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When you buy tickets in Kashgar it's imperative to verify which time the ticket
is for. It should be Beijing time ( Click here ), but this isn't always the case.
AIR A dozen daily flights depart for Urumqi (¥1800).
BUS Domestic buses use the long-distance bus station ( diqu keyunzhan; Ti-
annan Lu) .
Sleeper buses to Urumqi (¥265 to ¥285, 22 hours) depart from the interna-
tional bus station every 45 minutes between 10am and 8.30pm.
TRAIN Daily trains to Urumqi depart at 8.18am and 2.44pm (train 9788) and
take 32 and 24 hours, respectively.
Getting Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT The airport is 13km northeast of the town centre.
One shuttle bus (¥10) meets all incoming flights. A taxi should cost ¥15 but
drivers often ask for double this. Bus 2 goes directly to the airport from
People's Sq and Id Kah Mosque.
TAXI Taxis are metered and the flag fall is ¥5.