With a new semester approaching, Haimen city is expecting its roads to be busy. So, with an eye to tackling congestion, the city will launch direct shuttle buses to Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu province, to provide a convenient way for university students to reach the city.

Feng Longyou, deputy general manager of Nantong Automobile Transportation Group Haimen Branch, said that the travel rush is expected to peak around Feb 23. Large numbers of travelers have already purchased tickets to popular destinations such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Xuzhou, according to ticket sales data.

Direct shuttle buses will have two routes, one to reach Nanjing’s Jiangning University Town and another to reach Xianlin University Town.

The departure time for Haimen-Jiangning University Town is 8:50 am. The shuttle bus will stop at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hehai University, Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Commerce, China Pharmaceutical University, Jiangsu Maritime Vocational Institute, Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, Nanjing Institute of Technology, and Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology.

The departure time to Haimen-Xianlin University Town is 9:50 am. The shuttle bus will stop at Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing Institute of Industry Technology, Nanjing University of Science and Technology Zijin College, and Nanjing University.