Another late night at the office? Worried you're going to miss the last train home? We've just pushed out an update to all our maps (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong) which lets you see at a glance which lines are still open.
Log on to ExploreShanghai at 10:33pm and you'll see something like this: the greyed out stations are already closed, while the white stations still have train services.
Of course, you can click on a station to get detailed information about the timetable for individual lines.
Other recent improvements
Search box now works correctly when switching languages
Today we updated the printable PDF versions of our Shanghai metro map. The new English version includes the new line 8 stations and there's a new Chinese version. If you have any comments or suggestions for the PDF versions, please get in touch.
We want to make the ExploreMetro maps as good as possible, so we're constantly fixing bugs and making improvements! Here are a selection of fixes made recently. If you spot any glitches, bugs, or text errors, or you have any suggestions to improve our maps, please get in touch!
Today Shanghai's Metro Line 8 opened its second phase. The previous southern terminus was Yaohua Road in Pudong. The new route travels 14.2km into Pudong to the Aerospace Museum.
The full list of new stations, from North to South is
The station at Jiyang Road will be a future three-line interchange between Line 6, Line 8 and Line 11, but is not open yet.
Here's a view from Google Earth looking southwards down the new line (click to enlarge)
Our interactive Shanghai metro map and routeplanner have been updated with the new extension. Please report any issues you find! Price information for the new line will be available soon.
The navigation bar at the top of the screen has been simplified to give you quick access to the two most popular areas of the site: the interactive map and "pedia".
The other navigation options can be found in the "More" dropdown. You can contact us, or quickly jump to the map for another city.
If you go directly to the root of a site (for example http://www.exploreshanghai.com/ we'll now automatically detect from your browser if you'd prefer the English or Chinese version of the map. If you want to switch, just use this dropdown in the upper right. There's also quick access to help in any language.
Behind the scenes we've made some major changes to integrate all four metro maps (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), and added support for additional languages, so making improvements to the maps in the future should be much quicker and easier. Look out for more announcements in the next few months.
Our ExploreShanghai metro map is great for finding stations and plotting routes, but what if you're away from the computer? We now provide a handy PDF version of the Shanghai metro map in A4 size, which you can print out and take with you on your trip. The map neatly fits on one page, and although its only 105KB, it's high resolution so it will look great when printed out.
The map is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. That means you're welcome to print it out, email it to a friend or put a copy on your site. If you want to use the map commercially (for example, printing it in a guidebook or magazine), please contact us.
We'd love your feedback on the new printable version. Does it print out correctly on your machine? Would you like any information added or changed?
Currently, the PDF is for the Shanghai Metro, English only. A Chinese version and PDFs for Beijing and Guangzhou. will follow soon.
The official names for the Shanghai Metro Line 10 stations have been announced. The line runs from Hongqiao Airport, through the centre of Shanghai, via such landmarks as Xintiandi, the Yu Garden and Shanghai Zoo, ending at Jiangwan New Town in north Shanghai. There are multiple interchanges with existing lines, see below for details!
Here is the list of stations, from west to east, with links to Metropedia articles for existing stations. The English names are our unofficial translations, based on the naming of current stations. Corrections and comments are welcome. The 28 stations on the main line are as follows:
虹桥火车站站 - Hongqiao Railway Station
虹桥机场西站 - West Hongqiao Aiport
虹桥机场东站 - East Hongqiao Aiport
上海动物园站 - Shanghai Zoo
龙溪路站 - Longxi Road
水城路站 - Shuicheng Road
伊犁路站 - Yili Road
宋园路站 - Songyuan Road
虹桥路站 - Hongqiao Road ... interchange with lines 3 and 4
It was pitch dark and freezing cold as I sat outside Songjiang Xincheng metro station at 5.45am on Monday morning, eating dumplings for breakfast. I had set myself the challenge of visiting every Shanghai Metro Station in one day, and was thinking this was not the most glamorous of beginnings. After a few minutes the staff rolled up the shutters and let me and a few other bleary-eyed commuters into the station.
My route took me along line 9 to Yishan Road, up and down line 3, all the way around the circular line 4, then onto line 2 into Pudong. It was now mid-rush hour and the trains and stations were packed.
As each train reaches the terminus, a small snatch of Kenny G is played over the loudspeaker. After Kenny played his sax at Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, I headed back to Century Avenue, then onto line 6 north into the depths of Pudong - all while I would usually be asleep :) Throughout the day I was updating Twitter from my phone, and getting messages of support from the many people following from their desks!
Heading south down line 6, I managed to meet up with agent 00J, who kindly brought me a sandwich. At the south end of line 6, we took a shortcut via bus to Line 8. I then headed on alone to the north end of line 8, where I managed to dash into the toilet for a much-needed comfort break (Note for would-be imitators: a strong bladder is a must)
I was making good time, and was already an hour and a half ahead of my plan! At Hongkou Football Stadium station, I transferred back onto line 3. Hongkou Stadium is a 'virtual interchange' which involves crossing a main road and running up several flights of stairs! Up to the north ends of line 3, then time for another bus transfer. I managed to mess this one up, ending up running over a kilometre trying to find the bus stop. Still, before long I was at Fujin Road on line 1.
Then there was just one long journey southwards the length of Line 1, through the start of the evening rush hour. At Xinzhuang. I transferred onto Line 5 towards Minhang in south-west Shanghai.
We pulled into Minhang Development Zone Station, the final station, at 4:14pm. I had finally made it in 10 hours, 14 minutes and 42 seconds, surpassing my expectations, and hopefully providing a tough target for Wang Jian Shuo to beat :)
After completing the challenge I had to get home, so I took the metro. Somehow I had made it through the day without caffeine, and believe me when I say crappy McDonald's coffee has never tasted so good...
Here's my route... if you think you can beat my time, then start researching on the interactive metro map! If you want to take the challenge, just contact us and I can answer any questions!
Of course, you can click on a station to get detailed information about the timetable for individual lines. 
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The map neatly fits on one page, and although its only 105KB, it's high resolution so it will look great when printed out.
