There are 7 ways to get from Cambridge to Shanghai by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
best- Take the train from Cambridge to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LHR - PVG
16h 1m¥2,775–5,359Fly London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
cheapest- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane STN - PVG
16h 59m¥1,950–5,214Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane LGW - PVG
15h 58m¥2,898–7,592Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LHR - SHA
17h 35m¥3,025–11,609Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA)plane LGW - SHA
18h 32m¥2,248–6,542Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Nantong Xingdong Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cambridge to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG)plane LHR - NTG
- Take the bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhanbus
21h 58m¥2,910–8,249Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane MAN - PVG
18h 36m¥3,504–6,226
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cambridge to Shanghai is to train and fly which costs ¥3000 - ¥12000 and takes 17h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Cambridge to Shanghai is to train and fly which takes 15h 58m and costs ¥2900 - ¥8000.
The distance between Cambridge and Shanghai is 9402 km.
It takes approximately 16h 1m to get from Cambridge to Shanghai, including transfers.
Shanghai is 8h ahead of Cambridge. It is currently 10:44 AM in Cambridge and 6:44 PM in Shanghai.
There are 1267+ hotels available in Shanghai.
What companies run services between Cambridge, England and Shanghai, China?
Ryanair, China Eastern Airlines, and three other airlines fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) twice daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–11,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nantong Xingdong Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥300–370
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥440–550
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥300–370
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥440–550
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥300–370
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥280–350
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥230–400
- Website
- Great Northern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥500–850
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Jiangsu Tongzhou to Shanghai Zongzhan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥56–100
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥70–100
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