15 Facts About Shanghai Metro

Shanghai Metro is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province.

Opening in 1993 with full-scale construction extending back to 1986, the Shanghai Metro is the third-oldest rapid transit system in mainland China, after the Beijing Subway and the Tianjin Metro.

Economic and population boom of Shanghai led to a surge in traffic that was beginning to overwhelm the transportation system by the end of the 1980s.

In 2003 when the length was only 3 lines, 65 kilometers, Shanghai was named host city for the World Expo 2010, plans were made to extend the length of the Metro to 400 kilometers by the time it opened in 2010.

In 2009 Shanghai Metro announced it would have 21 lines operating by 2020 with lines extending further into the suburban areas.

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Shanghai Metro system is one of the fastest-growing metro systems in the world.

In 2023 Shanghai Metro will connect with the metro system of Suzhou; the under construction Suzhou Metro line S1 will connect Shanghai Metro line 11 with Suzhou Metro line 3.

Shanghai Metro authority has tested a new systematic numbering system for stations on line 10, but did not extend it to other lines.

On December 31,2009 Shanghai Metro launched a website displaying real-time comprehensive passenger flow information, each station and line is displayed as either green, yellow, and red.

Passengers can pay their Shanghai Metro fares using a mobile phone app, Daduhui since January 2018.

Shanghai Metro have been cooperating with police to crack down on subway fare evasion.

In 2012, the Shanghai Metro has reported 202,457 counts fare evasion, and an additional 472,898 yuan of adjusted fare was collected.

In 2010, to deal with the overcrowding Shanghai Metro hired passenger pushers to assist commuters boarding line 8 trains.

In June 2012 Shanghai Metro published a post on Weibo asking women to wear more clothing in public.

Changchang means "happiness, smoothness, and imagination", which not only reflects the happiness that Shanghai Metro subway brings to the city and life, but reflects the dense network and unimpeded development of the subway throughout the city.