Shanghai to Huai'an runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €37.90 and €49.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 10m over 354 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€37.90 to €49.29
- 189%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shanghai
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €69.17Tue15
- about €76.25Wed16
- about €104.29Thu17
- about €75.66Fri18
- about €83.92Sat19
- about €69.76Sun20
- about €70.35Mon21
- about €43.80Tue22
- about €45.57Wed23
- about €61.50Thu24
- about €68.58Fri25
- about €57.96Sat26
- about €53.83Sun27
- about €42.03Mon28
- about €37.90Tue29
- about €48.19Wed30
- about €49.11Thu1
- about €48.74Fri2
- about €41.44Sat3
- about €42.69Sun4
- about €43.79Mon5
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 flight gets you into Huai'an. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Huai'an for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Shanghai to Huai'an
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.8990 days
- €36.6460 days
- €49.8445 days
- €36.1330 days
- €43.7921 days
- €42.0314 days
- €70.357 days
- €104.293 days
- €69.171 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €36.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 189 percent. The most expensive point is €104.29, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Shanghai to Huai'an and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
354 km
349 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
24,874,500 → 4,556,230
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 354 km against 349 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 Yangzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Huai'an Railway Station
Most of the points near Huai'an Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Shanghai to Huai'an
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Shanghai to Huai'an?
The fastest journey from Shanghai to Huai'an takes 3h 10m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 43m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Shanghai to Huai'an?
The cheapest fare from Shanghai to Huai'an is €37.90, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €59.73. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Huai'an?
The cheapest way from Shanghai to Huai'an is by flight, at €42.03 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 7m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Shanghai to Huai'an?
The fastest way from Shanghai to Huai'an is by train, at 3h 26m door to door. Only 2h 42m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €49.29.
When should I book Shanghai to Huai'an?
Fares from Shanghai to Huai'an bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €36.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 189 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Shanghai to Huai'an?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Shanghai to Huai'an, at €43.79. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Shanghai to Huai'an?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Shanghai to Huai'an, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Shanghai to Huai'an?
2 operators sell services from Shanghai to Huai'an across 2 modes: China Eastern Airlines, China Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Shanghai to Huai'an?
33 percent of the services we sell from Shanghai to Huai'an are direct. The rest connect at Yangzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Suzhou, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Shanghai to Huai'an produce?
Traveling from Shanghai to Huai'an by train produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 88.3 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Shanghai to Huai'an use?
Services from Shanghai to Huai'an by train leave from Shanghai railway station and arrive at Huai'an Railway Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Shanghai to Huai'an?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Shanghai to Huai'an allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shanghai to Huai'an on September 14, 2026: 354 km of route against 349 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €37.90, and 3h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Huai'an is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Huai'an and across China
Day trips that leave Huai'an in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Shanghai reaches 232 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,859 km. Huai'an reaches 29 places in 2 countries, from 48 to 1,590 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shanghai
- 232Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 88Operators
Arriving in Huai'an
Leaving Huai'an
- 29Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators