There are 8 ways to get from Karaganda to Shanghai by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Fly from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane KGF - PVG
12h 16m¥1,482–6,087Train, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Karaganda Pass to Dostyktrain
- Drive from Dostyk to Jinghe Southcar
- Take the train from Jinghe South to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain
3d¥637–1,467Bus, train via Yinchuan
- Take the bus from Karagandy Bus station to Astana Saparzhai Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yinchuantrain
- Take the bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Shanghaibus
3d 14h¥1,276–1,556Drive 5,375.9 km
- Drive from Karaganda to Shanghaicar 5,375.9 km
2d 11h¥4,626–6,681Fly Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Fly from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane KGF - SHA
16h 25m¥1,432–6,037Train to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Karaganda Pass to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane NQZ - SHA
15h 23m¥2,033–4,834Bus, train
- Take the bus from Karagandy Bus station to Astana Saparzhai Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain
3d¥819–1,463Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Karagandy Bus station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Shanghai stationtrain
3d 9h¥725–1,355
Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karaganda to Shanghai is to bus and train which costs ¥700 - ¥1400 and takes 3 days 9h.
The fastest way to get from Karaganda to Shanghai is to fly which takes 12h 16m and costs ¥1400 - ¥6500.
The distance between Karaganda and Shanghai is 4555 km. The road distance is 5375.9 km.
The best way to get from Karaganda to Shanghai without a car is to bus and train via Yinchuan which takes 3 days 14h and costs ¥1200 - ¥1600.
It takes approximately 12h 16m to get from Karaganda to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 3h ahead of Karaganda. It is currently 9:55 PM in Karaganda and 12:55 AM in Shanghai.
Yes, the driving distance between Karaganda to Shanghai is 5376 km. It takes approximately 2 days 11h to drive from Karaganda to Shanghai.
There are 1711+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Karaganda, Kazakhstan and Shanghai, China?
Flyr, Air Astana, and two other airlines fly from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) 6 times a week.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Almaty, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,000
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Novosibirsk, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Almaty, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Novosibirsk, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Shimkent, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–14,000
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–2,500
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–2,500
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Novosibirsk, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Shimkent, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–14,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Karaganda Pass to Dostyk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥110–210
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥160–210
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥110–160
Train from Karaganda Pass to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥45–65
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥45–60
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥45–65
Train from Jinghe South to Ürümqi
- Adult - second class
- ¥130–190
Train from Ürümqi to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- ¥320–470
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥700–950
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥1,000–1,500
Train from Ürümqi to Yinchuan
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥170–430
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- ¥170–260
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥360–430
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥550–700
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Karaganda Pass to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥26–40
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- ¥150–220
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥85–120
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ¥26–40
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Karaganda Pass to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥380–750
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥380–550
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥500–750
- Website
- karaganda.avokzal.kz
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Astana Saparzhai Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥44
- Website
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/расписание-автобусов
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥406
- Website
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Astana Saparzhai Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥35–50
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Website
- saparzhai.kz
Bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥464
- Website
- https://saparzhai.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://saparzhai.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥578
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
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