Jing'an Temple station


Jing'an Temple is the name of an interchange station between Lines [Line Line 2 (Shanghai Metro)|2 (Shanghai Metro)|2], [Line Line 7 (Shanghai Metro)|7 (Shanghai Metro)|7] and [Line Line 14 (Shanghai Metro)|14 (Shanghai Metro)|14] of the Shanghai Metro. This station is located in Jing'an District, below the historic Jing'an Temple and the Jiu Guang shopping mall. It is part of the initial section of Line 2 that opened from to that opened on 20 September 1999; the interchange with line 7 opened on 5 December 2009 as part of that line's initial section between and and the interchange with line 14 opened on 30 December 2021.
There are shuttle buses between Jing'an Temple and [Shanghai Shanghai Hongqiao Airport|Hongqiao Airport|Hongqiao] or [Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport|Pudong International Airport|Pudong] airports. The shuttle bus from Pudong leaves the airport as 'Airport Bus Line 2' towards the 'Airport City Terminal' which is the official name of the Jingan Temple shuttle bus station and costs 22 ¥ as of January 2015. The ride takes about half an hour from Hongqiao Airport and 45–60 minutes depending on traffic from Pudong Airport. From Pudong the bus is usually faster and more convenient than the subway connection.

Incidents

Thirteen people were injured in 2014 when an escalator connecting Line 2 and Line 7 malfunctioned. The upward-moving escalator's drive chain snapped during the morning rush hour, according to Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, the city's metro operator.

Places nearby