Today we launched a new standardised look for our four city sites ExploreShanghai, ExploreBeijing, ExploreGuangzhou and the brand new ExploreHK.
The navigation bar at the top of the screen has been simplified to give you quick access to the two most popular areas of the site: the interactive map and “pedia”.
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We’re pleased to announce the newest addition to ExploreMetro’s city metro maps: ExploreHK.com is an interactive map of the Hong Kong MTR.
Today Shanghai’s Metro Line 8 opened its second phase. The previous southern terminus was Yaohua Road in Pudong. The new route travels 14.2km into Pudong to the Aerospace Museum.
The full list of new stations, from North to South is
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UPDATE: See this updated article for new version in English and Chinese
Our ExploreShanghai metro map is great for finding stations and plotting routes, but what if you’re away from the computer? We now provide a handy PDF version of the Shanghai metro map in A4 size, which you can print out and take with you on your trip.
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The official names for the Shanghai Metro Line 10 stations have been announced. The line runs from Hongqiao Airport, through the centre of Shanghai, via such landmarks as Xintiandi, the Yu Garden and Shanghai Zoo, ending at Jiangwan New Town in north Shanghai. There are multiple interchanges with existing lines, see below for details!
It was pitch dark and freezing cold as I sat outside Songjiang Xincheng metro station at 5.45am on Monday morning, eating dumplings for breakfast. I had set myself the challenge of visiting every Shanghai Metro Station in one day, and was thinking this was not the most glamorous of beginnings. After a few minutes the staff rolled up the shutters and let me and a few other bleary-eyed commuters into the station.
Today (Monday) I will be attempting the Shanghai Metro Challenge, trying to visit every station on the network in just one day.
You can follow my progress during the day via exploremetro on Twitter or text me on +86 13482644407.
Full report and photos to follow on Tuesday. Jiayou!
On Monday 19th January I will attempt to visit every Shanghai Metro station in one day!
In the last five years the Shanghai Metro system it’s grown from three lines to eight, with 147 stations. It’s now the largest network in China and the sixth largest in the world. In London, people have been doing the Tube Challenge for decades, but as far as I know, this is the first attempt with the current network in Shanghai (feel free to prove me wrong in the comments). By 2020, I fear it will be impossible to visit every station in a day!
I’m delighted to present the new ExploreMetro.com, a site for general and business information about our metro and subway maps.
Since Shanghai Metro Line 9 opened last year, the stretch from Guilin Road to Yishan Road has been served only by a shuttle bus.
No more: as of 28 December 2008, you can now take a Line 9 metro train directly to/from Yishan Road, where you can interchange with Line 3 and Line 4.
The Explore Shanghai metro map has been updated to show this new connection. If you drag between two stations to plot a route, you’ll now see the new faster times.
Update January 2010 Line 9 was extended to Century Avenue in Pudong
