Line 2 forms the east-west axis of the Shanghai metro network, intersecting with the north-south axis Line 1 at People's Square. With a length of nearly 64 km, it is the longest line in the metro system. Line 2 runs from Xujing East in the west to Pudong International Airport in the east, passing Hongqiao Airport, the Huangpu river, and the Lujiazui financial district in Pudong. It is the only line that serves both airports. The eastern portion of the line, from Guanglan Road to Pudong International Airport, only operates from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm.
[edit] History
The first section of Line 2 was opened in October 28, 1999, from the Zhongshan Park station to the Longyang Road station. This section, which included 12 stations, totaled 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi). A year later, the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station was added to the eastern part of the line, adding an additional 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi). Four new stations, located west of the Zhongshan Park station, opened in December 2006, extending the line to the Songhong Road station. This section added an additional 6.15 kilometres (3.82 mi) to the line. Four years later, in preparation for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the line was significantly expanded. In February, the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station was rebuilt. In addition, another eastern segment took Line 2 to the Guanglan Road station.[3][4][5] A month later, the line was extended westward to East Xujing, adding 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the line including stops at the Hongqiao International Airport and the Hongqiao Railway Station.[6] In April, an eastward extension added 8 stations to the line, totaling 26.6 kilometres (16.5 mi) and taking Line 2 to Pudong International Airport. [7][8]
In October 2006, it was decided to rename three stations on Line 2 by the end of the year[9][10], adopting a new naming scheme: metro stations, unlike bus stops, are no longer supposed to be named after neighbouring vertical streets, but famous streets and sights in the vicinity, making it easier for visitors to find these places. The renamed stations are Century Avenue (formerly Dongfang Road), East Nanjing Road (formerly Middle Henan Road) and West Nanjing Road (formerly Shimen No. 1 Road).
[edit] East Xujing to West Nanjing Road
The line begins at the East Xujing station at the intersection of Xumin East Road and Zhuguang Road.[11][12] The line heads northeastward under Xumin East Road for about 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) before veering off the road and heading east, passing under Huaxiang Road. The line then enters the interchange station serving the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station.[13] This station is an interchange with Line 10. Shortly thereafter, the line enters the Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 station.[14] Line 2 then turns northward until it meets Tianshan Road and turns east again, roughly running parallel under Tianshan Road. Along this road, the line enters the Songhong Road,[15] Beixinjing,[16] and Weining Road stations.[17] At the Loushanguan Road station, Line 2 veers away from Tianshan Road, heading northeastward.[18] The line then enters the Zhongshan Park station along Changning Road, an interchange with lines 3 and 4.[19][20] The subway line then runs parallel under Changning Road for a short distance before heading east under Yuyuan Road. Along Yuyuan Road, there is a station at Jiangsu Road, an interchange to Line 11.[21][22] East of this station, the line swerves away from Yuyuan Road and runs under Yongyuan Road, which merges into West Nanjing Road, where Line 2 enters the Jing'an Temple station, an interchange to Line 7.[23] Just before entering the West Nanjing Road station, the metro line veers away from West Nanjing Road.[24] Line 2 comes back under the road shortly thereafter.
[edit] West Nanjing Road to Longyang Road
East of the West Nanjing Road station, Line 2 heads eastward along West Nanjing Road, passing under the South-North Elevated Road. It then turns northeast into the People's Square station,[25] and interchange with lines 1 and 8. East of the People's Square station, the subway line moves under East Nanjing Road to the East Nanjing Road station.[26] Leaving the Puxi district of Shanghai, the line heads under the Huangpu River and enters the Pudong district of Shanghai. The metro line passes the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the World Finance Center near its station at Lujiazui. The line then runs under Century Avenue and heads southeastward to the Dongchang Road station. Line 2 then heads to the Century Avenue station, the largest interchange station that serves lines 4, 6 and 9 as well. Line 2 continues southeastward along Century Avenue to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum station. From here, the line turns southward through Century Park to the Century Park station. From here, the line turns southeast and then east as it enters the Longyang Road station, an interchange with Line 7 as well as the Shanghai Maglev Train.
[edit] Longyang Road to Pudong International Airport
From the Longyang Road station, the metro line heads eastward. Line 2 heads eastward, running under Zuchongzhi Road to the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park station. The line heads northeastward under Zuchongzhi Road to the Jingke Road and Guanglan Road stations. Line 2 then veers away from Zuchongzhi Road and heads under the Waihuan Expressway to the Tangzhen and Middle Chuangxin Road stations, turning south. Heading southward, it heads through the East Huaxia Road station and turns back east, running under Chuanhuan Road. Line 2 then passes through the Chuansha station. Heading away from Chuanhuan Road, the metro line then enters the Lingkong Road and Yuandong Avenue stations along Huazhou Road before turning southeast. Line 2 then begins running parallel to the Shanghai Maglev Train as it runs under the Yingbin Expressway and enters the Haitiansan Road station. From here, Line 2 continues south to its terminus at the Pudong International Airport station, which serves Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
[edit] Stations
[edit] Technology
[edit] Power Supply
Siemens Transportation Systems equipped this line with an overhead contact line (cantilever material: galvanized steel) and 7 DC traction power supply substations.[27]
- ^ The section west of Guanglan Road towards Hongqiao Airport is served by 8-carriaged trains that run at 5-minute intervals; while the section east of Guanglan Road towards Pudong International Airport is served by 4-carriaged trains that run at 13-minute intervals from 6 am to 10 pm. Any trips that bypass Guanglan Road station requires passengers to transfer to the opposite platform at the station.
[edit] References
- ^ "Operations Overview". Shanghai Metro Operation Co, Ltd.. http://www.shmetro.com/node41/node46/200809/con100173.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ "Shanghai Metro Lines 1 & 2". Movia. Bombardier. http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=1_0&lang=en&file=/en/1_0/1_1/1_1_2.jsp. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ Note that a new underground platform has been built at Zhangjiang station.
- ^ Extension of Line 2 to Guanglan Road Xinmin.cn, retrieved 24 February 2010
- ^ Extension of Line 2 Eastday.com, retrieved 24 February 2010
- ^ 上海地铁首次通入机场 虹桥机场2号航站楼将启用, retrieved 15 March 2010
- ^ 轨道交通2号线东延伸二期 4月8日连通浦东国际机场, retrieved 7 April 2010
- ^ 2号线明起通至浦东国际机场, retrieved 7 April 2010
- ^ Three Metro station names will be changed, Shanghai Daily, 21 October 2006
- ^ 'Shiji Avenue' new Metro station name, Shanghai Daily, 21 October 2006
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – East Xujing station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.187675,121.298182&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Mayer, Matt. "East Xujing". http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/pedia/station/east-xujing/. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Shanghai Hongiao Railway Station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.1923451246,121.310926826&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Honqiao Airport Terminal 2 station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.193205819,121.332086042&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Songhong Road station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2182482131,121.359283905&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Beixinjing station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2167802038,121.373510345&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Weining Road station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.214972643,121.386299117&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Loushanguan Road station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2109628655,121.403915866&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Zhongshan Park station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2181473003,121.415674669&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Mayer, Matt. "Zhongshan Park". http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/pedia/station/east-xujing/. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Jiangsu Road station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.21949603,121.43131732&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Mayer, Matt. "Jiangsu Road". http://www.exploreshanghai.com/metro/pedia/station/jiangsu-road/. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Jing'an Temple station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2232118396,121.446434248&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – West Nanjing Road station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2297714967,121.459652168&z=15. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – People's Square station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2336520129,121.474629625&z=15. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – East Nanjing Road station (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.2375690795,121.484843474&z=15. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ^ Metro-System Line 2, Shanghai, China, retrieved July 6, 2008.
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