There are 5 ways to get from Liverpool to Shanghai by train or plane
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
14h 57m¥2,701–7,852Fly Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LPL - PVG
18h 42m¥1,790–8,626Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane MAN - SHA
18h 26m¥1,851–9,302Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LGW - PVG
17h 1m¥3,340–7,912Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH)plane MAN - HGH
- Take the train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
19h 59m¥2,723–5,041
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥2700 - ¥8000 and takes 14h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 14h 57m and costs ¥2700 - ¥8000.
The distance between Liverpool and Shanghai is 9293 km.
It takes approximately 14h 57m to get from Liverpool to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 7h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 2:49 PM in Liverpool and 9:49 PM in Shanghai.
There are 703+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Shanghai, China?
Ryanair, Shanghai Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) twice daily.
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,000
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,500
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–21,000
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–9,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–11,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–21,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,000
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–200
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥150–240
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥120–230
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–260
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥170–270
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
Train from Hangzhou East to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
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