferry Terminal (珠海九洲港) and Hongkong International Airport (香港机场), or Hongkong-Macau Terminal (港澳码头), or Hongkong-China Terminal (中港城码头)。You can buy tickets on wechat via the wechat public account 九洲客运母港。If you do not know what wechat is, you may want to try the following agency: http://www.cksp.com.hk/en The taxi fare between the SYSU Zhuhai campus and the Zhuhai Jiuzhou ferry terminal is about 50CNY. |
| ferry: | You can take the ferry between Shenzhen Shekou terminal (深圳蛇口港) and Zhuhai Jiuzhou terminal (珠海九州港). You can buy the ticke on wechat via the wechat public account 招商蛇口邮轮母港。Note that the return ferry ticket needs to be purchased via a different wechat public account 九洲客运母港。 The taxi fare between the SYSU Zhuhai campus and the Zhuhai Jiuzhou ferry terminal is about 50CNY. |
| campus shuttle bus: | The campus shuttle bus connects Guangzhou campuses to Zhuhai campus. You can buy the tickets at the campus bus station (up to 10 min before the departure time) or on wechat (公众号：珠海拱运岐关公司). The shuttle bus are usually quite frequent (except for summer/winter holidays). The schedule of the shuttle bus changes from time to time, you can find the latest information here (may only be visible with campus wifi). |
