Today we updated the printable PDF versions of our Shanghai metro map. The new English version includes the new line 8 stations and there’s a new Chinese version. If you have any comments or suggestions for the PDF versions, please get in touch.
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Print or download your Shanghai metro map PDF
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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Every Shanghai Metro Station in 10 hours, 14 minutes and 42 seconds
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.
Shanghai Metro Challenge – LIVE!
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!
Every Shanghai Metro station in one day
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!
Attaching reindeer to Maglev train…
Several people have noticed the fun loading messages which appear while our metro maps for Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou are loading.
To celebrate the festive season, we’ve written some new loading messages with the theme “Christmas with Chinese characteristics”. Check it out on one of our maps: SH BJ GZ.
CNReviews on ExploreMetro
CNReviews have kindly written a very positive review of our sites in their latest post.
Every so often you run into something so completely wonderful, it forces you to ask yourself, “how the hell did I never hear of this before?”
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ExploreMetro should be a nice reference for China’s many expats and foreign visitors who opt not to waste time or money hopping into taxis to get wherever they want to go when the subway is equally accessible and often times much faster.
Thanks guys, we love you too. Read the full review here.
A picture is worth 1000 words
Every station on the Shanghai Metro, Beijing Subway and Guangzhou Metro have their own page on ExploreShanghai‘s Metropedia, ExploreBeijing‘s Subwaypedia and ExploreGuangzhou‘s Metropedia.
Now these pages are more colourful and interesting with the addition of local photos! Powered by Panoramia.com, you can now see photos taken in the geographical area around each metro station.
Examples:
- Shanghai: Nanpu Bridge
- Beijing: Yonghegong Lama Temple
- Guangzhou: Chigang Pagoda
I am a Roman hash gangster = Shanghai Metro anagrams
Inspired by the work of bloggers in Toronto and London I have created my own anagrammed map of the Shanghai Metro!
So if you’ve ever fancied travelling from I’m a hot dashing dinosaur (Shanghai Indoor Stadium) to Thoroughly Hawaiian Satanists (Shanghai South Railway Station) to Drab Penguin (Nanpu Bridge) now is your chance!
Check it out: Shanghai Metro anagram map
Note for pedants: I used the common English name of the station as posted on signboards, spelling out directions e.g. South Lingyan Road. For some challenging stations (particularly the ones with lots of Xs and Zs I added “station” e.g. Dongjing Station -> Standing, I jog not.
Shanghai Housing Scanner
Looking for an apartment, but fed up with searching lots of different websites? Try out the Shanghai Housing Scanner which combines results from many different classifieds sites in Shanghai.