There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Taiwan by plane, train, ferry, bus, or subway
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane SHA - TSA
- Take the train from 台北 to 台中train
6h 1m$144–441Line 10 subway, train, line 1 subway to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, line 159 bus
cheapest- Take the subway from South Shaanxi Road to Shanghai Hongqiao Train Stationsubway
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Take the subway from East station to Xiaoshan International Airportsubway
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane HGH - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
- Take the bus from HSR Taichung Station(Platform 13) to Taichung 1st Senior High Schoolbus
8h 18m$75–206Train, ferry
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pingtan Stationtrain Shanghai Hongqiao
- Take the ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harborferry
12h 8m$107–217Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Shanghai General to Wenzhoubus
- Take the train from Wenzhou South to Fuzhou Southtrain
- Take the bus from Fuzhou South Station to Pingtan Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harborferry
17h 8m$90–219Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane PVG - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
6h 29m$126–213Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane PVG - TSA
- Take the train from 台北 to 台中train
6h 23m$181–1,039Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane PVG - KHH
- Take the train from 左營 to 台中train
7h 12m$184–272Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC)plane SHA - FOC
- Take the bus from Fuzhou Airport to Pingtanbus
- Take the ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harborferry
10h 38m$205–448
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Taiwan is to line 10 subway and train and line 1 subway and fly and line 159 bus which costs $70 - $210 and takes 8h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Taiwan is to fly and train which takes 6h 1m and costs $140 - $450.
The distance between Shanghai and Taiwan is 876 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Taiwan without a car is to train and ferry which takes 12h 8m and costs $100 - $220.
It takes approximately 6h 1m to get from Shanghai to Taiwan, including transfers.
There are 524+ hotels available in Taiwan.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Taiwan?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Taiwan. However, you can take the line 10 subway to Hongqiao Airport T1, walk to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) airport, fly to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA), walk to Songshan Airport, take the subway to Zhongxiao Fuxing, take the subway to Taipei Main Station, walk to 台北, take the train to 台中, walk to HSR Taichung Station(Platform 14), then take the line 151 bus to Linsen-Fuxin Intersection. Alternatively, you can take a subway from South Shaanxi Road to Taiwan Boulevard-Zhonghua Intersection via Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station, Shanghai Hongqiao, Pingtan Station, Pingtan Port, Taichung Harbor, and Taichung Harbor Passenger Service Center in around 12h 8m.
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–360
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–370
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–350
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–370
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–360
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–300
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–350
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–410
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Phone
- 4266-3000
- Website
- en.thsrc.com.tw
Train from 台北 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–25
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $20–23
- Standard
- $21–25
- Business
- $40
Train from 桃園 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $16–18
- Standard
- $16–19
- Business
- $33
Train from 左營 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–28
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $23–26
- Standard
- $23–28
- Business
- $45
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pingtan Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $58–64
- 1st Class Seat
- $95–105
- Business Class Seat
- $140–210
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Wenzhou South to Fuzhou South
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $16–22
- Adult - 1st Class
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
- Phone
- (86)021-64370000
- Website
- shmetro.com
Subway from South Shaanxi Road to Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Adult
- $1
- Phone
- +86 0571-96600
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from East station to Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- hzmetro.com
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai General to Wenzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $20–28
- Phone
- 400-830-6666
- Website
- ctrip.com
Bus from Fuzhou South Station to Pingtan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- bus.ctrip.com
- Phone
- 0800-676676
- Website
- ubus.com.tw
Bus from HSR Taichung Station(Platform 13) to Taichung 1st Senior High School
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- ubus.com.tw
- Phone
- (02) 2516-9788
- Website
- tourking.com.tw
Ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harbor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Schedules at
- tourking.com.tw
- Book at
- tourking.com.tw
- Adult
- $40–140
- Second class
- $112
- First Class
- $140
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