Lowest CO2€81.74
- China Railway CR710206:215h 8m11:29Shanghai railway stationYantai Railway Station
Door to door 5h 52mCO2 22.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Shanghai to Yantai train
Trains from Shanghai to Yantai start at €72.39 and take 5h 33m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Shanghai to Yantai on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Shanghai to Yantai starts at €72.39 and takes 5h 33m door to door, run by 1 operator over 695 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 5h 33mDoor to door
- 4h 49mMoving
- €72.39 to €180.19From
- 06:21 to 20:32First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 22.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€72.39 to €180.19 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €149.39Wed16
- about €180.19Thu17
- about €140.59Fri18
- about €143.89Sat19
- about €133.99Sun20
- about €119.69Mon21
- about €91.09Tue22
- about €97.14Wed23
- about €116.39Thu24
- about €107.04Fri25
- about €109.79Sat26
- about €108.14Sun27
- about €95.49Mon28
- about €72.39Tue29
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 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway | €71.84 | 5h 26m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Yantai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Yantai for the night the train gets in
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When to book Shanghai to Yantai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.0990 days
- €61.5060 days
- €62.6845 days
- €66.8130 days
- €60.9121 days
- €63.8614 days
- €75.077 days
- €113.423 days
- €115.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €60.91.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 90 percent. The dearest point is €115.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €88.05Sun
- €75.66Mon
- €63.86Tue
- €79.79Wed
- €96.31Thu
- €100.44Fri
- €92.77Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Shanghai
Rail
- Shanghai railway station
- Shanghainan Railway Station
- Shanghai West railway station
Yantai
Rail
- Yantai Railway Station
- Yantaibei Railway Station
- Yantainan Railway Station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 695 km against 695 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Shanghai at 06:21 and the last at 20:32, across 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 29m | 1h 19m | 3h 10m | €63.86 | 176.1 kg | 18 |
| Train | 5h 33m | 4h 49m | 44m | €72.39 | 22.9 kg | 8 |
Questions about Shanghai to Yantai
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 Yantai take?
The Train from Shanghai to Yantai takes 5h 33m door to door, of which 4h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 695 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 Yantai cost?
The Train from Shanghai to Yantai starts at €72.39 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €80.92. 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 Yantai?
1 operators run the Train from Shanghai to Yantai: China Railway. Between them they file around 8 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 Yantai use?
The Train from Shanghai to Yantai leaves from Shanghai railway station and arrives at Yantai 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 Yantai?
Travelling from Shanghai to Yantai by Flight costs €63.86 and takes 4h 29m door to door, against 5h 33m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Shanghai to Yantai?
Fares for the Train from Shanghai to Yantai bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €60.91. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 90 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Shanghai to Yantai produce?
The Train from Shanghai to Yantai produces about 22.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 695 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 Yantai?
Operators on the Train from Shanghai to Yantai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 33m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Yantai on 15 September 2026: 695 km of route against 695 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €72.39, and 5h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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