Gejiu Transportation

High-grade highways and narrow gauge railway in Gejiu go directly to Kunming, south to Hekou, the important border town with Vietnam. Highways in Gejiu extend in all directions. 326 line(Kunming-Hekou Highway) and 323 line connect Tangdian倘甸, Shadian沙甸, Jijie鸡街 and Datun大屯 with Kaiyuan, Mengzi and Jianshui, which are the main passages from Gejiu to Kunming and inland. Traffic conditions at Jiasha贾沙, Baohe保和, Kafang卡房 and laochang老厂 of southwestern Gejiu are not so good because of remote terrain and low class of highway.

How to Get in Gejiu

You have two ways to get to Gejiu, long-distance bus and train. As for airplane, it is not available up to now.

1. By Long-distance Bus

There are 11 non-stop buses a day from Kunming East Station to Gejiu Bus Terminal. Here below are main bus terminals in Gejiu City.

a. Gejiu Bus Terminal个旧汽车客运站

Address: No.4, Gejin Road, Gejiu City个旧市个金路4号

Tel: 0873-2132982

b. Xinguan Bus Terminal新冠客运站

Address: No.90, Xinguan Road, Gejiu City个旧市新冠路90号

c. Datun Bus Terminal大屯客运站

Address: No.62, Kunhe Road, Datun Town, Gejiu大屯镇昆河路62号

Kunming-Gejiu

Price: 117 CNY

Departure Time: 8:30, 10:00, 11:00, 11:45, 12:15, 13:50, 14:20, 15:30, 17:15, 18:15, 20:00

Distance: 279 kilometers

Consume Time: about 4 hours

Tips: The price and time are for reference only, specific with actual condition. More prices and departure time, you can ask for details at bus terminals.

2. By Railway

Gejiu Station was out of service for a very long time. Therefore, there is no railway station now in Gejiu, you can't reach to Gejiu directly by train. If you want to take train, you are suggested to transfer in Mengzi City. 

Kunming Station-Mnegzi North Station-Gejiu

You will spend about 3 hour and a half on the train from Kunming to Mengzi, then around 0.5 hour from Mengzi to Gejiu. The starting price of train ticket is 40.5 CNY. Every day, there are at least 4 trains from Kunming to Mengzi. 

3. By Air

At present, there is no airport in Gejiu, you can't go to Gejiu by plane. Mengzi airport, Mile airport, Yuanyang airport and Luxi airport in Hong Prefecture are under plan and construction. In the near future, you may spend less time on the way to Gejiu.

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How to Get Around Gejiu

1. Taxi

Taxi is always the most convenient vehicle to get around a place. Flag-down fare of taxi in Gejiu is usually 5 CNY.

2. Bus

In the city, buses are easily available, it will not spend you much time on the bus, because the city is not too big. And the bus fare is just 1 yuan. Otherwise, there are regular buses between some towns, townships and some villages in Gejiu, convenient and cheap.

3. Minibus

Minibus is another way for local people to travel in a short distance. Passengers may wait for a minibus on the highway or just call the driver. Usually, the minibus will take you anywhere you want to go in a short distance, and the price is cheap.