The Guangzhou Metro opened three new lines and one extension at the end of 2017.
Line 9 has opened in northern Guangzhou providing connectivity to Huadu District. With the line’s opening, the interchange station at Gaozeng on Line 3 has also opened, just one stop from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at Airport South.
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact timetables and station details are only announced on opening day.
Today we have a sneak preview of the Line S1 in Beijing which opens today.
The S1 is the first metro line in China to use Maglev technology. It runs in western Beijing in Shijingshan and Mentougou districts.
Unfortunately, the line currently does not connect to the rest of the Beijing Subway system. In future it will connect with Line 1 at Pingguoyuan and Line 6 at both Pingguoyuan and Jin’anqiao stations.
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS are rolling out over the next few days.
The opening of the Pujiang Line in Shanghai has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2018 as more time is needed to test driverless operation.
Some more information about the new line has now been published: it will appear grey on the official metro map, and upon opening, Shendu Highway station, the interchange with Line 8, will be renamed to Pujiang Country Park (浦江郊野公园) after the park of the same name.
Pujiang Country Park
Here’s the updated metro map
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS will be available soon!
UPDATE: Looks like we jumped the gun and this line won’t open until early 2018. See our updated blog post for more details
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact timetables and station details are only announced on opening day.
Today we have a sneak preview of the new Pujiang Line in Shanghai. It’s an unusual line – an automated, driverless rubber-tyred metro line or “automated people mover”, more commonly used to shuttle passengers between airport terminals.
It was originally planned as a southern extension to Line 8, now it is a separate line passengers will transfer to Line 8 at Shendu Highway station.
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS are rolling out by the end of the year.
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact timetables and station details are only announced on opening day.
Today we have a sneak preview of the Line 9 eastern extension in Shanghai. Line 9, which first opened in 2007, will be extended 9 stops deeper into Pudong from the current terminus at Middle Yanggao Road, terminating at Caolu. There is also a handy interchange with Line 12 at Jinhai Road.
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS are rolling out by the end of the year.
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact timetables and station details are only announced on opening day.
Today we have a sneak preview of the new Line 17 in Shanghai. Line 17 should dramatically improve connectivity in Qingpu District. Line 17 starts at Hongqiao Railway Station before heading west into Qingpu.
There is a stop at famous water town Zhujiajiao, with the terminus of the line at Oriental Land.
View of Zhujiajiao – Will Clayton, CC-BY
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS are rolling out by the end of the year.
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact timetables and station details are only announced on opening day.
Today we have a sneak preview of the new Yanfang Line in Beijing.
The Yanfang Line is located in the southwest of Beijing in Fangshan District. It will connect with the existing Fangshan Line at Yancun East station.
The terminus of the line at Yanshan is more than 42km from Tian’anmen! As the tendrils of the Beijing Subway snake ever further from the city center, some extremely long routes are possible. For example the shortest journey from Yanshan to Fengbo on Line 15 would take over three hours with five changes!
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS are rolling out by the end of the year.
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact timetables and station details are only announced on opening day.
Today we have a sneak preview of the new Xijiao Line in Beijing.
Formerly known as the Western Suburban Line, this will be a light rail line located in Haidian District. It will be convenient for tourists, with stops close to the Summer Palace, Botanical Gardens and Xiangshan (Fragrant Hills).
By N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Xijiao Line connects to the rest of the network at Line 10’s Bagou station.
Updates to our metro maps online, for Android and for iOS are rolling out by the end of the year.
The latest versions of the ExploreMetro apps for iOS add support for the iPhone X! We’ve taken the opportunity to give all the apps a fresh lick of paint and match the style of iOS 11 (the apps will still run on any devices running iOS 9 and higher).
Here’s a sneak peek of some of the updated screens for iPhone X!
Support for iPhone X will be included in version 15.0 of our iOS apps, which will be rolling out over the next few days!
A full year after the MRT Purple Line opened, the 1km ‘missing link’ between the Blue and Purple Line has finally opened in Bangkok. This means passengers can now change trains at Tao Poon, rather than needing to take a shuttle bus and get stuck in traffic.
The change to the metro map is shown below!
We’ve updated our Explore Bangkok maps for iOS, Android and the web with the change – the new versions should automatically update to your device in the next few days!