Cheapest€30.59
- China Railway CR437506:242h 8m08:32Shanghai railway stationNanjing railway station
Door to door 2h 52mCO2 8.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Shanghai to Nanjing train
Trains from Shanghai to Nanjing start at €30.59 and take 2h 40m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Shanghai to Nanjing on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Shanghai to Nanjing starts at €30.59 and takes 2h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 270 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 40mDoor to door
- 1h 56mMoving
- €38.84 to €89.44From
- 06:24 to 14:37First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 8.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€38.84 to €89.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €89.44Fri18
- about €83.94Sat19
- about €61.94Sun20
- about €55.89Mon21
- about €53.14Tue22
- about €47.64Wed23
- about €63.04Thu24
- about €47.09Fri25
- about €46.54Sat26
- about €55.34Sun27
- about €43.79Mon28
- about €38.84Tue29
- about €44.89Wed30
- about €49.84Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Fastest€33.89
- China Railway CR582514:371h 56m16:33Shanghai railway stationNanjing railway station
Door to door 2h 40mCO2 8.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €30.59 | 2h 37m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Nanjing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nanjing for the night the train gets in
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When to book Shanghai to Nanjing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.7990 days
- €28.3960 days
- €31.1445 days
- €30.0430 days
- €37.1921 days
- €46.7514 days
- €59.737 days
- €61.943 days
- €82.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is €82.74, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €43.80Sun
- €34.95Mon
- €35.54Tue
- €44.39Wed
- €46.75Thu
- €47.09Fri
- €46.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Shanghai
Rail
- Shanghai railway station
- Shanghainan Railway Station
- Shanghai West railway station
Nanjing
Rail
- Nanjing railway station
- Nanjingbei Railway Station
- Nanjingdong Railway Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 270 km against 270 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kunshan, Changshu, Changzhou, Wuxi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Shanghai at 06:24 and the last at 14:37, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 40m | 1h 56m | 44m | €30.59 | 8.9 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €34.36 | 68.4 kg | 1 |
Questions about Shanghai to Nanjing
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing take?
The Train from Shanghai to Nanjing takes 2h 40m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 270 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing cost?
The Train from Shanghai to Nanjing starts at €30.59 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €34.99. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing?
1 operators run the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing: China Railway. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing use?
The Train from Shanghai to Nanjing leaves from Shanghai railway station and arrives at Nanjing railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Shanghai to Nanjing?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Shanghai to Nanjing, at €30.59 and 2h 40m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing?
Fares for the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 191 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing produce?
The Train from Shanghai to Nanjing produces about 8.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 270 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing?
Operators on the Train from Shanghai to Nanjing publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 40m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shanghai to Nanjing on 17 September 2026: 270 km of route against 270 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.59, and 2h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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