There are 9 ways to get from Shanghai to Aachen by plane, train, or car
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane PVG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
16h 18m€323–1,083Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane PVG - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
18h 38m€280–781Drive 10,600.7 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Aachencar 10,600.7 km
4d 23h€1,508–2,177Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SHA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
18h 36m€387–2,526Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PVG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
16h 54m€347–678Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane PVG - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Westtrain
18h 55mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SHA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
18h 27m€291–801Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane PVG - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlentrain
18h 51m€392–617Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane PVG - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain
19h 48m€412–1,088
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Brussels Airport (BRU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Aachen is to fly and train which costs €340 - €700 and takes 16h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 16h 18m and costs €320 - €1100.
The distance between Shanghai and Aachen is 9221 km. The road distance is 10600.7 km.
It takes approximately 16h 18m to get from Shanghai to Aachen, including transfers.
Aachen is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 7:14 AM in Shanghai and 1:14 AM in Aachen.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Aachen is 10601 km. It takes approximately 4 days 23h to drive from Shanghai to Aachen.
There are 1208+ hotels available in Aachen.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Aachen, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Aachen. However, you can take the line 2 subway to Longyang Road, walk to Longyang Road, take the train to Pudong International Airport, walk to Shanghai-Pudong-Airport-PVG airport, fly to Brussels Airport (BRU), walk to Brussels Airport-Zaventem, take the train to Brussels-Nord, then take the train to Aachen Hbf. Alternatively, you can drive from Shanghai Station to Aachen in around 4d 23h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–480
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–550
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–550
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–410
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–800
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Frankfurt via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–480
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–850
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Eurostar
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