Shanghai Airport to Train station Transfer

Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station transfer: the easiest way to get there

When you land at Shanghai Airport, the last thing you want is to work out how to get from the airport to Shanghai Train Station. A private airport transfer takes the question away: a Haqqi Tours driver is at arrivals when you walk out, your vehicle is parked minutes away, and the cost of the Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station transfer was fixed on WhatsApp before you left home. There is no airport taxi queue, no meter running in traffic and no negotiating a fare in a language you may not speak.

This page covers everything travellers ask about the Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station route: how far it is and how long it takes, whether an airport taxi, public transport or a private transfer is the better choice, what Shanghai Train Station in Shanghai is like, where to stay and eat, when to travel, where you meet your driver at Shanghai Airport, which vehicles we use and how the booking works.

Arriving at Shanghai Airport (PVG)

Shanghai Pudong (PVG) is about 45 km east of the centre with Terminals 1 and 2 and a satellite; Hongqiao (SHA) is about 15 km west beside the high-speed rail station.

Whichever hall you come out of, the routine for a Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station transfer is the same: collect your bags, clear passport control, switch on your phone, and follow the meeting instruction from your WhatsApp confirmation. Your driver already knows your flight has landed - every pickup at Shanghai Airport is tracked against the live arrival time - so there is no need to call, though a message is always welcome.

Searches for "PVG to Shanghai Train Station" or "PVG airport transfer" land here for a reason: PVG is the airport code for Shanghai Airport, and this is the private-car service that connects it with Shanghai Train Station.

Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station at a glance

Service: private transfer, your own vehicle from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station, door to door. Vehicles: Sedan (1–3 passengers) and Minivan (1–7 passengers) - Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford Transit and Peugeot Traveller models, air-conditioned, with room for luggage. Price: fixed for the whole vehicle and agreed on WhatsApp before you travel, tolls and waiting included, nothing to pay the driver on the day. Meeting: at Shanghai Airport, at the point named in your confirmation, with flight tracking so a delay moves the pickup. Booking: the form on this page or a WhatsApp message; confirmation in writing within minutes, in Arabic or English.

Taxi or private transfer from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station?

Travellers searching for "Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station taxi cost" usually find a range rather than a number, because taxi fares depend on the meter, the hour and the route. Our private transfer gives you a single fixed price for the whole vehicle, agreed on WhatsApp in advance, so the cost of getting from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station is known before you land.

For one traveller with a small bag, a taxi or public transport can be a fair choice. For two or more people, a family with children, or anyone with real luggage, a private transfer is normally the cheapest way to get from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station per person - and by far the easiest. Public transport to Shanghai Train Station involves changes, tickets and stairs; a private car goes to the hotel door.

There is also the question of trust. Our drivers know the hotels of Shanghai Train Station, work on a fixed price, and never take a detour or add a "special fare" at the end. Your booking is confirmed by a real person on a WhatsApp desk that works in Arabic and English, and that same desk is reachable throughout your trip.

Public transport from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station: is there a bus, train or metro?

The Maglev reaches Longyang Road from Pudong Airport in 8 minutes and the metro continues from there; Hongqiao has Metro Lines 2 and 10. Each ends with a transfer and a walk with luggage, so a car from the terminal is the calm option, and Disneyland or a Hongqiao-to-Pudong hotel is a long drive either way.

If you are weighing the Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station options, think about the last kilometre. Trains and buses stop at stations; hotels are somewhere else. With a private transfer the driver takes the route that ends at your door in Shanghai, helps with the bags, and the price agreed on WhatsApp does not change if the trains are on strike or the road is slow.

About Shanghai Train Station

Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station is on the western edge of the city beside Hongqiao Airport, about 50 km west of Pudong Airport. Shanghai Hongqiao is one of Asia's largest railway stations and the city's main high-speed rail hub, with fast trains to Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuhan and many other cities. It forms a single transport complex with Hongqiao Airport's Terminal 2 and several metro lines, and has a huge, bright departure hall on the upper level. Shanghai also has the older Shanghai Railway Station north of the centre and Shanghai South Station, while some trains use Shanghai West or the newer Songjiang South. Arriving from Pudong Airport, you cross the entire city on elevated expressways to the departure ramps.

Staying near Shanghai Train Station puts you within easy reach of Xintiandi, Disneyland in Pudong, the Bund and Huangpu and Lujiazui and Pudong - each a different side of Shanghai, and each a short drive once your bags are at the hotel.

Things to do in Shanghai Train Station

The reasons most visitors come to Shanghai Train Station: Main high-speed rail hub for Shanghai, Linked to Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2, Huge upper-level departure hall and Trains to Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Suzhou. Arriving by private transfer means you start on them rested, with the luggage already at the hotel.

Where to stay in Shanghai Train Station

Where visitors stay in Shanghai Train Station: Hotels in the Hongqiao transport hub, Hongqiao business district, Near the National Exhibition and Convention Center and Central Shanghai. Our Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station transfer goes to any hotel, apartment or private address there - send the hotel name and, if you have it, a map pin on WhatsApp, and the driver goes straight to the right door.

Check the station on your ticket before you set off, as Shanghai's stations are far apart; allow time for security and ID checks, with your passport ready.

Eating well after the Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station drive

The first meal in Shanghai sets the tone: shengjianbao, hairy crab in season, red-braised pork and scallion oil noodles are the local answers. A late flight into Shanghai Airport is no problem - tell the WhatsApp desk the landing time and they will point you to what is open near Shanghai Train Station when you arrive.

Best time to travel to Shanghai Train Station

Spring and autumn are pleasant; summer is hot and humid with the rainy season in June; winter is cold and damp; the October holiday week is the busiest.

Whatever the month, the transfer runs around the clock and the fixed price is the same at 3 a.m. as at noon. What the season affects is journey time, and our drivers adjust the route and the pickup plan for Shanghai Train Station accordingly - one more reason to give us the flight number when you book.

Meeting your driver at Shanghai Airport

Where you meet your driver depends on Shanghai Airport: a set meeting point inside arrivals, a designated exit, or a name board held just after customs. Rather than guess, we send the exact instructions with your WhatsApp confirmation - the meeting place, the driver's name and number, and what to do if you cannot see them. If you choose flight tracking, your driver is at arrivals the minute you land.

Up to 60 minutes of waiting is included (90 minutes at some airports), and if you are delayed at baggage or passport control a quick WhatsApp message keeps your driver informed. On the way back, the driver collects you from the hotel at an agreed time with enough margin for your flight from Shanghai Airport.

Our vehicles for the Shanghai Train Station transfer

For this route we offer Sedan (1–3 passengers) and Minivan (1–7 passengers). The vans are Mercedes, Volkswagen, Ford Transit and Peugeot Traveller models, all recent, air-conditioned and cleaned between journeys, with proper luggage space rather than a crowded boot. Choose the vehicle by how many of you are travelling and how much luggage you bring; the desk will tell you if a larger vehicle would be more comfortable.

Child seats and booster seats are available on request - say the ages of the children when you book and we bring the right ones. Extra-large luggage, sports equipment and wheelchairs are all fine; just mention them so the right vehicle is sent.

The vehicle is chosen before the confirmation, not at the kerb, so there is no surprise at the door of Shanghai Airport: what we agreed on WhatsApp is what is waiting, and if your luggage looks like it needs a bigger vehicle we say so before you pay.

Who books the Shanghai Train Station transfer

Families are our most frequent guests on this route: a private car means the children are strapped into proper seats, the pushchair goes in the back, and nobody is counting change for tickets. Groups of friends and extended families take the Sprinter or a minivan so the whole party travels together from Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station on one fixed price. Older travellers book it for the door-to-door help with the bags, and couples for a calm start to the trip instead of a taxi queue.

If your trip continues beyond Shanghai Train Station - a day trip, a second city, a port or a return to Shanghai Airport - the same desk arranges it in the same WhatsApp conversation, with the same fixed-price approach.

How to book your Shanghai Train Station transfer

Send the form on this page, or write to us on WhatsApp: flight number, date, passengers, luggage and hotel. Within a few minutes a member of our team confirms your Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station transfer with the price fixed, the vehicle chosen and the meeting point at Shanghai Airport explained. Everything is in writing, in English or Arabic.

Changes and cancellations are handled through the same WhatsApp conversation. Because the terms depend on conditions such as how close to the pickup time the request is made, our team will explain exactly what applies to your booking when you ask - always before any payment, never as a surprise afterwards.

Good to know before you land at Shanghai Airport

Say whether you land at Pudong (PVG) or Hongqiao (SHA), 60 km apart; Pudong has Terminals 1 and 2 plus a satellite; send the hotel name in Chinese if you can.

Note the terminal or hall your flight uses at Shanghai Airport, and if you change flights before travel tell the desk - the pickup is tracked against the flight number we hold.

If you are two households or a group, say how many bags as well as how many people; luggage decides the vehicle more often than passengers do.

Shanghai Train Station to Shanghai Airport: the return transfer

Heading back to Shanghai Airport at the end of the stay is just as easy - tell us the flight time and the hotel, and a driver is at the door with time to spare. Many travellers also use the desk for a day trip or an onward transfer from Shanghai Train Station; everything is arranged in the same WhatsApp chat.

Many guests book both directions together for a single confirmation with two times on it; if the return flight changes during the stay, one message moves the pickup to the new time.

More transfers from Shanghai Airport

The same fixed-price private service runs from Shanghai Airport to other places nearby. If your plans include more than one stop, or friends are staying elsewhere, these are the routes travellers most often combine with Shanghai Train Station:

• Shanghai Airport to Hotel transfer
• Shanghai Airport to City Centre transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Bund transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Beijing transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Disneyland transfer
• Shanghai Airport to Hangzhou transfer

Why travellers choose Haqqi Tours for Shanghai Train Station transfers

What guests tell us they value about the Shanghai Airport to Shanghai Train Station transfer is the absence of surprises. The price they were quoted is the price they pay. The driver is where the confirmation said. The car is clean and the right size. And the WhatsApp desk that made the booking is still there, in Arabic and English, for the whole trip - for the return, a day out, or a question about Shanghai Train Station at any hour.

Pickup options and waiting time

When you book on WhatsApp, you choose one of two pickup options for your arrival:

• Flight tracking: your driver is at arrivals the minute your flight lands and waits for up to 60 minutes. If your flight lands at 2:00 pm, the driver is there at 2:00 pm.
• Fixed time (no tracking): your driver arrives at a time you choose and waits for up to 60 minutes from that time. Send us your flight number and we check its real landing times over the past 10 days to recommend the best pickup time.

At most airports the included waiting time is 60 minutes; at some it is 90 minutes. We confirm the exact waiting time for your airport when you book with us on WhatsApp. After that, the driver cannot wait longer: the fixed price is based on one hour of airport parking and the driver's time, and with more than 30 transfers a day, every booking is scheduled back to back.

With flight tracking, normal delays are covered. If your flight is delayed by more than 5 hours, we cannot guarantee a new pickup at the last minute, because the new arrival time is uncertain and other transfers are already scheduled. Message us as soon as the delay is announced: we always do our best to rearrange, but it depends on the number of bookings that day. With a fixed-time pickup, the time slot is reserved for you and cannot be changed on the day, even if your flight is delayed or something unexpected happens.

Two hours before your flight lands, we send you your driver's name and phone number on WhatsApp. If you are still in the air, the message will be waiting for you as soon as you switch on your phone. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.