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
15h 2m¥2,714–7,300Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, train
cheapest- 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
20h 44m¥1,736–5,389Train 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 1m¥1,764–5,750Train, 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 12m¥2,171–6,931Fly Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LPL - PVG
18h 54m¥1,903–5,974
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 - ¥7500 and takes 15h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 15h 2m and costs ¥2700 - ¥7500.
The distance between Liverpool and Shanghai is 9293 km.
It takes approximately 15h 2m to get from Liverpool to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 9:11 PM in Liverpool and 5:11 AM in Shanghai.
There are 1564+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Shanghai, China?
Ryanair, Shanghai Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) twice daily.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Dublin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,800
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,000
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,800
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,500
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Liverpool to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
- 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
- ¥60–190
- 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
- ¥40–190
- 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
- ¥35–160
- 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
- ¥370–1,800
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥120–220
- 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
- ¥241–244
- 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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