This is the cheapest and safest way to travel to Hangzhou from Shanghai. There are more than 40 trains commuting between Shanghai and Hangzhou every 24 hours. On average, it takes 2 hours station to station traveling time.
The one way ticket price varies from 20RMB (3 USD) to 100RMB (14USD), depending on the level of the train and the class of your tickets.
You can either choose Shanghai railway station (“上海“) or Shanghai South railway station （“上海南”） depending on where you depart from Shanghai. There are also two arrival stations at Hangzhou: Hangzhou railway station （“杭州”） or Hangzhou East railway station （“杭州东”）. Hangzhou railway station is closer to the major tourism sites, so if you choose to take the train, try to avoid arriving at Hangzhou East railway station if possible. It is also an old station, so the facilities are in relatively poor condition.
There are several types of the trains differentiated by the starting letter of the train number. Generally, there are four types of trains running between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The fastest and the most comfortable train you can find now is call “ Dong Che Zhu” (“动车组”) starts with the letter “D” for example “D689”. It’s very new and clean, and takes only 1 hour and 40 minutes to travel from Shanghai South railway station to Hangzhou railway station. The ones start with letter “T” for example “T797” are express trains and the ones start with letter “N” for example “N489” are fast trains. They are generally also acceptable with around 2 to 2 and half hours travel time. The ones that start with “K” (e.g. “K89”) or have no letter (e.g. “1597”) are not recommended. They normally stop in between Shanghai and Hangzhou which delays the travel. Also, most of them are old trains without air conditioning.
You can either choose Shanghai railway station (“上海“) or Shanghai South railway station （“上海南”） depending on where you depart from Shanghai. There are also two arrival stations at Hangzhou: Hangzhou railway station （“杭州”） or Hangzhou East railway station （“杭州东”）. Hangzhou railway station is closer to the major tourism sites, so if you choose to take the train, try to avoid arriving at Hangzhou East railway station if possible. It is also an old station, so the facilities are in relatively poor condition.
There are several types of the trains differentiated by the starting letter of the train number. Generally, there are four types of trains running between Shanghai and Hangzhou. The fastest and the most comfortable train you can find now is call “ Dong Che Zhu” (“动车组”) starts with the letter “D” for example “D689”. It’s very new and clean, and takes only 1 hour and 40 minutes to travel from Shanghai South railway station to Hangzhou railway station. The ones start with letter “T” for example “T797” are express trains and the ones start with letter “N” for example “N489” are fast trains. They are generally also acceptable with around 2 to 2 and half hours travel time. The ones that start with “K” (e.g. “K89”) or have no letter (e.g. “1597”) are not recommended. They normally stop in between Shanghai and Hangzhou which delays the travel. Also, most of them are old trains without air conditioning.
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