[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/08/02/288025/Construction_on_subway_line_to_be_finished_late_next_year.htm

New subway to be finished late next year

Tang Yicheng
2006-08-03

CONSTRUCTION on Metro Line No. 6, which will run through Pudong linking Waigaoqiao with residential areas and Lujiazui, is halfway complete and the 33-kilometer-long line should open by the end of next year, officials said yesterday.

More than 30 kilometers of the rail line has been laid and 23 of 28 stations have been completed, said project manager Song Bo.

Upon completion, it will take about 50 minutes for riders to make a full journey from the Gangcheng Road Station north to the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone and Jiyang Road Station. Eventually, it will connect with 11 Metro lines at nine stations, said Liu Chunjie, the project's deputy manager.

Builders are now working overtime on the Century Avenue Station, which will become the city's largest underground transit hub linking four Metro lines in the future. Once the main structure is completed by the end of this year, it will re-open as a station along Metro Line No. 2. The station has been closed for about one year. When the transit hall is completed, the three-level station will be able to hold 120,000 people at one time.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/08/11/288780/Asia_s_largest_railway_station_planned.htm

Asia's largest railway station planned

2006-08-11
THE city government announced yesterday it would start building Asia's largest railway station this year.

Hongqiao Railway Hub will be located in the west of downtown Shanghai and cover an area of 1.33 million square meters, said Liu Lianqing, director of the Shanghai Railway Administration.

Construction of the station, which is expected to cost up to 15 billion yuan (US$1.87 billion), will be completed by 2010. The design of the new station has been made, according to Liu.

The station will provide terminals for four high-speed lines, including high-speed trains between Beijing and Shanghai, Shanghai and Ningbo and a line for the Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev railway, according to Liu.

Currently, the largest passenger transport railway station in Asia is Beijing West Railway Station, covering 510,000 square meters, which began operation in 1996.

[tuy]

The World Expo in 2010 is really driving transit development in Shanghai.

Quote from Shanghai Daily on 2006-10-11:

"SHANGHAI'S Metro line network will be among the world biggest three by 2010, with 11 lines built to undertake 5.8 million passengers every day, Shanghai Evening Post reported today."

Also they will have improved connections to Intercity Rail, and the Maglev train will be extended by the time of the Expo.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/25/295204/Hotel_planned_for_rail_station.htm

Hotel planned for rail station

Zhang Jun

2006-10-25

THE city plans to build a massive complex containing at least one hotel, as well as numerous shops and entertainment facilities near the recently opened Shanghai South Railway Station, a government official said yesterday.

The complex, which will be built just northeast of the station and linked to it by an underground tunnel, is expected to be completed by 2010. Officials say they want to avoid the mistakes they made in setting up business facilities near the Shanghai Railway Station, where poor planning has left the area around the station a congested mess.

"We want to do much much better than we did near the Shanghai Railway Station," Shen Rende, an official of the Shanghai Urban Planning Administrative Bureau, told Shanghai Daily yesterday.

The complex will cover 2.77 square kilometers - the equivalent of about 400 soccer pitches placed side by side - along Liuzhou Road to the east and Shilong Road to the south, officials said.

A preliminary plan of the area will be completed this year and the project is expected to take more than three years to complete, Shen said.

He said the total cost of the project hasn't been set yet, but the complex will incorporate hotels, stores, conference halls, spas, restaurants and other entertainment facilities.

The area will also include logistics and staff training facilities for railway operators, Shen said.

"When completed, it might take some five minutes to walk from hotels to the station through the underground passage," Shen said.

The railway station, which opened in June, will eventually be linked to an expanded version of the city's maglev line.

By the time the World Expo 2010 opens in the city, the maglev is expected to run from the Pudong International Airport to a station at the Expo site, and then onto the railway station. It will eventually be expanded from the railway station to Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province.

"Visitors to the Expo site can stay in the new complex and take the maglev to visit the Expo in 2010," Shen said.

The Expo is expected to attract 70 million visitors over six months.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/21/294831/3_Metro_station_names_will_be_changed.htm

3 Metro station names will be changed

Zhang Jun

2006-10-21

THREE Metro stations will be given new names. The switch is due to city officials deciding Metro stations should be named after famous places.

In about one month, Henan Road Station on Metro Line 2 will be renamed Nanjing Road E. Station. Shimen 1 Road Station will be renamed Nanjing Road W. Station; and Wenshui Road E. Station on Metro Line 3 will be switched to Dabaishu Station.

Most commuters and experts that Shanghai Daily spoke to yesterday didn't care about the name changes. Many said they were more interested in having less-crowded subway trains.

"We prefer names of famous places or streets to name Metro stations," said Liu Bo, deputy director of the city's place-naming office.

Previously, the city named subway stations by the name of a neighboring vertical street with the subway line - similar to how bus stations are named.

"Stations with a famous place will be clearer to passengers," said Liu, noting that the city will use the new method to name future subway stations. It will take about a month to change traffic indication boards at and near the stations.

Zhao Guotong, a government official that acts as an adviser on transport issues and environmental protection, said: "Changing names is a minor thing to me. Hopefully, the government will do more to reduce crowded subway trains."

Taxi driver Huang Guofu said: "It's unnecessary to change station names because everyone can check the map."

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/18/294534/Subway_station_to_reopen.htm

Subway station to reopen

Zhang Jun

2006-10-18

THE Dongfang Road Metro Station will reopen this month following a month of construction, subway construction officials said yesterday.

The station will initially handle trains along the No. 2 and No. 4 Metro lines, with two more lines to be connected to the station over the next several years.

"It will become the city's biggest subway transfer hub," said Bi Xiangli, deputy general manager of Shanghai Shentong Rail Transit Research and Consultancy Company, which plans local subway construction.

The station will be connected to the No. 6 Metro line, a north-south line in Pudong, and the No. 9 line connecting rural Songjiang District to Pudong, and eventually the Chongming Island, by 2009.

The station will have three underground levels, Bi said.

[champdemars]

I want plans and pictures! :)

[tuy]

Here is the current system:

http://urbanrail.net/as/shan/shanghai-map.gif

Urbanrail.net also has some pictures of the system.

[PaSkyX]

The system's incredibly efficient as well. I only wish they could build them faster - Line 1 gets pretty intense.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/30/295565/Human_ticket_vendors_replaced_by_machines.htm

Human ticket vendors replaced by machines

Zhang Jun

2006-10-30

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/img/news/200610300307_5-metro-b.jpg
A subway employee explains how to use an automatic ticket machine to a senior commuter at the Shiji Avenue Station yesterday. The station reopened on Saturday after one year of renovations.

THERE will be no more humans selling subway tickets in the city's Metro stations by 2010, officials announced yesterday.

The new Shiji Avenue Station, which is linked to both the No. 2 and No. 4 Metro Lines, reopened over the weekend after a year of renovations becoming the first station without ticket booths in the city.

Officials from Shanghai Shentong Group, which has invested in the city's subway system, said all new Metro stations will only have ticket machines, and booths at existing stations will gradually be removed.

"We plan to gradually eliminate Metro ticket booths by 2010," said Bi Xiangli, deputy general manager of Shanghai Shentong Rail Transit Research and Consultancy Company, which plans subway construction.

He said subway systems around the world have rid themselves of human ticket sellers to cut costs.

"You can't find salespeople in the Tokyo Metro," he said.

Officials wouldn't say how many ticket sellers currently work at Metro stations across the city or how many jobs will be lost when machines replace humans.

The city now has 80 Metro stations along five lines. By 2010, it will have more than 300 stations along 11 lines.

Most of the current stations have both ticket machines and booths for people to buy tickets from a human vendor.

"The ticket machines seem modern but they are not convenient," said subway passenger Lu Xiaoping. He said the machines are no good if you only have large notes, and wondered what will happen if the machines break down.

Metro managers said some 70 percent of passengers during rush hours use public transport cards to pay subway fares.

Bus companies in the city stopped using human conductors to collect fares in 1994 in an attempt to follow international practices.

The new system, where passengers drop coins into a collection box at the front of the bus, has been criticized for slowing down traffic, and making life difficult for drivers.

"I would raise two hands to support the end of the automatic fare collection system," said bus driver Huang Xin.

He said he cannot drive a bus while urging passengers to put money in boxes or handling emergencies.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/28/295455/Renovated_station_reopens.htm

Renovated station reopens

Zhang Jun

2006-10-28

SHIJI Road Metro Station on Line 2, which has been closed for renovations to accommodate new lines since October 2005, will reopen today.

Passengers transferring between Metro Line 2 and 4 will have a 50 meters walk, officials said.

"It will become the city's biggest Metro transfer hub with four lines," said Bi Xiangli, deputy general manager of Shanghai Shentong Rail Transit Research and Consulting Company.

Shentong Rail plans all subway construction in the city.

By 2007, the station will have a link to Metro Line 6 - a north-south line in Pudong.

The station will also be linked to Metro Line 9 by 2009. It will connect rural Songjiang District to Pudong and eventually Chongming Island.

Now, only exits one and two are open. The others will open after the other two Metro lines are completed.

The station, which sits near the conjunction of Dongfang Road and Zhangyang Road, will have three underground levels, Bi said.

The first level, which is close to ground level, has been reserved for Metro Line 6; the second level for Metro Line 2 and 9; and the third level for Metro Line 4.

"Transfers between any two of the four lines will take no more than three minutes," Bi said.

Bi said the total depth of the three-level station is about 18 meters.

Multilevel subway transfer hubs in developed cities such as New York, London and Tokyo are more common.

In Tokyo, the biggest subway transfer hub has seven underground levels, Bi said.

The renovated station also has illuminated direction indicators - a first in the city. They will automatically turn on to guide commuters in case of an emergency.

Since October 2005, the station has been closed for construction of a transfer hub between the four lines.

Officials said the station will remain open even though other lines will be built in the future.

The closure of the station caused extra crowds at neighboring subway stations.

Dongchang Road Station, which is next to Shiji Road Station, has about 90,000 passengers every day - 20,000 commuters more than normal.

Shiji Road Station was originally called Dongfang Road Station.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/28/295454/Metro_hub_lifts_property_prices.htm

Metro hub lifts property prices

2006-10-28

REAL estate prices are rising near Shiji Road Metro Station.

Monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment along Zhangyang Road and Fushan Road - is now above 2,000 yuan (US$250), according to a local newspaper. Last year, it was easy to find such apartments for 1,800 yuan per month.

Rent for a two-bedroom apartment has increased to about 2,500 yuan per month, a jump of 200 yuan compared to last year.

It is expected that by 2009 when Metro Line No. 6 and No. 9 open, rents in the area will increase further.

There are more than 10 restaurants around the station and a public gymnasium where people can play badminton, table tennis or lift weights.

[Jared]

[url]
The city now has 80 Metro stations along five lines. By 2010, it will have more than 300 stations along 11 lines.



SIX new lines in 4 years? :worship:


Does anyone have a map of what it will look like in 2010?

[staff]

^^
I think there is one somewhere in the Transportation forums over at SSC - I'm too lazy to look for it right now though (although the search feature is back!).

I can't even dream of how the system will look in 2020 - it will definately give Tokyo a run for its money though.

[hk_ayu]

SIX new lines in 4 years? :worship:


Does anyone have a map of what it will look like in 2010?


That's the Asian efficiency

Here in Melbourne, people have to fight half a century or even longer for only an extra station on existing line :hell:
Things are done slowly but far from safe

The a few km Craigieburn-Broadmeadow electrification, such a simple project, has spent 5 years and is 200% over-budget :hell:

or spending a decade to plan a new bus route

Bloody idiot :hell:

Not to mention these long-waited projects:
Rowville Line (serving a population of 100,000 and a major university)
Doncaster Line (serving a population of 120,000)
Epping-North Morang Extension (serving the fast-growing suburbs with a population of 120,000)
Cranbourne-Cranbourne East Extension (serving the fast-growing suburbs)
Sunshine-Melton Electrification (serving the fast-growing suburbs)
Southland Station (serving a major shopping centre) on Frankston Line
.
.
.

Most were promised before 1960s but all won't happen before 2020 because government tends to spell trillions on freeways rather than spending billions on promised railways after lying to citizens each time before elections

[Justin10000]

Here in Toronto, people are bickering over a streetcar ROW!!

Pathetic.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/01/295864/New_metro_line_to_link_airport__city_s_northeast.htm

New metro line to link airport, city's northeast

Gu Jia

2006-11-01

THE Shanghai government revealed a plan yesterday for its 10th Metro Line that will connect a huge residential neighborhood in the city's northeast Xinjiangwan area with the Hongqiao Airport, local media reported today.

The 34-kilometer-long line, the latest Metro line the city has planned to put into operation by 2010, will have stations on Huaihai Rd, Fuxing Rd M., Jinlin Rd, Nanjing Rd, Sichuan Rd and Yu Garden area, all popular areas in the city for shopping, dining and entertainment, Youth Daily said.

It may also adopt driverless Metro trains. China's first driverless Metro train will run in the country's capital, Beijing, by 2008. Passengers can ride it from Capital Airport to Dongzhimen in the city's downtown area. The driverless trains can hit a maximum speed of 110 kilometers per hour, much faster than the current 80 kilometers per hour trains.

Shanghai's Metro line network will be among the worlds third largest by 2010, with 11 lines built to undertake 5.8 million passengers a day, said today's Youth Daily.

The 11 lines, totaling 400 kilometers, will carry 35 percent of the city's public transport in 2010 from the current 13 percent, the report said.

"The significant increase in passenger capacity will help meet the huge demand of visitors during the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, which may hit 70 million," said a government official.

Besides the transfer hubs at People's Square, Xujiahui, Century Avenue, Longyang Road and Hongqiao Road, the city plans to set up 16 more Metro line transfer hubs in the future, with each connecting to at least three lines, according to the 11th Five Year Plan (2006-2010).

Now the city has five Metro lines, transporting 1.8 million people every day.

[tuy]

I just looked at the Chinese Story that was referenced in the link. Behold a nice map, which I can't read much of.

http://dfdaily.eastday.com/d/20061101/images/00032021.jpg

[mczamalek]

I can't even dream of how the system will look in 2020 - it will definately give Tokyo a run for its money though.

I seriously doubt that- although the media is giving it quite the swing!

[staff]

I seriously doubt that
There's no reason to doubt that I would say. Shanghai will have grown in population a lot by then, and there will be no end to the transit developments.

[PaSkyX]

Shanghai wants to have like 21 lines in 2020 or something insane. Maybe not Tokyo level then, but way ahead of NYC. That's for sure.

[staff]

^^
Yeah, by 2020 it will have London, Paris, NYC etc. beat by a significant margin, and be on par with Tokyo's system I think.

Exciting times in this city...

[hk_ayu]

Here in Toronto, people are bickering over a streetcar ROW!!

Pathetic.


NoNoNo

You are lucky that you can have the power to discuss the issue and bargain with government

In Melbourne, we don't have the chance to know/discuss how the decision is made (why not choose a cheaper rail option but a costly freeway) and where the money has gone (use up the budget for public transport but nothing is built or improved). Everything is corruption to the road engineers and the petrol companies.

If Melburnians can get involve in the transport decision, a lot of train lines should have been built.

[The Chemist]

I just looked at the Chinese Story that was referenced in the link. Behold a nice map, which I can't read much of.

http://dfdaily.eastday.com/d/20061101/images/00032021.jpg


That is really impressive! For those that can't read any Chinese characters, the current system hub, People's Square, is the station with the purple, green, and blue lines running through it. The lines that currently exist are 1,2,3,4 and 5.

[tuy]

The station with four lines on the right hand side of the map is Shiji Station. This is the station that just reopened and was named Dongfang Road Station. It is in the center of Pudong and one of the nearest stations to Jin Mao and SWFC. Lines 2 and 4 currently go through the station. Line 6 should open within the next year.

[giallo]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/10/28/295455/Renovated_station_reopens.htm

Renovated station reopens

Zhang Jun

2006-10-28

SHIJI Road Metro Station on Line 2, which has been closed for renovations to accommodate new lines since October 2005, will reopen today.

Passengers transferring between Metro Line 2 and 4 will have a 50 meters walk, officials said.

"It will become the city's biggest Metro transfer hub with four lines," said Bi Xiangli, deputy general manager of Shanghai Shentong Rail Transit Research and Consulting Company.

Shentong Rail plans all subway construction in the city.

By 2007, the station will have a link to Metro Line 6 - a north-south line in Pudong.

The station will also be linked to Metro Line 9 by 2009. It will connect rural Songjiang District to Pudong and eventually Chongming Island.

Now, only exits one and two are open. The others will open after the other two Metro lines are completed.

The station, which sits near the conjunction of Dongfang Road and Zhangyang Road, will have three underground levels, Bi said.

The first level, which is close to ground level, has been reserved for Metro Line 6; the second level for Metro Line 2 and 9; and the third level for Metro Line 4.

"Transfers between any two of the four lines will take no more than three minutes," Bi said.

Bi said the total depth of the three-level station is about 18 meters.

Multilevel subway transfer hubs in developed cities such as New York, London and Tokyo are more common.

In Tokyo, the biggest subway transfer hub has seven underground levels, Bi said.

The renovated station also has illuminated direction indicators - a first in the city. They will automatically turn on to guide commuters in case of an emergency.

Since October 2005, the station has been closed for construction of a transfer hub between the four lines.

Officials said the station will remain open even though other lines will be built in the future.

The closure of the station caused extra crowds at neighboring subway stations.

Dongchang Road Station, which is next to Shiji Road Station, has about 90,000 passengers every day - 20,000 commuters more than normal.

Shiji Road Station was originally called Dongfang Road Station.


So, it finally opens. I actually liked that it was closed for so long. It made my trip to the Shanghai Technology and Science Museum Station that much faster.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/10/296746/City_to_build_145_traffic_hubs.htm

City to build 145 traffic hubs

Winny Wang

2006-11-10

SHANGHAI will set up 145 traffic hubs to offer more connections between buses, taxis and Metro lines, and 60 among them will be built around 2010, Shanghai Morning Post reported today.

Among these hubs, six are big ones that connect Shanghai and other cities, including at Shanghai Railway Station, South Railway Station, West Railway Station, Pudong Railway Station, Hongqiao area and Pudong International Airport.

About 80 will be middle-sized traffic hubs, which connect to at least three Metro lines, or connect Metro lines with taxis and buses, such as People's Square and Xujiahui.

Small hubs will connect two Metro lines, or Metro lines with several bus routes.

Other hubs will be built around residential areas, with at least three connecting bus terminals.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/09/296632/Metro_line_stretches_to_Gubei.htm

Metro line stretches to Gubei

Li Xinran

2006-11-09

COMMUNTERS will soon have a new speedy option for getting from downtown to the Gubei area, as the western extension of Shanghai Metro Line No. 2 will be open by the end of the year, Shanghai Morning Post reported today.

The 6.75-kilometer western extension starts from Loushanguan Road Station and ends at Songhong Road Station, with Weining Road Station and Beixinjing Station in the middle. Several residential areas, such as Tianshan and Gubei, reside along it.

The interval between trains on the line during peak hours will be lengthened by 10 seconds from the current three minutes and 20 seconds, since the trains now ride the entire line.

To ensure the three and a half minute interval during peak hours, Metro Line No. 2 will borrow six or eight trains from Metro Line No. 4, and return them after its eight new trains arrive.

Tickets are only available via vending machines in the four new stations. Metro staff will provide passengers information services and value added services for smart traffic card holders, the newspaper said.

The platforms in the four new stations will be one third narrower than the other stations on Metro Line No. 2, according to the newspaper.

[tuy]

OK, Not Shanghai Metro, but it does deal with Rail and Shanghai:

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/18/297496/Express_to_Beijing___in_just_10_hours.htm

Express to Beijing - in just 10 hours

Ji Mi

2006-11-18

THE train trip from Shanghai to Beijing will be cut from 12 hours to 10 hours from April, the Ministry of Railways said yesterday.

And daytime express trains will be added to the Shanghai-Beijing line, Vice Railway Minister Hu Yadong told a Beijing press conference.

Express trains between the two cities now depart only in the evening and arrive in the morning.

The speed for trains on the tracks between Shanghai and Beijing, Beijing and Harbin, Beijing and Guangzhou, and Jinan and Qingdao in Shandong Province will rise from 200 kilometers an hour to 250 kilometers an hour, as part of a general rise in train speeds from April 18, Hu said.

The sixth speed rise on the railway network since 1997 will mean trains can reach 200 kilometers an hour along 6,000 kilometers in 17 provinces. That speed is now possible on only 1,960 kilometers of track, including the Beijing-Shanghai section.

Trains travel at 160 kilometers an hour in most of the country.

The ministry completed a 16-day traction test for trains at 200 kilometers an hour on Thursday.

The Beijing-Shanghai artery is the busiest of China's 75,000 kilometers of railways.

Daytime express trains are also planned for trips from Shanghai to Changsha, capital of Hunan Province in central China, and from Beijing to Wuhan, Harbin, Changchun and Qingdao.

The biggest cut for passengers departing Shanghai will be 7 1/2 hours from the city's Southern Railway Station to Changsha. The trip now takes 15 hours.

The journey from the Southern Railway Station to Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province, will be cut six hours to about five hours, the ministry said.

The trip from Beijing to Harbin will take eight hours, 2 1/2 hours less than now.

Hu said the speed rise is expected to increase passenger transport capacity 18 percent and freight transport capacity 12 percent.

He said that, by April, 416 express trains will operate between major cities in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Bohai Sea region, as well as cities around Zhengzhou and Wuhan in central China, Changchun and Harbin in the northeast and Xi'an in the northwest.

[staff]

The two end stations (Gubei) on line 2 have now opened, it seems.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/23/297835/Tomb_will_not_stop_Metro_work.htm

Tomb will not stop Metro work

Zhang Jun
2006-11-23

CONSTRUCTION of Metro Line No. 9 will not be affected by the discovery of a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) tomb containing the remains of two couples, archaeologists said yesterday.

Some of the artifacts inside the tomb, such as a bronze mirror, will be kept for further authentication.

The coffins and bodies will remain at the site, but they will be buried even deeper.

This is standard practice when archaeologists determenine there is no historical value to a particular find.

"We have found many such Ming Dynasty tombs," said He Jiying, an archaeologist at the Shanghai Cultural Relics Management Commission.

The tomb was found by workers during construction of Metro Line No. 9 at the conjunction of Xujiahui Road and Huangpi Road S. in Luwan District.

The first phase of Metro Line No. 9 will open next year. It will link rural Songjiang District with Pudong by 2010.

[Jiang]

shanghai metro
http://img177.echo.cx/img177/1373/shanghaisubwaynetworkmore6ua.jpg

[staff]

I'm not sure how reliable this map is - but honestly I think it needs even better coverage within the ring road (central Shanghai).
Good to see that pretty much all of the stations in that area are transfer stations though.

[tuy]

The map posted by Jiang is an older map. It has the old numbering scheme for the metro system. Many changes have been made to the plan since the older map was published.

However, the plan does show the then planned system farther into the future (18 lines vs. 10) than the map I posted above from the current article. It also shows a larger area.

[timeo]

Good grief! When I went to Shanghai this past spring, the subway map was nowhere near that complex or comprehensive!

Still though, they need to make the interchanges between different lines more simple and efficient. When I tried transferring lines, sometimes it doesn't work and you have to pay again. It's frustrating.

[R@ptor]

Still though, they need to make the interchanges between different lines more simple and efficient. When I tried transferring lines, sometimes it doesn't work and you have to pay again. It's frustrating.

I absolutely agree with that. There are some interchanges where you always have to pay again, especially at the Shanghai railway station interchange (Shanghai Huochezhan). When I was in Shanghai in August, I stayed near the Caoyang Lu station and I had to change trains at the Huochezhan station in order to get to the city center. It didn't work a single time.

Also they really need longer operating times. Often the last train runs at 10.15 pm, WAY too early for such a city.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/24/298012/_Water_falls__found_in_new_Metro_station.htm

'Water falls' found in new Metro station

Gu Jia
2006-11-24

LEAKS and small puddles can be found in the newly finished Metro station in Shanghai's Pudong, which confirmed later it was caused by a broken pipe, a local newspaper reported today.

"The pipe is a backed-up communication line and was there for years," an official with the Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co Ltd, which is responsible for the station's maintenance, told Wenhui Daily yesterday.

Water poured from the joints in the ceiling, down the right side of an elevator below the No. 2 exit in Shiji Avenue Station, the newspaper said.

The station has suspended operation of the elevator and isolated the neighboring area to avoid any incidents as the exit is a main passage of the station.

Seepage was found in at least five different areas two days ago, the operator said.

"We have fixed the ceilings where water leaked through," said the official, surnamed Zhang. "However, it will take time to completely fix the broken pipe."

Xu Jingxing, the station chief, told the newspaper that they have dispatched more cleaners to handle the leaks to ensure the safety of passengers.

Yellow "Caution, Wet!" signs are scattered in the station, he said.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/25/298042/Subway_etiquette_advocated.htm

Subway etiquette advocated

Dong Zhen and Zou Qi
2006-11-25

Operators of the city's Metro lines say they are trying to promote better etiquette on escalators in subway stations around town, but overcrowding is making that a very difficult task.

They said people in many foreign countries commonly stand on the right side of an escalator so people who are in a hurry can pass on the left, a rule that is all but ignored in the city.

Metro authorities are promoting the idea at 31 busy stations in the city, including the People's Square and Zhongshan Park stations.

"We painted a yellow line on escalators in some of these Metro stations, expecting that riders would be reminded of this courtesy rule," said a female official surnamed Tu from Shanghai Metro Operation Co Ltd.

"We also sent student volunteers to promote Metro riding courtesies including how to take an escalator and ride a Metro train with proper manners," she said.

"The students patrol around subway stations on weekends, assisting our workers to inform passengers to mind their manners in public."

While the company says a growing number of passengers are acting politely and patiently when getting on and off Metro trains, their efforts in promoting the escalator-riding courtesy have proven fruitless so far.

Several commuters at the People's Square Station this week ridiculed the idea.

"An escalator is just for you to stand on to enjoy the convenience and move you automatically," said one man standing on the left side of an escalator on Thursday.

"If you are in a hurry, fine, do not choose the escalator. Use the stairs, which are more convenient for you to move on," he said.

Others gave milder reactions, however.

"I will obey this rule when I can remember it and while possible," said another passenger surnamed Zhao, noting the escalators are so packed during rush hours it is impossible to only stand on the right.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/24/297989/Subway_station_noise_won__039_t_damage_hearing.htm

Subway station noise won't damage hearing

Chen Qian
2006-11-24

PROLONGED exposure to noisy subway stations in Shanghai won't lead to hearing damage, unlike New York, several local experts said yesterday.

Jiang Dahe, a professor from the Environmental Engineering College at Tongji University said noise on the city's Metro lines won't affect passengers' hearing ability. "The noise level is almost the same or even lower than that in many European cities."

The experts made the remarks in response to a recent report from Columbia University in the United States, which said 30 minutes' exposure a day to the noise in the New York City transit system could cause passengers to lose their hearing.

Noise in the Big Apple's subway system can reach up to 106 decibels, according to the Columbia report. Local experts couldn't say yesterday how loud the city's subway lines get, but said there is no reason to worry about the local situation.

They said the city's subway system is much newer than New York's and operators have taken several measures to reduce noise along the lines.

[The Chemist]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/11/24/297989/Subway_station_noise_won__039_t_damage_hearing.htm

Subway station noise won't damage hearing

Chen Qian
2006-11-24

PROLONGED exposure to noisy subway stations in Shanghai won't lead to hearing damage, unlike New York, several local experts said yesterday.

Jiang Dahe, a professor from the Environmental Engineering College at Tongji University said noise on the city's Metro lines won't affect passengers' hearing ability. "The noise level is almost the same or even lower than that in many European cities."

The experts made the remarks in response to a recent report from Columbia University in the United States, which said 30 minutes' exposure a day to the noise in the New York City transit system could cause passengers to lose their hearing.

Noise in the Big Apple's subway system can reach up to 106 decibels, according to the Columbia report. Local experts couldn't say yesterday how loud the city's subway lines get, but said there is no reason to worry about the local situation.

They said the city's subway system is much newer than New York's and operators have taken several measures to reduce noise along the lines.

I can agree with that. While I've never taken the New York Subway, I was on the Tube in London this past week, and it definitely seemed substantially louder than the Metro in Shanghai ever got. One of the advantages to a much newer system, I guess.

[PaSkyX]

Yeah, Shanghai's subways are quite quiet. As compared to NYC's, especially with regard to the 4,5,6 line, especially notorious at Union Square.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/12/12/299631/Metro_Line_3_extension_to_open_next_Monday.htm

Metro Line 3 extension to open next Monday

Winny Wang

2006-12-12

THE northern extension of Metro Line No. 3 will begin operating next Monday, which is expected to ease the crowd on Metro Line No. 1, Eastday.com reported today.

The 15-kilometer extension, starting from Jiangwan Town Station, will run along Yingao Road, Changjiang Road S., Songfa Road, Zhanghuabang, Songbin Road, Shuichan Road, Baoyang Road, Youyi Road, Tieli Road, Jiangyang Road N. A one way journey will take 65 minutes.

The western extension of Line 2 will be put into use by the end of this month, Jiefang Daily reported.

Shanghai's Metro Line operator has arranged eight trains from Line 4 to aid the western extension of Line 2 temporarily.

The extension will stop at Loushanguan Road, Weining Road, Beixinjing Road, and Songhong Road, which will increase the daily passenger volume by 200,000 from the current 550,000 on the line.

Five metro lines in Shanghai handle more than 1.9 million passengers every day.

An earlier report said the construction of Line 6 and 8 and the first phase of Line 9 will be completed this year, and the city will begin building Line 7, the second phase of Line 9, and Line 10.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/12/13/299712/Metro_diggers_ready_to_make_the_earth_move.htm

Metro diggers ready to make the earth move

Zhang Jun
2006-12-13

The first 22 city-built tunneling machines are set to help Metro workers beat a 2010 deadline.

Imported machines dug the five Metro lines now in place, but the new equipment, unveiled yesterday at a Pudong factory, will speed up work on the extra 277 kilometers of track scheduled to be opened in time for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

"Using our own machines we can reduce construction periods and save on costs," said Yang Guoxiang, chief engineer of the Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company, which built the equipment.

He said the machines could dig 38 meters of tunnel a day - 12 meters more than a Japanese machine.

"We have broken the monopoly on tunneling equipment in China," Yang said.

He said technical problems with imported machines could hold up construction for weeks because spare parts or technicians had to be flown in.

"We can quickly fix the problems when using our own machines," Yang said.

The machines cost about 20 million yuan (US$2.5 million), compared to a Japanese machine, which costs 30 million yuan, or a European machine, which costs 40 million yuan, company officials said. Work on the 22 machines started in February.

The company said 86 machines would be needed before 2010 to complete the Metro network.

It's not clear whether the remaining 64 shields will be city-built or imported.

By 2012, Shanghai plans to have a Metro network 500 kilometers long.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2006/12/18/300155/Metro_extension_reduces_travel_time_to_Baoshan.htm

Metro extension reduces travel time to Baoshan

Zhang Jun
2006-12-18

RESIDENTS of rural Baoshan District now have a faster way to access the downtown, thanks to the opening today of the northern extension of Shanghai's Metro Line No. 3.

The new mass transit link, which took four years to build, runs 14 kilometers from the Jiangwan Town Station to the Jiangyang Road N. Station in Baoshan District.

"The line will greatly facilitate transport for people living in northern Shanghai," Shao Weizhong, deputy general manager of the Shanghai Metro Operation Co, said yesterday.

Metro managers said the extension will shave about 30 minutes off the time it previously took Baoshan District commuters to reach the downtown using ground transport.

Intervals between trains are expected to be at least five minutes, but a precise figure for the longest waiting period was not given.

Tickets along the extension will be dispensed only by vending machines, though Metro staffers will be available to help commuters pay their fares.

The new stations also feature public rest rooms within the ticket area along with parking lots for bicycles outside.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=301300&type=Metro

Four new stations will open along Metro Line 2

By Dong Zhen 2006-12-29


FOUR new stations will open along the western end of Metro Line 2 this weekend, officials with Shanghai Metro Operation Company announced yesterday.

The four stations will extend the line 6.75 kilometers beyond the Zhongshan Park Station into western Beixinjing area, which is home to about 200,000 people.

The Songhong Road Station would become the line's new western terminal when the four new stops open on Saturday.

The other three new stations are at Loushanguan Road, Weining Road and Beixinjing Road.

The new stations were all situated alongside Tianshan Road.

Metro authorities said the new stations are expected to boost traffic on the subway line by about 100,000 passengers a day on average.

Metro officials say they will add additional trains to the line if the new stations lead to overcrowding. When several new stations were added to Metro Line 3 recently, many commuters complained of overcrowding during rush hours.

It will take about 11 minutes to travel between the Zhongshan Park Station and the new terminus at Songhong Road. Previously, commuters had to make the trip by bus, which took more than 20 minutes to complete.

[staff]

Good news for transportation - bad news for me.
This means I will not longer live on the end station of this line, and thus not get a guaranteed seat when going east into the city on line 2. :)

[tuy]

Staff, will they really get an additional 100K passengers a day with the 3 new stations?

[staff]

Staff, will they really get an additional 100K passengers a day with the 3 new stations?
Are you asking me? I have no idea! :)
But considering the population and density of the areas where the metro has been extended (Gubei, Hongqiao etc.), a lot of people that haven't had access to the metro before will be able to take it from now on.
100.000 sounds a lot, but I'd say it's a pretty realistic forecast.

[nick_taylor]

I can agree with that. While I've never taken the New York Subway, I was on the Tube in London this past week, and it definitely seemed substantially louder than the Metro in Shanghai ever got. One of the advantages to a much newer system, I guess.I actually find that to be a benefit - the noise is so loud that you know whether to run down the escalators and hop on or take your time...especially on the really deep-level sections.

[staff]

I just read that more than 100 metro stations are under construction simultaneously in Shanghai right now. That has to be some kind of record, right? :)

[nick_taylor]

I just read that more than 100 metro stations are under construction simultaneously in Shanghai right now. That has to be some kind of record, right? :)I'd presume that includes the light railway and regional commuter lines that we've talked about previously, if so then I doubt its a record - London, Paris and Tokyo have probably been higher.

[staff]

^^
I think it's metro stations only.

[tuy]

After waiting a long time for pages to download, (Chinese sites are downloading very slowly) here is a report on the first few days of the extension to line 2. 40K a day extra!!! Poor Staff probably has to stand the whole way now. Maybe he will give us a report.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=301840&type=Metro

Commuters squeezed out of extended Metro

By Dong Zhen 2007-1-5

ABOUT 40,000 commuters used Metro Line 2's four new stations on the first working day since they opened - almost half the forecast volume of 79,000.

But yesterday's extra traffic was felt by the line's regular passengers, with some saying Metro Line 2 was turning into another Metro Line 1, the city's busiest.

The new stations were opened on Saturday, adding 6.75 kilometers of track to the western end of the line and making Songhong Road Station the new western terminus in place of Zhongshan Park Station.

According to Metro estimates, the extension puts an extra 200,000 residents within easy access of a Metro station, and yesterday the new crowds came.

"It's turning into another heavy Metro Line 1," complained a female commuter at Zhongshan Park yesterday morning.

Some passengers could not get on the crowded rush hour trains and had to wait, a situation that rarely happened before on Metro Line 2, according to some regular morning commuters on the line.

Metro managers at People's Square Station, said Metro Line 2's peak traffic hours started about 30 minutes earlier than usual yesterday morning because of the increased traffic.

A similar problem hit Metro Line 3 when it opened its northern extension with 10 new stations on December 18.

Since new trains on order will not arrive until 2008, Metro managers said they could only send more workers to Metro stations to help maintain order and coordinate trains on different lines to ease traffic pressure.

[tuy]

And news of another impending line opening. This time line #9.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=301869&type=Metro

Line 9 tracks to be built by Spring Festival

By Winny Wang 2007-1-5


RAIL construction of the first phase of Shanghai's Metro Line No. 9 is expected to be completed by the Spring Festival, linking Songjiang New City and Yishan Road in Xuhui District, Wenhui Daily reported today.

Tracks from Songjiang New City to Sijing have been built and the construction of the uplink rails of Qibao Road, Outer Ring Road and Guilin Road have been completed.

Passengers will be able to ride trains from Songjiang New City Station to Guilin Road Station by the end of this year.

The 31.12-kilometer Metro line has 13 stations, which links Songjiang New City with Sheshan National Park and Qibao residential area with Caohejing Technology Development Zone. It will shorten the journey by about one hour.

The line will be the first in the city to have customer service centers in each station, where commuters can ask for directions and receive first aid in the event of an emergency.

[staff]

After waiting a long time for pages to download, (Chinese sites are downloading very slowly) here is a report on the first few days of the extension to line 2. 40K a day extra!!! Poor Staff probably has to stand the whole way now. Maybe he will give us a report.
Well, I rode it between Zhongshan Gongyuan and Jing An Si yesterday around 9:30-10:00 and I didn't experience any huge crowds at all.
To compare it with line 1, which is packed (and I don't mean "western packed" ;)) with people at all times, is just ridiculous!

I am excited to visit the four new stations though, which presumably are quite nice and modern - at least in comparission with the existing stations on line 2. They opened a (maybe more) new entrance/exit on the Nanjing Donglu (former Henan Zhonglu) station and it looked really nice.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=302491&type=Metro

Tracks ready on Metro Line 6

By Winny Wang 2007-1-11

TRACKS have been laid for Metro Line No. 6, which will run as a trial at the end of this year, Shanghai Morning Post reported today.

Workers have built the main structures of the line's 28 stations, all of which are in Pudong New Area, and are expected to finish all the entrances and exits around the end of April.

The 33-kilometer Metro line will run from Gaoqiao Town to Jiyang Road. It will connect 22 big residential areas, Waigaoqiao, Jinqiao and Lujiazui.

Twelve kilometers of the line is on elevated train tracks, which will be equipped with anti-noise barriers to avoid disturbing nearby residents.

A single journey will take 50 minutes to one hour.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=302480&type=Metro

Fast-track for huge hub project

By Zhang Jun 2007-1-11

SHANGHAI plans to build 60 new public transport transfer depots by 2010.The hubs will streamline transfers between metro lines, buses, private cars, railways and even flights, the city government announced yesterday.

The program is just part of an overall total of 145 hubs recently approved by the government to promote the city's central transport position in the Yangtze River Delta region.

"The new hubs aim to make it more convenient for residents, and to ensure a successful World Expo," Shanghai municipal spokesperson Jiao Yang said yesterday during an online news conference.

The biggest three hubs among the 60 planned for completion before 2010 are the Hongqiao Transport Hub, the Pudong International Airport Hub and the Shanghai Railway Station Hub.

As one of the most important single transport-transfer facilities, the Hongqiao hub will be built around the Hongqiao Airport.

The hub will incorporate a new terminal, a new rapid track between Shanghai and Beijing, new railways to cities in the Yangtze Delta region, and stations for long-distance buses.

The hub will be equipped with parking lots for private cars and cabs.

Passengers can also make transfers to most downtown areas through five metro lines. The new metro names were not announced yesterday.

Jiao said the Hongqiao hub will make it easier for people from neighboring cities to reach Shanghai, and transfer to international flights.

Preliminary relocation works have already started on the project, which is projected to be ready for trial use by the end of 2009.

It will be put into full use during the World Expo 2010.

A figure on the total cost for the project has not been released.

The government has also not revealed the details and cost for the expansion of the Pudong International Airport Transfer Hub and Shanghai Railway Station by 2010.

In addition to the three big projects, the government has earmarked 57 transfer hubs between metro, ground buses, taxi service stations, parking lots for private cars, and long-distance buses.

By 2010, Shanghai plans to have a metro network of 11 lines, totalling 400 kilometers.

[staff]

Twelve kilometers of the line is on elevated train tracks, which will be equipped with anti-noise barriers to avoid disturbing nearby residents
I hope they will install those anti-noise barriers on the 3/5 Lines as well as the elevated line runs just outside my window. The noise is just unbarable at some times. :yuck:

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=303091&type=Metro

Metro goes underground to muffle row

By Zhang Jun 2007-1-17


MOST of Metro Line 2's extension to Pudong International Airport will be built underground to reduce noise and avoid land disputes, according to the city's urban construction Website.

The extension, which will link Zhangjiang High-Tech Park and the airport, will total 30 kilometers including 20 kilometers underground and 10 kilometers elevated, the government-backed Website said yesterday.

The extension was originally planned to be mostly elevated.

The blueprint was changed because of environmental concerns and complaints from residents living along the Metro line, according to the Website.

A western extension to Hongqiao International Airport is already under construction.

Bi Xiangli, deputy general manager of Shanghai Shentong Rail Transport Advisory Company, which plans most local Metro lines, said yesterday that the line, when fully extended, would span 58 kilometers between the city's two international airports. The journey will take one and a half hours.

Construction on the eastern extension is planned to start this year. Both extensions are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2009, company officials said.

The project is expected to cost 11.1 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion).

According to Yang Guoxiang, a chief engineer with the Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company, elevated Metro lines are designed to give out a maximal noise of 60 decibels - equivalent to two people talking loudly.

However, the actual noise level may exceed that level, causing severe noise pollution to people living along the line.

An insider with the city's Metro authority said building rail transport underground could save the government a "great amount" in compensation fees for relocated families.

"By putting it underground, the government can avoid time-consuming bargaining with relocated families about compensation fees," said the insider, adding that the country did not have any laws governing underground property ownership.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=303385&type=Metro

OK, not the Metro, but transit related.

High-speed trains take the strain for new year

By Dong Zhen 2007-1-19

SIX new trains capable of speeds of up to 250 kilometers an hour will warm up for their official April launch by helping out with the Spring Festival rail rush, city authorities said yesterday.

But the Chinese-made trains will be restricted to 160kph and feature on just two routes - Shanghai to Hangzhou and Shanghai to Nanjing.

The trains can only run on track fitted with special overhead power lines, and, until April 18 when rail speed limits are increased, are stuck at current limits. The eight-carriage trains, however, should help to relieve congestion in the forthcoming holiday, traditionally China's peak season for travel.

The soft-seat trains will travel in pairs, carrying up to 1,200 passengers at a time, according to the Shanghai Railway Administration.

The administration said tickets for the trains would be only slightly more expensive than for regular express trains. It did not elaborate.

When the bullet-shaped trains go into full operation on April 18, they will cut hours off long-distance journey times. The Beijing-to-Shanghai route will be cut from 12 hours to 10 hours.

With Lunar New Year's Day falling on February 18 this year, authorities estimate the traffic peak will start on February 3 and end on March 14.

An estimated 964,000 migrant workers will leave the city by train during the first 15 days before New Year's Day, an increase of 3.2 percent from last year, the rail administration said.

About 45 percent of the workers will go to Anhui, Sichuan, Shandong, Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei provinces.

The city's two main railway stations are estimated to send out 5.65 million people during the 40-day period, about 160,000 more than last year. The national traffic authorities said last week that the price of train tickets would not increase during the Spring Festival period.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=303320&type=Metro

New Metro ticket machines planned

By Zhang Jun 2007-1-19


NEW ticketing and card reading machines will be set up in Metro stations around the city over the next several years in order to cut down on crowds during rush hours, Metro officials said yesterday.

The machines will first be installed in new subway stations and then gradually replace ticketing systems at existing stations, according to a preliminary plan.

Several new ticketing and card reading machines were on display yesterday at an exhibition in the city's software incubation base in Minhang District.

"The new machines will greatly relieve crowdedness," said Zhao Shimin, an official with Shanghai Shentong Rail Transit Research and Consultancy Company.

The new machines, which were mainly developed by domestic companies, are bigger and offer more functions than existing machines. That makes them easier to read and use, said Zhao.

The machines allow users to add money to their public transport cards, or buy tickets with the card for friends who don't have one - two functions current machines don't offer.

Once they are installed, and no date has been set on when all Metro stations will be upgraded, manned ticket booths will be removed from stations. At least one employee will work in each station to help people who can't figure out the automated system, however.

Removing manned ticket booths will require placing more machines in each station than currently exist, officials said.

The machines, which accept both coins and notes, should be twice as quick to use as current machines, according to Zhao.

Ticket reading machines will work three times as quickly as existing models, which will make a noticeable difference during rush hours, Zhao said.

They are also easier and quicker to repair if they break down.

The city government put up about 10 percent of the six million yuan (US$750,000) spent on developing the new equipment over the past year.

The city will have 11 Metro lines covering 400 kilometers by 2010, about three times the current distance covered by the city's Metro system.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=304720&type=Metro

Metro's extra length aims to satisfy

By Dong Zhen 2007-1-31


THE Metro gets supersized today as the first eight-carriage train rolls into service.

The train can hold 800 more passengers than current six-car trains, and will initially be used to relieve congestion on Metro Line 1, the city's busiest, Metro managers said yesterday.

Over the next three days, the train will operate in the afternoons outside rush hours before going into full operation. This buffering procedure is common for newly rolled out stock.

The second eight-car train is scheduled to come into service on Metro Line 1 before the Spring Festival next month, according to managers.

Another 14 trains will be phased in over the next few years, said Metro officials.

The extra length of the trains will make full use of Metro platforms, which were built to cater to eight carriages.

In September, Metro officials said the extra trains would cut the longest interval between Metro Line 1 trains from the current nine minutes to six.

The new trains are also equipped with a more powerful air-conditioning system and each carriage has a device that allows passengers to talk with the driver in the event of an emergency.

The trains were built by a consortium of France's Alstom SA, Shanghai Alstom Transport Co and Nanjing Puzhen Vehicle Factory.

The city signed a deal for the trains with French President Jacques Chirac during his visit to the city in August 2004.

The eight-car trains are the latest effort by the city's Metro operators to ease heavy traffic flow on Metro lines.

Daily passenger turnover on Metro Line 1, which runs north and south across downtown, stands at 1.1 million. The line opened in 1995.

Trains on Metro Line 1 are up to 25 percent overloaded during rush hours, according to Metro managers.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=305130&type=Metro

Ring road pillar falls victim to Metro's march

By Zhang Jun 2007-2-3

Part of the Inner Ring Road will be reconstructed to make room for a new Metro line, a senior Metro investor said yesterday.

A pillar on the Putuo District section blocks construction on Metro Line 7 and will be removed, Ying Minghong, chairman of Shanghai Shentong Holdings Company — a major investor in the Metro — told Shanghai Daily during the ongoing plenary session of the Shanghai People's Congress.

"Transport will be affected but not stopped," Ying said. Shentong plans to build temporary bridges to allow traffic to bypass the section while construction is underway.

The 35-kilometer Line 7 will link Baoshan District with Longyang Road in Pudong.

When the line is finished by 2009, the ring road will be restored and the temporary bridge dismantled. A Suzhou Creek bridge with a 130-year history will also be pulled down as the city moves ahead with plans to build one of the longest subway systems in the world.

Henan Road Bridge will be dismantled and a bigger bridge built in its place to allow construction on Metro Line 10, which will link the city's northern New Jiangwan City in Yangpu District to Hongqiao International Airport.

The new bridge will increase the old bridge's four lanes to six and three arches to five.

Two temporary steel bridges will be built nearby to maintain traffic flow during construction.

Shanghai plans to build more than 250 kilometers of Metro line by 2010, creating a network 400 kilometers long.

The London Underground, the longest city subway network in the world, is 408 kilometers long. The Shanghai People's Congress will end its annual plenary session today when more than 800 SPC delegates vote on key government reports, including the government work report and the city's economic and social development report.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=304879&type=Metro

Three more Metro lines to begin running this year

By Chen Yiqin 2007-2-1

THREE new Metro lines in Shanghai are expected to start operation within the year, including Line No. 8 which stops at the gate of the World Expo Site, Shanghai Evening Post reported yesterday.

The city will ensure the construction of Line 6, Line 8 and the first phase of Line 9 by the end of 2007, the Shanghai Construction and Transport Commission announced.

Besides, Line 1 will be further extended to Fujin Road in Baoshan District and the ring-shaped Line 4 will be fully completed.

The three newly built Metro lines, two of which pass through the World Expo Site, will serve the grand event the city is hosting in 2010.

Line 6 will pass though the neighborhood that gathers thousands of relocated families from the Expo Site, connecting Lujiazui Finance and Trade Center Zone in Pudong's downtown area and Jinqiao Export Processing Zone in the northeast part of the city.

Construction of Line 7 is also expected to start this year, which is the major traffic route to the Expo Site. It will have five stations within the site that can carry visitors and Expo staff.

From this year until 2009, more than 200 new Metro stations will be built in Shanghai.

Seventy shield tunneling machines that dig Metro tunnels underground will be used to lengthen the city's subway system from the current 145 kilometers to 400 kilometers by 2010.

Shanghai now has five Metro lines and will have 11 lines by 2010.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200702/20070215/article_306497.htm

Rail completed on Metro Line No. 9

By Winny Wang 2007-2-15

RAIL construction of the first phase of Shanghai's Metro Line No. 9 was completed yesterday, linking Songjiang New City and Yishan Road in Xuhui District, Labor Daily reported today.

The 31.12-kilometer Metro line has 13 stations, which links Songjiang New City with Sheshan National Park and Qibao residential area with Caohejing Technology Development Zone. It will shorten the entire journey by about one hour.


Passengers will be able to ride trains from Songjiang New City Station to Guilin Road Station by the end of this year.

Metro Line 6, from Gaoqiao Town to Jiyang Road, and Line 8, from New Jiangwan City to Chengshan Road, are also expected to be put into use by the end of this year.

[tuy]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200703/20070301/article_307536.htm

Construction on Line 11 kicks off today

By Zhang Jun 2007-3-1

A NEW metro line, which will provide a 40-minute-link between the Formula One track in Jiading District and the city's downtown area by 2010, started construction today.

The 59-kilometer north-south Metro Line No. 11, will link Chengbei Road of northern Jiading District with Shangnan Road in Pudong near the Sanlin Area, en route to Putuo, Changning and Xuhui districts.

The first 45 kilometers out of the total 59, which includes 20 stations, will be put into use by 2010, linking North Jiading Station -- the line's northern terminal -- to Jiangsu Road Station.

The first phase also includes a 12.8-kilometer branch line from Jiading New City Station to Anting Station to the Formula One Track, cutting the trip from Jiangsu Road to the track to around 40 minutes.

Currently, it takes around one hour to drive from the city's downtown to the track if there is a medium level of traffic congestion.

The remainder of the 14 kilometers from Jiangsu Road Station to Sanlin Station will be completed by the end of 2012.

Overall, the line will have 27 stations including 18 underground and nine above ground.
As well, six of the stations will offer transfers to other metro lines.

"The line will provide fast transport for commuters from the south to the north,'' Jin Jiamo, a spokesperson of Shanghai Rail Transport Construction Headquarters, said today.

The cost of the new line was not released, according to the report.

Metro Line 11 is the last line the city has planned to complete before the World Expo 2010, when Shanghai will have a metro network of 11 lines, totaling 400 kilometers. Jin said.

Shanghai now has five lines of more than 140 kilometers.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200703/20070302/article_307616.htm

Metro line work begins

By Zhang Jun 2007-3-2

CONSTRUCTION began yesterday of Metro Line 11, a subway line that will provide a 40-minute link between downtown Shanghai and the city's Formula One track in Jiading District.

The 59-kilometer line runs north-south from Chengbei Road in northern Jiading District to Shangnan Road in Pudong near the Sanlin Area, with stops in Putuo, Changning and Xuhui districts.

The first phase, which includes 45 kilometers of track and 20 stations, will open in time for the 2010 World Expo, running from the line's northern-most station to Jiangsu Road.

The first phase also includes a 12.8-kilometer branch line from Jiading New City Station to Anting Station through the Formula One track, making the trip from Jiangsu Road to Formula One track around 40 minutes in duration.

Currently it takes about an hour to drive to the track from downtown.

The remaining 14 kilometer from Jiangsu Road Station to Sanlin Station will be completed by the end of 2012.

When completed, the line will have 27 stations, including 18 underground and nine above the ground.

Six of the stations will connect to other metro lines.

"The line will provide fast transport for ordinary people from south to north," said Jin Jiamo, a spokesperson for the Shanghai Rail Transport Construction Headquarters.

He wouldn't yesterday say how much the entire subway line will cost to build.