On December 30, 2021, Shanghai opened 2 new subway lines: line 14 and line 18. I took some photos on line 14 recently that I want to share with you all. :)
Line 14 is driverless, and I found a few articles that say it's the longest subway line in the world (not sure if that's really true though- I can't verify if these sites are reliable or not). It's 39.1 km (24.3 mi) and goes right through the middle of Shanghai- passing through other big/ well-known stations like Lujiazui, Yuyuan Garden, and Jing'an Temple.
Here is an interactive map of the entire subway system in Shanghai. (Chinese site, hope it loads for my readers in other countries too.)
On this lovely day, I was on line 6, and got off at Yunshan Road station, to transfer to line 14:
Line 6 is magenta, line 14 is kind of a bronze color. Shanghai has so many subway lines, it's like there aren't enough colors.
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| Going up the stairs after getting off line 6. |
To transfer from line 6 to line 14, it was a bit of a walk. (All underground inside Yunshan Road station.)
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| Arrows on the walls, showing the way to line 6, line 14, and various exits. |
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| Escalators and stairs to go down to the subway platform. |
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| Waiting for the subway. These doors are closed, and then when the subway comes and stops there, the doors will open. Safety! |
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| The seat on the end of each row is for disabled/elderly/pregnant people. |
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| Above the door (inside the subway car) there is a diagram showing all the stations on line 14. |
Ooooh, this is interesting, there is a little shelf and USB ports where you can charge your phone. I haven't seen that on any subways before.
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| I flipped the little shelf down to take this picture. |
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| Line 14 subway platform at Lujiazui. |
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| Chinese characters for Lu Jia Zui. |
At Lujiazui, you can transfer from line 14 to line 2. Let's follow these green arrows to line 2.
This is a map of Lujiazui subway station. You can see the line 14 station south of the line 2 station, and it's kind of a far walk between them. (It's an underground tunnel.) That's something to be aware of when you're planning your route- at some subway stations, the transfer is you just walk up 1 flight of stairs and the other subway line is right there, and at some stations you have to walk really far.
(Also if you have a stroller or wheelchair, some subway stations are a lot more of a pain than others. Yes, they all have elevators, but maybe not in reasonable locations.)
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| Yes, the image is moving- this is some kind of giant digital screen. Really cool when you see it in real life. |
Shanghai's subway system is great. Clean, safe, convenient, cheap- only 4 kuai (about 50 cents) to go from Yunshan Rd to Lujiazui.
So, readers, what other places do you want me to explore in Shanghai?
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Related: This post about taking the subway from Century Avenue to Lujiazui (line 2).
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