Weifang to Shanghai train

Trains from Weifang to Shanghai start at €67.44 and take 5h 11m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Weifang to Shanghai starts at €67.44 and takes 5h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 648 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 11mDoor to door
  • 4h 27mMoving
  • €67.44 to €155.99From
  • 06:21 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 21.4 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.

€67.44 to €155.99 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

  1. about €129.04Tue15
  2. about €124.09Wed16
  3. about €155.99Thu17
  4. about €131.24Fri18
  5. about €140.59Sat19
  6. about €138.39Sun20
  7. about €81.74Mon21
  8. about €94.94Tue22
  9. about €82.84Wed23
  10. about €125.19Thu24
  11. about €107.59Fri25
  12. about €117.49Sat26
  13. about €113.09Sun27
  14. about €67.44Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€63.04
  1. China Railway CR803107:301h 54m09:24Weifang railway stationLianyungang railway station
  2. Shanghai Airlines SA912210:511h 1m11:52Lianyungang LYGShanghai PVG

Changes at Lianyungang, with 87 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 6h 19mCO2 117.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€79.54
  1. China Railway CR114006:214h 27m10:48Weifang railway stationShanghai railway station

Door to door 5h 11mCO2 21.4 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
China Railway€75.695h 11m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • China Railway

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A room in Shanghai for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Weifang to Shanghai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €69.6490 days
  2. €65.7960 days
  3. €79.2045 days
  4. €56.7830 days
  5. €63.0421 days
  6. €67.4414 days
  7. €81.567 days
  8. €148.233 days
  9. €127.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €56.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €148.23, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €106.34Sun
  2. €67.44Mon
  3. €75.69Tue
  4. €82.84Wed
  5. €93.95Thu
  6. €107.59Fri
  7. €117.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Weifang

Rail
  • Weifang railway station
  • Weifangxi Railway Station
  • Weifangdong Railway Station

Shanghai

Rail
  • Shanghai railway station
  • Shanghainan Railway Station
  • Shanghai West railway station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 648 km against 648 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Huai'an, Suzhou, Lianyungang, Qingdao. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Weifang at 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 30m1h 20m3h 10m€72.71164.1 kg1
Train5h 11m4h 27m44m€67.4421.4 kg5

Questions about Weifang to Shanghai

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 Weifang to Shanghai take?

The Train from Weifang to Shanghai takes 5h 11m door to door, of which 4h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 648 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 Weifang to Shanghai cost?

The Train from Weifang to Shanghai starts at €67.44 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €83.39. 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 Weifang to Shanghai?

1 operators run the Train from Weifang to Shanghai: China Railway. Between them they file around 5 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 Weifang to Shanghai use?

The Train from Weifang to Shanghai leaves from Weifang railway station and arrives at Shanghai 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 Weifang to Shanghai?

Travelling from Weifang to Shanghai by Flight costs €72.71 and takes 4h 30m door to door, against 5h 11m 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 Weifang to Shanghai?

Fares for the Train from Weifang to Shanghai bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €56.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Weifang to Shanghai produce?

The Train from Weifang to Shanghai produces about 21.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 648 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 Weifang to Shanghai?

Operators on the Train from Weifang to Shanghai publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 11m 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 Weifang to Shanghai on 14 September 2026: 648 km of route against 648 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €67.44, and 5h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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