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Since July 3, metro line 10 will extend its hour, and new hour starts from 05:30 to 19:30. Train frequency will be about 6 to 11 minutes in various time.
Taking metro line 10, passengers could visit Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Library, Xintiandi, Yuyuan Garden, and Tongji univeristy. It is a golden line in Shanghai metro which could bring visitors to 4 major city shopping center and multiple attractions in Shanghai. Read More…
Last friday (6/25/2010, Friday once again), passengers in Shanghai Metro reached a new high. It is up to 6.11 millions in total of daily Metro commuters, Shanghai Expo visitors, and weekend shoppers. Compared to the previous record, 100k more passengers have packed into metro, and more than double visitors chose line 13 to enter expo park now.
Currently, Shanghai Metro has 11 lines under operation, and Line 13 is an extra line dedicated to Shanghai Expo 2010 only. However, most packed lines are still Line 1 and Line 2 which are the earliest Metro lines in Shanghai. Passengers who took Metro line 1 and Line 2 on last Friday reached 1.25 and 1.17 million respectively.
So try to take Metro at off-peak time or Line with less traffic as you could. (more metro tips here)
Which line is most packed in a day, read diagram below. X axis is daily passenger number, and Y is Metro Line number.
Shanghai Subway Daily Passengers
Taking metro line 10 stop@Yuyuan Garden station
Operation Hour:
1. First train northward to Xinjiangwanchen: 9:06, and first train southward to Hangzhong Road: 9:03
2. Last train northward to Xinjiangwanchen: 16:00, and last train southward to Hangzhong Road: 16:05 Read More…
Since Shanghai is an enormous city to explore, the obvious choice to move around the city is to take a taxi or the metro. Some visitors may like to adventure by bus because it runs on the ground. And if eye-catched by unusual city attractions, they hopped off from bus right on the next stop. However, local city bus may not be an enjoyable experience to most visitors, foreign or Chinese, for whatever reasons. So taking the metro is a major transportation by most locals or travellers because of its clean, warmer in winter, cooler in summer, and more punctual.
Now we have four train stations and two airports in Shanghai. Transport at different stations and airports is sometime cumbersome with luggage. But if you travel with light luggage, Shanghai metro is a good option from one transport to other. Then metro operation hours become more important to us because we can’t 100% be sure bullet trains or flights arriving on time. Read More…
When new huning intercity rail is ready on July 1st., Shanghai will have four railway stations to transport passengers which are Shanghai Railway Station, South Shanghai Railway Station, West Shanghai Railway Station, and Latest Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Among them, Hongqiao Railway Station, a final stop of Beijing to Shanghai high speed rail, is the biggest one in the city. It’s mainly used for CRH or bullet trains and links two major intercity rails of huning and huhang. Read More…
Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, a major stop on the huning intercity rail, will open to the public on July 1st, 2010. As a sister project, Metro line 2 to Hongqiao railway station will open to access at the same time. Read More…
Shanghai South Railway Station has well connected with most transit services around city or neighboring cities. From station, you could easily reach most corners in the Shanghai.
There are the following options for visitors to get around Shanghai or neighborhood starting from South Shanghai Railway Station. Information listed as follow is only going to major places of the city, specially helpful to first-time vistors , of course, even to frequent visitors as well. However, by transport services you could adventure more Shanghai than what I list. Read More…
Until now, Shanghai has 11 metro lines in operation, and a few more lines are still under construction. In the coming year until 2012, we will have a more easy-to-go Greater Shanghai.
Now eco-friendly metro is becoming more and more popular, and is a critical part of city transportation network. During rush hour, huge crowds may scare you away as a visitor, and city couldn’t afford any interruption of Metro because of accidents. However, even so, I still think Metro is a best transportation to bring you visit most must-see spots in this mega-city. It is cheap, clean , and punctual. Read More…
Expo 2010 Shanghai is on the center stage of this mega-city, and more and more visitors poured in for “Better Life, Better City”. Metro becomes the major transportation in the past month to carry visitors to and from Expo Zone. To be better city with better service, metro operation hours have been extended officially. I edited a table for your reference in case you need. (Information courtesy from Shanghai Metro, last update on 7-9-2010) Read More…