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It is a modern ferry terminal allowing hourly ferry services to the Taiwanese controlled Kinmen Island. It features immigration facilities and check-in services for Kinmen Airport allowing for seamless transfers between many cities in Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. Looking from the Arrivals hall across to the Departures hall of the terminal ...
The ferry services were suspended in February 2020 as part of COVID-19 pandemic control measures. [4] It was the only ferry link between Taiwan proper and mainland China, as other cross-strait ferries are between Matsu Islands and Fuzhou and Kinmen to Xiamen. The trip took 3 hours each way. [5]
With the direct Cross-Strait flights between mainland China and Taiwan being expensive compared to domestic fares for each side respectively, this makes travel via Kinmen with an hourly short thirty-minute ferry ride to Xiamen's Wutong Ferry Terminal, close to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, very popular. Check-in facilities for Kinmen ...
Travel restrictions between Kinmen and the main island of Taiwan were lifted in 1994 following the end of decades-long military administration over Kinmen. A direct ferry route to Xiamen was inaugurated in January 2001 following the establishment of the Three Links. [5]
Ferries departing from the pier go to Jiugong Pier in Lieyu Island. It also departs to Dongdu Port and Wutong Port in Xiamen and Shijing Port in Quanzhou . It operates 42 boats per day.
Ships approaching and departing from Xiamen Port uses the channel between ROC-controlled Dadan Island and PRC-controlled Qingyu Island to access the Taiwan Strait.Starting December 2015, Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications opened the channel between Dadan Island and Menghu Islet (both are ROC-controlled) as a shortcut for ships using the Liuwudian, Xiang'an area of the ...
Xiamen has passenger ferry services to cities along the coast of China as well as the neighbouring island of Kinmen (Quemoy) to the east, which is administered by the Republic of China on Taiwan. These ferries are all served from the Wutong Ferry Terminal to Shuitou Pier, Kinmen on the north-east side of the Xiamen Island (quite distant from ...
Gulangyu, Gulang or Kulangsu is a pedestrian-only island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is about 2 km 2 (0.77 sq mi) in area, and is reached by an 8-minute ferry ride from downtown Xiamen.