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Shanghai metro lines (a.k.a Subway, or underground) covers major areas of Shanghai. The Metro is the most important public transportation in Shanghai. Welcome to Metro and welcome to my pages covering Shanghai Metro. The articles record major events of Shanghai Metro in the last 3 years.

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Near to Both Metro Stations Jan 9, 2008
In the next few minute, I am going to go back home via Metro Line #4. There are two stations of the line, and both are "near" to where I work. In the map below: The one on the left...
Metro is Much Better than Bus Sep 3, 2007
Morning This morning, I just want to try new way to commute to work. Do you know what I did? I tried BUS! I got onto bus 607 and transited to Bus Bridge-6 to where I work. Then guess how...
Lining Up for Metro? Nov 28, 2006
Yesterday, at rush hours (6:30 PM), I waited at the Shanghai Metro #1 People's Square Station. On the rear doors of the Metro, I noticed that people started to line up - there are two lines of people for the...
Metro Lines are the Bones of the City Nov 7, 2006
Winter arrives in Shanghai. In the last week, a T-shirt is still OK; today, I wear a sweater, but still feel cold. The air started to show the character of air of winter of Shanghai - as cold as water....
Real Ice in Shanghai Metro Aug 17, 2006
Shanghai is hot recently (good news is, it will cool down very soon). Thanks to the good air-con in both metro stations and metro carts, it is very good experience as long as you stay inside the Metro System, but...
Glass Doors Installed in Metro Apr 29, 2006
Shanghai metro keeps improving itself. Recently, automatically glass doors are installed at Xujiahui Metro Station. Here is the latest report by Jian Shuo, from Shanghai. (The typical tone of a journalist, right?) The door in Xujiahui is completely put into...
Coffee, Chat and Metro Transition Apr 10, 2006
It is nice to meet Haichao again, after we briefly met half year ago. The Starbucks at Xujiahui is more crowded, and noisy. My reading before he arrives was frequently interrupted by some words or sentences from far away seats....
Shanghai Metro News Nov 28, 2005
Here are some piece of Shanghai Metro news. Folded Bicycles According to the regulations, folded bicycles (not sure how I can put it. It is a bicycle that you can fold to make it smaller) are allowed on Metro. Some...
Pictures in Shanghai Metro Oct 19, 2005
Share with you some pictures I took with Nokia 6670 mobile phone. How exciting that in China, 45 million mobile phones with camera capacity will be shipped this year....
Price Increase of Shanghai Metro Sep 5, 2005
It is HEARD that the price of Shanghai Metro will continue to increase due to the high pressure from the passenger volume at rush hours. The lowest price will be adjusted to 3 RMB from 2, and it takes 5...
So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro - Part III Oct 27, 2004
More typos found: Picture taken by Jian Shuo Wang at Xujiahui Metro Station, Shanghai "The Map of Shanghai Traffic - Design for Metro Line" Did they really think that the map is about the traffic instead of the roads and...
So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro - Part II Oct 21, 2004
I didn't expect so many comments after I posted the article: ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Created. There are 24 comments already when I created this page. This is rare on my recent entries (the last one with so many comments is about the...
ShanghaiWiki.MetroTypos Created Oct 20, 2004
Qingsi Zhu suggested to create an Wiki site. "What about setting up a wiki-style website and let us supply and choose our translations" It is a fantastic idea. I am a quick hand and I created a Wiki site tonight...
So Many Typos in Shanghai Metro Oct 19, 2004
Remember the English Instructions in Yantai? I saw some worse case, in Shanghai. If the Yantai is not a very big city so the mistakes of the English translation is just funny, the same thing happens in the bigger city...
Many People in Metro Aug 25, 2004
© Jian Shuo Wang. Taken in Shangai Metro #1 Public transportation? Avoid rush hours - see so many people there. © Jian Shuo Wang. Taken in Shangai Metro #1...
Automatic Door in Metro Mar 5, 2004
Did you notice the automatic door in Hengshan Road Metro Station? © Jian Shuo Wang. The automatic door experiment of Hengshan Rd. Station of Metro Line #1 It has been installed for almost one year I remember, but very few...
Shanghai Metro Map and Timetable Nov 4, 2003
Update Metro Line #4, #6, #8 Opens January 2, 2008 The good news, Metro Line #4, #6, #8, #9 finally open on Dec 29, 2007. Here are my introduction of the new lines: Shanghai Metro Line #6 End of Update...