Suzhou Transportation-By Long-distance Bus

Suzhou Transportation by Long-distance Bus mainly introduces how to get to/from Suzhou by long-distance bus and briefly introduces the bus stations in Suzhou and Suzhou long-distance bus schedule. Long-distance bus plays an important role in Suzhou Transportation, which is the most convenient way to the nearby cities. Compared with planes and trains, long-distance bus is more flexible than plane and less crowed than train. With the development of internet and information technology, it is very convenient to buy a ticket from the apps, such as Ctrip, Fliggy. As the most developed city in China, Suzhou has a large of population. It may be difficult to buy a ticket during the Spring Festival, National Day and other peak season. Therefore, you shall buy the tickets 7 days in advance.

The city Suzhou has 4 long distance bus stations including Suzhou South Bus Station, Suzhou North Bus Station, Suzhou Railway Station North Square Bus Station and Suzhou West Bus Station. Suzhou enjoys a developed high system. It is very convenient to get to Shanghai and Hangzhou within 2 hours and 2.5 hours by long-distance bus. The road condition to Wuxi(45km, 70 minutes’driving), Zhouzhuang Water Town(46km, 1 hour’s driving) and Tongli Water Town(27 km, 45 minutes’ driving) is very good. At present, there are major five long-distance bus stations in Suzhou, namely, Suzhou North Square Bus Station, Suzhou North Bus Station, Suzhou South Bus Station, Suzhou West Bus Station and Wuzhong Bus Station.

Major Bus Stations in Suzhou

Suzhou North Bus Station

Suzhou North Bus Station has long distance bus departures for Anhui Province, Shandong Province, Hubei Province, Henan Province, Zhejiang Province, Guangdong Province, Shanxi Province, Fujian Province and Shanghai City. The bus station also has medium distance bus departures for other cities in Jiangsu Province as well as short distance buses leaving for the subsidiary cities and districts of Suzhou.

Location: No. 29 Xihui Road, Pingjiang District, Suzhou City(苏州市平江区西汇路29号)
Tel: 0512-67530686 
How to Get There: Bus routes 309, 316, 83, 8 (Express), 219, 406, 812, 56, 40 and 522 stop at the North of North Station (汽车北站北); Bus routes 101, 26, 10, 44, 6 (Express), 5 (Tourism), 119, 529, 79, 55 and 64 stop at North Bus Station (汽车北站); Bus routes 324, 86, 84, 112, 54, 85 and 87 stop at North Station Underground Terminal(汽车北站地下首末站).

 Suzhou South Bus Station

Suzhou South Bus Station has bus routes for Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Huaian, Suqian, Lianyungang, Shanghai Disneyland, Shanghai Pudong Airport, Shanghai Hongqiao Airport as well as bus routes for Suzhou subsidary cities and districts such as Kunshan, Taicang, Zhangjiagang, Changshu and etc.

Location: No. 5 Nanhuan East Road, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City(苏州市吴中区南环东路5号)
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How to Get There: Bus routes 3, 504, 52, 512, 933, 514, 900, 60, 39, 529, 168, 66, 43, 308, 103, 811, 16, 550, 63 and 101 stop at the South Bus Station(汽车南站); Bus routes 108, 218, 52, 514, 900, 60, 931, 42, 39, 529, 168, 811, 53 and 55 stop at the North of Bus Bus Station(汽车南站北); Bus routes 10, 4 and 1 (express) stop at the East of South Bus Station(汽车南站东).

 Suzhou West Bus Station

Adjacent to Suzhou Amusement Park, Suzhou West Bus Station locates at the junction of Changjiang Road and Jinshan Road in Suzhou New District. It has another name of Suzhou New District Bus Station. Suzhou West Bus Station has more than 100 daily departures for Henan Province, Hunan Province, Shandong Province, Hebei Province, Sichuan Province, Liaoning Province, Anhui Province, Fujian Province as well as departures for the north regions of Jiangsu Province.

Location: No. 78 Jinshan Road, Huiqiu District, Suzhou City(苏州市虎丘区金山路78号)
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How to Get There: Bus routes 42, 324, 329, 51, 302, 303, 304, 333, 67, 322 and 37 stop at the West Bus Station (汽车西站); Bus routes 2, 38, 68, 69, 89, 80 and 3 (tourism) stop at Suzhou Amusement Park (苏州乐园); Bus routes 325 and 816 stop at Lvbao Square (绿宝广场).

Suzhou North Square Bus Station

Suzhou North Square Bus Station locates on the west of Suzhou Railway Station North Square. It was opened in 2011 as an integrated transportation hub. The bus station has departures for Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Shanghai as well as the subsidary cities and districts of Suzhou.

Location: No. 1455, Suzhan Road, Suzhou(苏州市苏站路1455号)
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How to Get There: Bus routes 518, 202, 178, 119, 6 (express), 83, 38, 26, 1, 4 (tourism), 1 (tourism) and 2 (express) stop at the East of North Square Bus Station (北广场汽车站东); Bus routes 712, 502, 317, 219, 102, 80, 69, 50, 33, 19 and 3 (tourism) stop at the West of North Square Bus Station (北广场汽车站西); Bus routes 529, 522, 166, 81, 79, 44, 40, 10, 8, 7, 6 and 5 (tourism) stop at Suzhan Road (苏站路).

Suzhou Long-distance Bus Schedule

Suzhou North Bus Station

Long-distance Bus Timetable Between Suzhou and Shanghai

Shanghai-Suzhou

Suzhou to Shanghai Bus

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