There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Richmond by plane, train, bus, or subway
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane PVG - RIC
21h 48m$468–1,209Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, bus
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SHA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Potomac Ave, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the bus from Washington, DC - 2305 Pennsylvania Ave to Richmond, VA - 900 W Leigh Stbus
24h 29m$386–1,147Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane SHA - RIC
24h 53m$431–1,301Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane PVG - DCA
- Take the train from Alexandria to Richmond Main Street Amtrak Stationtrain
22h 41m$1,040–1,787Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane PVG - ORF
- Take the bus from Norfolk to Richmondbus
23h 36m$421–1,058Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane PVG - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Richmondbus
25h 1m$516–1,896Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PVG - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Potomac Ave, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the bus from Washington, DC - 2305 Pennsylvania Ave to Richmond, VA - 900 W Leigh Stbus
25h$773–1,155Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PVG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Richmondbus
23h 52m$608–1,213
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Richmond International Airport (RIC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Richmond is to fly and bus which costs $420 - $1,100 and takes 23h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Richmond is to fly which takes 21h 48m and costs $460 - $1,300.
The distance between Shanghai and Richmond is 7611 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 48m to get from Shanghai to Richmond, including transfers.
Richmond is 12h behind Shanghai. It is currently 2:28 AM in Shanghai and 2:28 PM in Richmond.
There are 361+ hotels available in Richmond.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Richmond, VA, USA?
Delta, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Richmond International Airport (RIC) twice daily.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Fuzhou, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Beijing Capital, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Beijing Capital, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–4,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Alexandria to Richmond Main Street Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Potomac Ave, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Potomac Ave, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Norfolk to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Washington Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Washington Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Washington Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Washington Union Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 617-681-0820
- [email protected]
- Website
- CoachRun
Bus from Washington, DC - 2305 Pennsylvania Ave to Richmond, VA - 900 W Leigh St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–40
- Website
- CoachRun
Bus from Washington, DC - 2305 Pennsylvania Ave to Richmond, VA - 900 W Leigh St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–40
- Website
- CoachRun
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