There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Aachen by plane, train, or car
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SHA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
18h 56m€398–2,565Fly 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
19h 13m€250–775Drive 10,599.4 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Aachencar 10,599.4 km
4d 22h€1,563–2,257Fly 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
17h 16m€337–548Fly 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
20h 10mFly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane PVG - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
17h 23m€324–1,072Fly 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 55m€332–1,561Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PVG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
22h 20m€501–872
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Brussels Airport (BRU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Aachen is to fly and train which costs €330 - €550 and takes 17h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 17h 16m and costs €330 - €550.
The distance between Shanghai and Aachen is 9167 km. The road distance is 10599.4 km.
It takes approximately 18h 56m to get from Shanghai to Aachen, including transfers.
Aachen is 7h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:05 AM in Shanghai and 8:05 PM in Aachen.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Aachen is 10599 km. It takes approximately 4 days 22h to drive from Shanghai to Aachen.
There are 1191+ 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 10 subway to Hongqiao Airport T1, walk to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) 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 22h.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–2,500
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–2,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–550
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–600
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Brussels Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–900
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–850
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- 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
- €13–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
- 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
- €13–26
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €18–27
Train from Zürich HB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
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