According to Baidu map query, the subway ride route from Suzhou Station to Oriental Gate is Rail Transit Line 4 → Rail Transit 1 Line, which is 8.8km long and takes 27 minutes.
Mode of transportation: walk 130m from Suzhou Railway Station to get on the subway station of Suzhou Railway Station, take rail transit line 4 (Tongli direction), take three stops to Leqiao subway station, get off the subway and change at the station, walk 40m, get on the rail transit 1 line (9 Zhongnan Street direction), take six stops to Dongfang Gate subway station, and walk/kloc-0.