How to Travel between Shanghai and Ningbo

The distance from Shanghai to Ningbo by road is about 220km (137mi). The main modes of transportation are trains and long-distance buses. High speed trains take 2-2.5 hours and the fare is CNY104-144, while the journey’s duration by normal trains is 4.5-5 hours. Shanghai – Ningbo buses take about 3 hours and cost CNY100-115. Only one return-trip flight is available only two days a week between Shanghai Pudong Airport and Ningbo Airport and a single trip takes about one hour. 
 

 From Shanghai: Hongqiao Railway Station: 05:52 - 21:01 
 From Ningbo Railway Station: 06:14 – 21:26 

Number of Trains	over 40
Ticket Price	G Trains: CNY144 for a second class seat, CNY237 for a first class seat, CNY444 for a business class seat D Trains: CNY104-116 for a second class seat, CNY186 for a first class seat
Duration	2-2.5h
Frequency	1-6 trains per hour

  From Shanghai South Railway Station -  T135: 04:50; K335: 05:26
 From Ningbo Railway Station - K336 15:43; T136 17:49
 Ticket Price: CNY50.5 per hard seat, CNY96.5 per hard sleeper, CNY146.5 per soft sleeper

Dep. - Arr.	Dep. Time	Fare	Dur.
Intercity Bus Terminal - Ningbo Bus Center	9:00, 13:05, 14:50	CNY112	3h
South Long-distance Bus Station - Ningbo South Bus Station	8:00, 9:35, 10:40, 11:50, 13:00, 13:50, 14:40, 15:40, 16:45, 17:40	CNY115
Hongqiao West Long-distance Bus Station - Ningbo South Bus Station	17:26	CNY115

 

Dep. - Arr.	Dep. Time	Fare	Dur.
Guanhaiwei Bus Station - Shanghai South Long-distance Bus Station	9:00 - 14:20	CNY100	3h
South Bus Station - Shanghai South Long-distance Bus Station	6:45, 8:05, 9:20, 10:40, 12:05, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:15, 17:45	CNY115

 One direct Shanghai - Ningbo flight is only available on Wednesdays and Sundays from T1, Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG) to T2, Ningbo Lishe Airport (NGB). It departs at 22:20 with a duration of one hour on board. The flight ticket usually costs CNY200 - 500.
From Ningbo Lishe Airport to Shanghai Pudong Airport, one direct flight serves passengers on Tuesdays and Fridays, departing at 22:00 and arriving at 23:05.
  Pudong Airport to Ningbo by train: 3-4h, CNY112 - 180
→ Take airport shuttle bus line 1 or metro line 2 to Hongqiao Railway Station. Shuttle bus: 1h, CNY36; Metro line 2: 1.5h, CNY8
→ Board a high speed train to Ningbo: 2-2.5h, CNY104-144

 Pudong Airport to Ningbo by bus: 4-5h, CNY135
→ Take airport shuttle bus line 7 to Shanghai South Railway Station: 70 minutes, CNY20
→ Walk 3 minutes to the South Long-distance Bus Station
→ Catch a long-distance bus to Ningbo: 3h, CNY115
 → Walk from T2 or take metro line 10 from T1 to get to Hongqiao Railway Station within 10 minutes.
→ Take a high speed train to arrive in 2-2.5 hours.