Transportation in Kashgar
Air
The Kashgar Airport is an International Airport which runs two weekly routine flights from Urumqi to Kashgar then to Islamabad, of Pakistan. The flight goes via Kashgar where it stops 40 minutes to take or put off passengers before departing to Islamabad, Pakistan. There are many daily flights from Urumqi to Kashgar. The frequency of flight increases during summer and decreases during winter. China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and Hainan Airlines runs morning, afternoon and evening flights to Kashgar from Urumqi.
Kashgar Airport
Kashgar Airport (IATA: KHG) is 18km north of the town centre. Flights are available to/from Urumqi, as well as direct flights to and from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou.
Tel：0998-2980988
# 473, Airport Road, 10 km northwest from Kashgar City, Xinjiang, China
A taxi to the city should cost about 30 yuan by meter. Shuttle buses leaving from the International Hotel at People's Square are available for 10 Yuan per person. The airport has its own shuttle bus that goes from the airport into any location in town (just tell the driver where you are going) for 15 Yuan. There is also a public bus that goes to/from the airport to most locations in town, the line 2, for 2 Yuan. To get to the public bus, you must walk straight out of the front entrance of the airport, past the airport gates, and turn left. The line 2 buses wait at the side of the street, about 20 meters to the left.
Rail
Kashgar has the westernmost railway station in China. It is connected to the rest of China's rail network via the Southern Xinjiang Railway, which was built in December 1999. In December 2010, the 488-km Kashgar-Hotan Railway opened to freight traffic. It connects Kashgar with cities in the southern Tarim Basin including Shache (Yarkand), Yecheng (Kargilik) and Hotan. Passenger train service on this line is expected to begin by June 2011.
The investigation work of a further extension of the railway line to Pakistan has already begun. In November 2009, Pakistan and China agreed to set up a joint venture to do a feasibility study of the proposed rail link via the Khunjerab Pass.
Proposals for a rail connection to Osh in Kyrgyzstan have also been discussed at various levels since at least 1996. In 2012, a proposed standard gauge railway from Kashi via Tajikistan and Afghanistan to Iran and beyond has been proposed.
From the train station, Qinibagh and Seman Hotels can be reached a couple of stops after Renmin Square on bus 28 and then walking uphill for about 5 minutes; the people on the bus can probably help you and most people on the street know where these places are.
Kashgar is at the end of the Urumqi-Kashgar line. Destinations of interest include:
Korla - takes about 13-16 hours
Kuqa - takes about 9-11 hours
Urumqi - Fast train K9788 - takes 24 hours, departs at 13:15 ,Train 7558 - takes 32 hours, departs at 8:15
Turpan - about 22 hours by the fast train
Kashgar–Hotan Railway has been completed and is now also open. Stops include but are not limited to:
Yarkand - takes about 4 hours
Hotan - takes about 10-12 hours
Road
The Karakorum highway (KKH) links Islamabad, Pakistan with Kashgar over the Khunjerab Pass. Bus routes exist for passenger travel south into Pakistan. Kyrgyzstan is also accessible from Kashgar, via the Torugart Pass and Irkeshtam Pass; as of summer 2007, daily bus service connects Kashgar with Bishkek's Western Bus Terminal.[71] Kashgar is also located on China National Highways G314 (which runs to Khunjerab Pass on the Sino-Pakistani border, and, in the opposite direction, towards Urumqi), and G315, which runs to Xining, Qinghai from Kashgar.
International Bus Station is at 5 Jicheng Road
Korla- takes about 16 hours
Kuqa- takes about 11 hours
Urumqi- takes about 24 hours
Sost, Pakistan- overnight stay at Tashkurgan required at own expense
Hotan- takes about 10 hours . If you take the night bus, it takes about seven hours, letting you out in front of Hotan's Jiaotong Bingguan (Traffic Hotel) at 3:30am.
Tashkurgan- takes about 8 hours
Yecheng- takes about 4 hours
Ili- takes about 26 hours
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