Zhabei
Zhabei, formerly romanized as Chapei, is a neighborhood and a former district of Shanghai with a land area of 29.26 km2 (11.30 sq mi) and a resident population of 847,300 as of 2013.

Zhabei, formerly romanized as Chapei, is a neighborhood and a former district of Shanghai with a land area of 29.26 km2 (11.30 sq mi) and a resident population of 847,300 as of 2013. It is the location of the Shanghai railway station, one of the main railway stations of Shanghai. On November 4, 2015, Zhabei was merged into the smaller but more central Jing'an District.
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Getting to Zhabei
- Airports
- Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 13 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 35 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 101 km
- Wuxi → Zhabei116 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · ¥50–70
- Hangzhou → Zhabei164 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · ¥70–95
- Ningbo → Zhabei154 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · ¥85–110
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Zhabei
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zhabei. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also take a ferry from Dongcheng road (near the line station) in Pudong to Jingling road south of the Bund and follow the above-mentioned signs.
- Get inAt Dongcheng Road Pier, the ferry departs from the right side - the other one goes to Fuxing Road which is less convenient.
From Wikivoyage: Shanghai/Old City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Zhabei
Zhabei is 1 km from Puxi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.