In partnership with Shenzhen bus companies, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport offers bus services for air passengers arriving late at night.
Passengers can take business vans with seven to 15 seats to neighboring cities or express buses to the other parts of the city from the Ground Traffic Center (GTC) of the airport.
The airport group has installed four LCDs to display bus information at counters inside the GTC and the U-Station outside the GTC at Gate 11 and a resting room for app-based cabs. Passengers can scan codes to purchase tickets through the screens. The airport group has designated the outside of GTC Gate 17 for passengers to wait for the buses.
For the intercity van service, passengers can take vans to Dongguan, Zhongshan and Huizhou. Customers can also group-hire a car to Dongguan, Huizhou and Guangzhou. The route to four locations in Dongguan operates between 9:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. at one-hour intervals. The fares stand between 79-119 yuan (US$12-18). The route to Zhongshan costs 150 yuan and the bus departs at 11:30 p.m. The route to Huizhou costs 120-150 yuan and the bus departs at 10:30 p.m. The starting price for a group hire is 30 yuan each person and the vans operate between 9:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.
The fare for express bus service ranges from 25 to 40 yuan depending on the trip distance.
The four routes of express buses run from the airport to Futian, Longhua, Longang and Pingshan districts.
The A1/NA1 route to Hualian Building, via Shenzhen Airlines Mansion and Investment Building in Futian District, operates between 7 a.m. until the arrival of the last flight at 30-minute intervals. The bus service A2 to three locations in Longhua, including Shenzhen North Railway Station, runs from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m., the following day, at 30-minute intervals. The two routes cost 25 yuan.
The fare for the A4 route to Longgang’s airport satellite waiting hall costs 35 yuan. The buses run between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. the following day, at 30-minute intervals.
The bus trip running between the airport and Yanzi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center in Pingshan via He’ao Metro Station and the airport’s satellite waiting hall in Pingshan, costs 40 yuan. The A5 buses operate from 7 a.m. to 1:40 a.m. the following day.