Shanghai Metro Line 3

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Line 3

Opened for testing	26 December 2000
Official opening	August 2001
Length	39.5km
Stations	29
From	North Jiangyang Road
Via	Shanghai Railway Station (Line 1)
Via	Zhongshan Park (Line 2)
To	Shanghai South Railway Station

Shanghai Metro, Line 3 is a part of the Shanghai Metro, and was previously branded as the Pearl Line (明珠線). Unlike Shanghai's other underground metro lines, Line 3 is an elevated light train.

The line runs from Jiangyang Road in the north to Shanghai South Railway Station in the southwest of the city, where it meets Line 1. While Line 1 goes straight through the city center, this line follows the inner ring road going around it. A large part of this metro follows an old railway ring. All of this line is above ground, which is a difference from the first two lines of the Metro.

This line shares the part between Baoshan Road and Hongqiao Road with the newly built Line 4. Within this area are also the stations Shanghai South Railway Station and Zhongshan Park that offer transfer options to Line 1 and Line 2 respectively.

The interval between trains of this line is relatively high compared to the other two lines, with an interval of around 9 minutes (5.5 minutes in the peak hours). This was probably done to make it easier to include Line 4 into the schedule later on.

Some important information about this line:

Manufacturer: French Alstom and Nanjing Puzhen
Designed speed: 80km/hour

[edit] History

December 26, 2000: Shanghai South Railway Station-Jiangwan Town (trial opening)
August 2001: Shanghai South Railway Station-Jiangwan Town (official opening)
December 18, 2006: Jiangwan Town-North Jiangyang Road [15 km]

The first section of Line 3 was opened in 2000. In December of 2006, it been extended to farther north to Baoshan District.

In October 2006, it was decided to rename Wenshui Road East station as Dabaishu station until the end of the year, adopting a new naming scheme: metro stations are no longer supposed to be named after neighbouring vertical streets (like bus stations), but famous streets and sights in the vicinity, making it easier for visitors to find these places.

[edit] Stations

Some important stops in this Line are:

North Jiangyang Road Station-- The north end of this train line.
Youyi Road Station-- To Baoshan Town
Baoyang Road Station-- To baoshan Town and Baoyanglu Port for the most ferry of North Shanghai.
Wusong Town Station-- Wusong Town
Jiangwan Town-- Jiangwan Town
Hongkou Stadium- The home of Shanghai Shenhua Football Club.
Shanghai Railway Station- You can interchange to Line 4 and transfer to Line 1 at this stop.
Zhongshan Park- You can interchange to Line 2 and Line 4 at this stop.
Shanghai South Railway Station- You can interchange to Line 1 at this stop.

(It is preferred to use interchange instead of transfer since interchange means "Free transfer" in Shanghai Metro while "transfer" means "Non-free transfer")