There are 9 ways to get from Shanghai to Xihu by train, ferry, taxi, car ferry, plane, subway, or bus
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Train, ferry
best- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pingtan Stationtrain Shanghai Hongqiao
- Take the ferry from Pingtan Port to Taichung Harborferry
11h 56m$105–215Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport, train
cheapest- 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
8h 46m$74–191Train, taxi, car ferry
- Take the train from Shanghai South to Zhangzhoutrain
- Take the taxi from Zhangzhou to Xiamen Porttaxi
- Take the car ferry from Xiamen Port to Taichung Harborcarferry
28h 17m$148–282Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
- 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
7h 52m$145–350Line 2 subway to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train, line 6737 bus
- Take the subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Roadsubway
- 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
- Take the bus from Zhanghua Station to Xihu Stationbus
8h 12m$126–253Fly 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
8h 14m$222–688Fly 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
12h 6m$178–522Line 10 subway, train, line 1 subway to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, line 6737 bus
- 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 Zhanghua Station to Xihu Stationbus
10h$80–186Train to Ningbo Lishe International Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbotrain
- Fly from Ningbo Lishe International Airport (NGB) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane NGB - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
10h 44m$131–291
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Xihu is to line 10 subway and train and line 1 subway and fly and line 6737 bus which costs $75 - $190 and takes 10h.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Xihu is to fly and train which takes 7h 52m and costs $140 - $350.
The distance between Shanghai and Xihu is 1151 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Xihu without a car is to train and taxi and car ferry which takes 28h 17m and costs $140 - $290.
It takes approximately 11h 56m to get from Shanghai to Xihu, including transfers.
There are 159+ hotels available in Xihu.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Xihu, Taiwan?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Xihu. However, you can take the line 10 subway to Shanghai Hongqiao Train Station, walk to Shanghai Hongqiao, take the train to Pingtan Station, drive to Pingtan Port, take the ferry to Taichung Harbor, then drive to Xihu. Alternatively, you can take the line 3 subway to Shanghai South Railway, walk to Shanghai South, take the train to Zhangzhou, take the taxi to Xiamen Port, take the car ferry to Taichung Harbor, walk to Taichung Harbor Passenger Service Center, take the line 308 bus to Gancheng Station, then take the line 6737 bus to Xihu Station.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Ningbo Lishe International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–200
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29–290
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–340
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29–290
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–340
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–290
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–360
- Website
- uniair.com.tw
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–290
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- 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
- $100–270
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Pingtan Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $59–64
- 1st Class Seat
- $95–110
- Business Class Seat
- $140–200
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 Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- 2nd Class Seat
- $20–22
- 1st Class Seat
- $33–36
- Business Class Seat
- $45–70
Train from Shanghai South to Zhangzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $50–70
- Adult - 1st Class
- $85–120
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Ningbo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $16–23
- Adult - 1st Class
- $24–35
- Phone
- 4266-3000
- Website
- en.thsrc.com.tw
Train from 台北 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–24
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $20–23
- Standard
- $21–24
- Business
- $40
Train from 桃園 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $15–18
- Standard
- $16–19
- Business
- $33
Train from 左營 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–27
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $23–26
- Standard
- $23–27
- Business
- $44
- Phone
- (86)021-64370000
- Website
- shmetro.com
Subway from West Nanjing Road to Longyang Road
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Adult
- $1
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
- Phone
- 0800(04)8320106
- yulinbus@gmail.com
- Website
- taiwanbus.tw
Bus from Zhanghua Station to Xihu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- taiwanbus.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
- taiwancsf.com
- Adult
- $40–140
- Second class
- $111
- First Class
- $140
- Website
- coscotw.com.tw
Car ferry from Xiamen Port to Taichung Harbor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Schedules at
- coscotw.com.tw
- Standard
- $75–120
- Lux
- $85–130
- Deluxe
- $280–600
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