Shanghai air and rail hubs handle over 52 million passengers in 62-day summer season
During the 62-day 2026 summer travel season, Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao airports handled 25.281 million passengers and 151,000 aircraft movements, up 3.1% year on year; Shanghai railway station sent more than 27 million passengers, with a single-day peak of 597,000 on 22 August. Combined air and rail volume exceeded 52 million passengers. Pudong airport's port inspected 6.7 million inbound and outbound travellers, while Shanghai railway station received 435,000 foreign passengers, up 24% year on year. Shanghai airports added seven international destinations including Dublin and Tbilisi, with the network now covering 302 destinations in 53 countries.
Impact and considerations
The summer data show continued growth in passenger volumes and inbound/outbound demand at Shanghai's integrated transport hub, with foreign rail passengers up 24% year on year. For business travel and tourism companies, new international destinations and densified routes mean more connecting and interline options, whi…
Key points
- During the 62-day 2026 summer season, Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao airports handled 25.281 million passengers, averaging 407,000 per day, up 4.8% year on year, with 151,000 aircraft movements, up 3.1%.
- Shanghai railway station sent more than 27 million passengers, with the single-day peak of 597,000 on 22 August; Yangtze River Delta railways carried nearly 180 million passengers over the 62 days.
- Combined air and rail volume exceeded 52 million passengers; Pudong airport's port inspected 6.7 million inbound and outbound travellers, and Shanghai railway station received 435,000 foreign passengers, up 24% year on year.
- Shanghai airports added seven international destinations including Dublin, Tbilisi and Krasnoyarsk, and densified routes to Marseille, Athens, Barcelona, Venice and Geneva; the network now covers 302 destinations in 53 countries.
- During the summer season, Yangtze River Delta railways added 4,895 passenger trains, reorganised 14,912 EMU formations and attached 4,836 conventional carriages, while flexibly suspending, speed-limiting or restoring services in response to typhoons.
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- 品橙旅游
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- First source publication
- 10 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- 11 Sept 2026, 00:10
- Last updated
- 10 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- Pinchain Tourism：上海空铁暑运期间62天发送旅客超5200万人次 – 品橙旅游 (opens in a new tab)Primary source · zh · Published 10 Sept 2026, 08:00