Terminals: T1 and T2, linked by a free 24-hour shuttle bus. Both T1 and T2 handle international flights; check your ticket.

Ways into Shanghai

Shanghai Maglev 上海磁浮

Route	Airport (between T1 and T2) to Longyang Road (Lines 2, 7, 16, 18)
Time	about 8 minutes for the 30 km run at up to 300 km/h, plus the change to the metro
Price	¥50 one way (¥40 if you buy at the counter with a same-day air ticket, or tap a Shanghai transport card); ¥80 return, valid 7 days
Hours	airport departures 7:02 am to 9:42 pm, every 20 minutes; gates close 5 minutes before the last train
Paying	Tap a contactless Visa, Mastercard, Amex or JCB card (small-amount password-free payments on) or a metro QR code at the gate for ¥50, or pay at the counter: the Maglev service centers at Longyang Road and Pudong Airport take foreign cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, JCB) as well as cash and Alipay/WeChat.

Longyang Road is still 8-10 km from the Bund, so you need the metro or a taxi after. There is no transfer discount between the Maglev and the metro.

Metro Line 2 地铁2号线

Route	Pudong International Airport to Lujiazui, East Nanjing Road and People's Square
Time	about 60-75 minutes to People's Square
Price	about ¥7-8
Hours	6 am to 10:30 pm from the airport station, earlier than from town
Paying	Tap a contactless foreign card at the gate, scan an Alipay or WeChat transit code, or buy at the machine.

You may need to change trains at Guanglan Road; follow the signs.

Airport buses 机场巴士

Route	Five lines: 4 to Shanghai Railway Station, 7 to Shanghai South, 8 to Nanhui, the loop line, and the night owl line to Hongqiao
Time	about 60-90 minutes
Price	¥2-34 depending on the line, about ¥20-30 for the city lines
Hours	line 4 from 7 am to 11 pm, line 7 from 7:30 am to 11 pm, the night owl line from 11 pm to 5:30 am
Paying	Buy at the counter in arrivals (cash or Alipay/WeChat).

Taxi 出租车

Route	Metered ride to People's Square
Time	about 50-70 minutes
Price	about ¥160-220
Hours	24 hours
Paying	Alipay, WeChat Pay or cash.

Ranks are outside Gate 12 at T1 and Gate 25 at T2; fares rise about 30% after 11 pm.

DiDi 滴滴

Route	Door to door from the dedicated pickup areas: the bus level of car park P1 and level B2 of P2
Time	about 50-70 minutes
Price	similar to a taxi
Hours	24 hours
Paying	In the DiDi app or the DiDi mini program in Alipay, with a linked foreign card.

Airport Link Line 机场联络线

Route	Pudong T1/T2 to Hongqiao Airport T2, for Hongqiao Railway Station
Time	about 40 minutes
Price	up to ¥26
Hours	roughly 6 am to 10:15 pm from Pudong
Paying	Scan the Shanghai Metro QR code in the Metro Daduhui app or buy a ticket at the machine.

Useful if you're catching a high-speed train at Hongqiao, not for downtown.

Tips for PVG

• Turn on small-amount password-free payments on your card before you tap it at a gate.
• The last Maglev leaves the airport at 9:42 pm and the gates shut 5 minutes earlier; after that, take Line 2, a taxi or a night bus.
• For the ¥40 fare, buy a single ticket at the Maglev counter and show your same-day air ticket; tapping a bank card or QR code always costs ¥50.

Next steps

• Shanghai city guide: where to stay and what to see.
• Paying for the metro and buses in Shanghai, with your own card or the Alipay ride code.
• An address card for the taxi driver, with your hotel in Chinese.
• Train onward from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station.
• Train onward from Shanghai Railway Station.

Sources: english.shanghai.gov.cn, english.shanghai.gov.cn, english.shanghai.gov.cn, www.shio.gov.cn. Spotted a change? Use the box below.

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