Timeline of Shanghai Metro


This article lists the openings of lines, line segments, stations and fare schemes of the Shanghai Metro, a rapid transit system serving Shanghai, China, and one of the fastest-growing metro systems in the world. The first section opened in 1993, and the system currently has of track in operation, making it one of the world's largest rapid transit systems by route length and second largest by number of stations.

Timeline of line openings

  • May 28, 1993 – Southern section of line enters operation.
  • April 10, 1995 – Two segments on line enter operation, extending line at both ends. Line operates between and, including the initial section, which opened 1993. Total length:, 13 stations.
  • December 28, 1996 – Southern extension to line enters operation. Total length:, 16 stations.
  • September 20, 1999 – Line enters operation. Total length:, 28 stations.
  • December 27, 2000 – An extension and a new line enters operation :
  • * The eastern extension to line enters operation ;
  • * Line enters operation.
Total length:, 48 stations.
  • November 25, 2003 – Line enters operation. Total length:, 59 stations.
  • December 28, 2004 – Northern extension to line enters operation. Total length:, 68 stations.
  • December 31, 2005 – Line enters operation stations; an additional 9 stations on share track, except the section between and that was delayed due to a construction accident. Lines [Line Line 3 (Shanghai Metro)|3 (Shanghai Metro)|3] and [Line Line 4 (Shanghai Metro)|4 (Shanghai Metro)|4] share the same track between and. These nine stations are not counted twice in the total number of stations. Total length:, 81 stations.
  • December 18, 2006 – Northern extension to line enters operation. Total length:, 91 stations .
  • December 30, 2006 – Western extension to line enters operation. Total length:, 95 stations.
  • December 29, 2007 – Two extensions and three new lines or sections enter operation on the same day :
  • * Second northern extension to line enters operations ;
  • * Delayed section of line, completing the loop, enters operations ;
  • * Line enters operation ;
  • * Line enters operation, except China Art Museum station ;
  • * Line enters operations.
Total length:, 161 stations.
  • December 28, 2008 – Line is extended from to, connecting with the rest of the metro network. Total length:, 162 stations.
  • July 5, 2009 – Southern extension to line enters operation, except Oriental Sports Center station. Total length:, 170 stations.
  • December 5, 2009 – Line enters operation, except station. Total length:, 196 stations.
  • December 31, 2009 – An extension and a new line enters operation :
  • * The downtown section of line enters operations ;
  • * First section of line enters operations, except Chenxiang Highway station.
Total length:, 221 stations.
  • February 24, 2010 – Short section of eastern extension of line enters operation. station is rebuilt underground. Total length:, 223 stations.
  • March 16, 2010 – Second western extension to line enters operation, except Hongqiao Railway Station station, connecting Hongqiao Airport to the metro system. Total length:, 225 stations.
  • March 29, 2010 – Branch line of line enters operation, except East Changji Road station. Total length:, 228 stations.
  • April 7, 2010 - The section - opens on line . Total length:, 229 stations.
  • April 8, 2010 – Eastern extension to line enters operation, connecting the two airports. Total length:, 237 stations.
  • April 10, 2010 – Line enters operation. Shanghai Metro becomes the longest metro system in the world after 15 years of breakneck growth. Total length:, 264 stations.
  • April 20, 2010 – A temporary line and an infill station enters operation :
  • * Expo section of line enters temporary operation ;
  • * Houtan station on line opens.
Total length:, 268 stations.
Allowing the Shanghai Metro to reach, 275 stations.
Total length:, 287 stations.
  • June 15, 2013 – South Qilianshan Road station on line opens. Total length:, 288 stations.
  • August 31, 2013 – The second phase of line enters operation, except . Total length:, 300 stations.
  • October 16, 2013 – The branch extension of line enters operation. Shanghai Metro is extended into Jiangsu province, and becomes the first inter-provincial Chinese rapid transit system and second intercity system after the Guangfo Metro. Total length:, 303 stations.
  • December 29, 2013 – Two new lines enter operation :
  • * The eastern section of line enters operation ;
  • * Line enters operation.
Shanghai’s subway network retook the title of longest in the world. Total length:, 329 stations.
  • May 10, 2014 – Line extension . Total length:, 330 stations.
  • July 22, 2014 – Qihua Road station on line opens. Total length:, 331 stations.
  • November 1, 2014 – Daduhe Road station on line opens. Total length:, 332 stations.
  • December 28, 2014 – Two extensions enter operation :
  • * Extension to line enters operation ;
  • * Extension to line enters operation.
Total length:, 337 stations.
  • December 19, 2015 – Three extensions enter operation :
  • * Extension to line enters operation ;
  • * Extension to line enters operation ;
  • * Extension to line enters operation.
Total length:, 364 stations.
  • April 26, 2016 – Extension to line enters operation. Total length:, 365 stations.
  • December 30, 2017 – An extension and a new line enters operation :
  • * The eastern extension of line from to enters operations ;
  • * Line opens from to .
Total length:, 387 stations.
  • March 31, 2018 – Pujiang line enters operation. Total length:, 393 stations.
  • December 30, 2018 – Two extensions enters operation :
  • * Extension to line enters operation ;
  • * Extension to line enters operation.
Total length:, 413 stations.
  • August 25, 2020 – Chenxiang Highway station on line opens. Total length:, 414 stations.
  • December 26, 2020 – An extension and a new line enters operation :
  • * Extension to line ;
  • * Line opens.
Total length:, 428 stations.
Total length:, 506 stations.
  • September 21, 2024 – Station names were combined as one.
Total length:, 506 stations.
  • * Line and line station becomes an interchange station.
  • * Line and line station becomes an interchange station.
  • September 28, 2024 – Line station opens.
Total length:, 507 stations.
  • November 30, 2024 – Extension to line .
Total length:, 508 stations.
  • November 1, 2025 – An extension of line from to entered operation. New station Panxiang Road · Shanghai National Accounting Institute opens.. Total length:, 509 stations.
  • December 27, 2025 – Section of line opened from to . becomes interchange station.. Total length:, 513 stations.

Name change of Shanghai metro lines

In the Master Plan of Shanghai Metro-Region 1999–2020 the name of subway lines was subdivided in three categories:
  • R: Regional route
  • M: Municipal route
  • L: Light rail
On 14 January 2003 it was announced that the naming of rail transit lines will be unified to Rail Transit Line 1, Line 2, and Line N.

Timeline of Shanghai Metro fare scheme

Trial openings sightseeing fare scheme

  • April 1993 line 1 trial operation for sightseeing to the public: fare 5 yuan.
  • December 1994 line 1 trial operation for sightseeing to the public: fare 4 yuan.
  • September 1999 line 2 trial operation for sightseeing to the public: fare 5 yuan. In 2000 the second ticket was free.

Line specific fares

  • Line 1:
  • * At the official opening in April 1995, the approved fare scheme was 2, 4, and 6 yuan, but a discounted fare scheme of 1, 2, and 3 yuan was implemented. The plan was to return to the approved fare scheme at end of the year.
  • * December 1995: Instead of returning to the approved fare scheme, due to extensive public pressure, a single fare of 2 yuan was implemented.
  • * At the opening of the southern extension in December 1996, this section operated independently with a fare of 1 yuan.
  • * On July 1, 1997 the line introduced a two-level segment fares of 2 yuan and 3 yuan.
  • * On March 1, 1999, the fare increased with 1 yuan and 4 yuan ). Shanghai Metro line 1 opened an automatic ticket collection system, using one-way tickets and stored-value tickets, and the original paper tickets were discontinued.
  • * In August 2000 the fare scheme of line 1 was changed to the unified fare scheme.
  • Line 2:
  • * At the official opening in May 2000 the fare of line 2 is 2 yuan for 0 to 6 kilometers; 3 yuan for 6 to 16 kilometers; more than 16 kilometers, the fare increases by 1 yuan for every additional 6 kilometers. From opening line 2 used magnetic card one-way ticket, and the magnetic card stored-value ticket and the contactless smart card stored-value ticket which can be used on metro lines 1 and 2.
  • * In August 2000 the fare scheme of line 2 was changed to the unified fare scheme.
  • * To ease the traffic pressure in the tunnel, line 2 launched a special price of 1 yuan for crossing the river between August 10, 2000, and November 1, 2001, and then the number of passengers increased exponentially.
  • Line 3:
  • * From opening in December 2000 preferential fares were implemented, with 2 yuan for the ride below 9 stops, and 3 yuan for the ride with more than 10 stops.
  • * From November 1, 2003, the unified fare scheme was implemented. Paper tickets on line 3 were discontinued. The ticket collection system used the Indra system from Spain, which was incompatible with the ticket system of lines 1 and 2. Therefore, passengers still had to exit the station at to transfer between lines 2 and 3.
  • Line 5:
  • * From opening in 2003 a reduced fare is 2 yuan for journeys under 6 km and all other journeys on the line were 3 yuan, originally implemented to cultivate passenger flow.
  • * In December 2005 paper tickets were discontinued. The unified fare scheme was implemented for rides not exclusively on line 5.
  • * Until December 26, 2020, there remained for journeys exclusively on the 1st phase of line 5 a reduced fare is 2 yuan for journeys under 6 km and all other journeys on the line were 3 yuan. This was not applied once passengers interchange to other lines, e.g. fare for passengers from Xinzhuang to Chunshen Road was 2 Yuan, while fare for passengers from Waihuanlu to Chunshen Road was 3 Yuan.
  • During the Expo 2010 in Shanghai riding on the expo line was free. A valid Expo ticket was needed to ride the line.

Unified fare scheme

  • From August 2000 passengers can change between lines 1 and 2 at without exiting the station. A unified fare scheme was introduced for lines 1 and 2 with a fare of 2 yuan within 6 kilometers, 3 yuan for 6-16 kilometers, and 1 yuan for every additional 6 kilometers. For journeys exclusively from Xinzhuang Station to People's Square Station, the fare is calculated as if it is less than 16 kilometers, though the distance between People's Square Station and Xinzhuang Station is about.
  • In 2003 line 3 implemented the unified fare scheme.
  • On September 15, 2005, the shortest rides increased their fare by 1 yuan from 2 yuan to 3 yuan. This was to relieve the overcrowded metro network. After 16 kilometers the fare increases with 1 yuan for every 10 kilometers instead of every 6 kilometers. Therefore, rides longer than 28 kilometers had their prices either remained the same or dropped by 1 or 2 yuan. These price changes were meant to encourage more people to take the bus, particularly during rush hour as about 30% of rush-hour passengers and 38% of the total passengers use the subways for short trips. However, the metro fare increase seems to have had little effect.
  • On October 21, 2005, Shanghai Metro lines 1 and 2 fully launched the new "One-Ticket Pass" ticket card.
  • In November 2005 the cumulative discount scheme was introduced: a discount scheme of 10% after 70 yuan was introduced to benefit long-distance passengers.
  • On December 25, 2005, Shanghai Metro realized a "one-ticket transfer" across the entire Shanghai Metro between lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 and avoids the problem of inability to continuously count the journeys due to the second ticket purchase. Shanghai Metro has become the first enterprise in China to realize the network operation of the automatic fare collection system. Passengers do not have to exit the station at to transfer between lines 2 and 3 and do not have to exit to transfer between lines 1 and 5. Note: virtual interchange between lines 1 and 3 at was only implemented on June 1, 2008. New line openings from 2005 adopted the unified fare scheme.
  • In October 2007 the combined ride discount was introduced: when transferring between air-conditioned bus and Shanghai metro travelers can enjoy 1 yuan discount.
  • 1 Jun 2008 virtually interchange station implemented, first three virtually interchange stations were:,, and.
  • In April 2009 the combined ride discount was extended to include all bus rides. The transfer time is extended to 2 hours.
  • On 24 April 2010 a one-day pass priced at 18 yuan was introduced for the Expo 2010 held in Shanghai.
  • On 8 March 2012 a three-day pass priced at 45 yuan was introduced.
  • On 26 June 2016 after the implementation of the comprehensive pension system for the elderly, the free transportation for seniors over 70 were abolished. On 1 July 2016 an insurance transportation card, referred to as "Baotong Card" was launched by commercial insurer Pacific Insurance Company for senior Shanghainese with household registration to take free all-day free rides.