From Shanghai pudong airport to tianmen, hubei

Take the Maglev and transfer to metro line 2 at Longyang Rd, and get off at Hongqiao Railway Station. Then, you can take a bullet train to Tianmen South, which takes about 6h 30 minutes and CNY286 for a second class seat, CNY342 for a first one. But there are only three trains at 6:12, 6:48 and 8:39.
Or you can take a bus from Hongqiaon Station to Hankou first and then transfer to the train to Tianmen. It takes about 6h -6h 30 minutes in total.

Do you know if I can buy the bullet train tickets right at the station or do I need to buy it ahead of time or register ahead of time or something? Thanks!

Don’t worry, you can buy it at the station.