Suzhou Station

Suzhou Station is located just north of the downtown on the northern ring-road and is on the Shanghai-Nanjing mainline. There are frequent high-speed trains to Shanghai, Wuxi, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and Nanjing. 

Suzhou North Railway station

Suzhou North Railway station is used for high-speed trains departing to/from Beijing. It's situated a bit outskirts. A ride to Beijing usually takes 5 hours.

Suzhou Metro

There is a small metro system with three lines. Line 1 is the east to west line and line 2, 4 goes north and south. Line 2 links Suzhou North Station and Suzhou Station. Line 4 links Suzhou Station.

Suzhou Taxi

Taxis are convenient and are generally a hassle-free public transportation alternative. There are lots of taxis, so there is usually no problem to flag one down. Few, if any taxi drivers speak English or any other foreign languages, so unless you speak the local Suzhou dialect or Mandarin, be sure to get your hotel's business card, and have the names and addresses of your destinations written in Chinese to show your taxi driver.