Getting there and accommodation

Tickets

Expo tickets are now on sale, all ticket details can be found on the official Expo 2010 Shanghai China website. Within China, tickets are sold by China Mobile, China Telecom, Bank of Communications and China Post (2,796 outlets). Tickets will also be available for purchase online or via telephone. Outside of China, tickets will be available through authorised vendors within each country.

Expo tickets can be bought in advance through four major ticket outlets:

1. China Mobile (112850): the telephone hotline does not have an English option so it is best to purchase in person at China Mobile stores.

2. China Post: (111855 - then 9 for English) can be purchased over the phone (cash on delivery) or at China Post outlets.

3. The Bank of Communications: (95559 - then 8 for English) can be purchased over the phone if purchaser holds a bank account otherwise purchasable at bank branches (English operator provides branch locations and will translate if necessary).

4. China Telecom: (118114) doesn't have an English option but tickets can be purchased in store.

5. Tickets can also be bought during Expo at the Expo site and are not expected to sell out except for the 'peak' days on May 1-3, Oct. 1-7, 2010 and the last week before the closing date Oct. 25 - 31 - these should be pre-purchased.

Ticket prices available here.

Ticket type (single day, multi-pass etc) information available here.

Transport

If you drive
If you go by taxi
If you go by Metro
If you go by ferry
If you go by bus
How to avoid rush hour
Opening times

Entrances to Expo

If you drive

There will be no parking lots for private cars in the 7-square-kilometer controlled area containing the Expo site and its immediate vicinity. Only vehicles with Expo passes will be allowed in the area.

The city will have five major P+R (park and ride) sites in Jiading District's Shanghai International Circuit, Hongqiao Transport Hub and Songjiang District, providing more than 10,000 spaces for private cars.

If you go by taxi

Some 4,000 high-end Expo taxis will take visitors into and out of the Expo site, mainly through phone and online reservations. The taxis will be able to offer service to people inside the Expo area where private cars are off-limits. The site will be open to other taxis after 9:00pm each day to pick up late-staying visitors.

If you go by Metro

Five Metro lines will arrive near the Expo site Line 13 will take passengers to three stations within the site, two on the Puxi side and one in Pudong. Line 13 will run at six-minute intervals and about three-minute intervals during peak periods. Expo ticket holders can take the trains free after security checks at the Madang Road Station where it connects with Line 9 in Puxi. The six-carriage trains can carry 40,000 passengers per hour.

Lines 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are expected to carry 100,000 riders per hour to nine stations near the Expo site during peak times. The lines will run until midnight. Free shuttle buses will take visitors between nine close Metro stations and the site.

If you go by ferry

Boarding areas, or "water gates," alongside the Huangpu River, will enable visitors to take vessels to the Expo site after passing security and ticket checks.

Three docks, in Pudong's Qichangzhan area, Puxi's Shiliupu area and on Qinhuangdao Road, will be reserved for group tours. The fourth, on Pudong's Dongchang Road, will be open to individual travelers. Ferries can serve at about 18,000 visitors per day.

If you go by bus

Transport hubs, including the city's two airports, two railway stations and the international circuit, will dispatch 16 direct bus lines to the site, to carry 15 percent of the of the predicted visitor volume.

Another 10 percent of visitors are expected to take 20 regular bus routes, which will provide extra service to the Expo.

Authorities will also set up six shuttle bus routes, 105 runs all day, taking people in suburban areas to outlying stations of three subways: Lines 7, 8 and 9.

How to avoid rush hour

The following tips have been given by Shanghai traffic authorities.

Delay your visits to the Expo site until 10:00am to avoid rush-hour traffic.

Enter the site from the five entrances in Pudong rather than the three in Puxi. This is because about 75 percent of the ticket machines are located on the Pudong side.

Organisers will inform the visitors which entrances have fewest people by sending short messages and displaying the information on large screens at the entrances to the site.

All group visitors will enter the site from Pudong.

Expo opening times

The Expo Park and all pavilions of official participants shall be open to the public during the period of Expo 2010 from May 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010.

The opening hours of the Expo Park will be:

9:00~24:00 (15 hours) and no admission after 21:00.

The opening hours of the pavilions of official participants will be:

9:30~22:30 (13 hours) most end admission at 22:00.

To visit the Expo site after 17:00 on normal days (4 May 2010 to 30 September 2010 and 8 October 2010 to 24 October 2010), you can purchase an Evening Admission Ticket at the entrances for 90RMB each.

Cultural activities and event will take place in public areas while pavilions are closed from 9:00am to 9:30am and 10:30pm to midnight.

Entrances to Expo

Accessing the Australian Pavilion

The Australian pavilion is located next to the exit of the Shibo Avenue station on Line 13. Visitors can access Line 13 from Madang Lu station in Puxi. Tickets and security checks are undertaken before visitors enter the subway station. Visitors receive free travel on Line 13 with an Expo ticket.

Alternately visitors to the Australian pavilion can catch Line 7 to Chang Qing Lu station and walk a short distance to Gate 7 for entry to the site. The Australian pavilion is located a further 500 metres north of this gate. It is likely that Gate 7 will be the meeting point for all VIP access to the Australian pavilion. Details on VIP access are currently being negotiated with the Expo Bureau.

Other entrances

There are 13 entrances in total, 5 in Pudong, 3 in Puxi, 4 water entrances along Huangpu River and 1 Metro entrance.

Pudong:

Hou Tan, near Yuan Yi Lu;

Chang Qing Lu, near Yao Hua Lu;

Yao Hua Lu, near Shang Nan Lu;

Yun Tai Lu, near Pu Dong Nan Lu;

Expo Avenue (Pu Ming Lu), near Qi Lin Lu.

Puxi:

Lu Ban Lu, near Long Hua Dong Lu ;

Xi Zang Nan Lu, near Zhong Shan Nan Yi Lu ;

Ban Song Yuan Lu, near Bao Tun Lu and Wang Da Lu.

By Metro

Get off the Gao Ke Xi Lu Station from Line 6 or Line 7. There are shuttle buses to Expo site.

Get off the Hou Tan Station of Line 7.

Get off the Chang Qing Lu Station from Line 7.

Get off the Yao Hua Lu Station from Line 7 or Line 8, which is the starting place of the Expo taxis and the biggest major entrance.

Get off the Yun Tai Lu Station from Line 7 to get to the Asia Zone.

Get off the Xi Zang Nan Lu Station from Line 8 or Line 4, which is the biggest entrance in Puxi.

Get off the Madang Lu Station from Line 9 and enter Line 13.

Line 13 is the special line for Expo, free when holding Expo tickets. There are only three stations available during Expo, which are Madang Lu Station, Lupu Da Qiao Station and Shibo Avenue station. Madang Lu station, near Xujiahui Lu, is the only Metro entrance for Expo. There'll be about 500 security check gates. Lupu Da Qiao Station and Shibo Avenue station are located in the enclosed area, for tourists to between the Puxi and Pudong area of the Expo site.

For tourists from Jinshan, Fengxian, Qingpu and Chongming Districts, they can take shuttle buses to Line 7, 8 or 9 to get to the Expo site.

There're almost 90 buses for Expo. They are 17、18、36、43、45、65、66、82、89、96、253、610、614、733、802、806、869、871、910、Zhou Nan Line, etc. there'll be 16 special buses for Expo to the Hou Tan Entrance, Shang Nan Lu Entrance and Bai Lian Jing Entrance.

Where to stay in Shanghai?
AustCham Shanghai members are eligible to receive privileged rates during Expo from our sponsorship partners.