Guangzhou Metro Line 6 has opened to passengers. The new line runs from Xunfenggang in Baiyun District, through Liwan and Yuexiu, and terminates at Changban in Tianhe District. There are new interchanges with Line 5 at Tanwei, Line 1 at Huangsha, Line 2 at Haizhu Square, Line 1 at Dongshankou, and Line 3 at Yantang and Tianhe Coach Terminal.
Here's a preview of the new line:
Here's the full list of new stations
Xunfenggang 浔峰岗
Hengsha 横沙
Shabei 沙贝
Hesha 河沙
Tanwei 坦尾
Ruyifang 如意坊
Huangsha 黄沙
Culture Park 文化公园
Yide Lu 一德路 (closed)
Haizhu Square 海珠广场
Beijing Lu 北京路
Tuanyida Guangchang 团一大广场
Donghu 东湖
Dongshankou 东山口
Ouzhuang 区庄
Huanghuagang 黄花岗
Shaheding 沙河顶
Shahe 沙河 (closed)
Tianpingjia 天平架
Yantang 燕塘
Tianhe Coach Terminal 天河客运站
Changban 长湴
Updates to our online map, iOS and Android apps will be available soon!
Beijing Subway's Line 8 is scheduled to receive two extensions this December! The northern extension connects Line 8 with the Changping Line, with a cross-platform interchange at Zhuxinzhuang. There are new stations at Pingxifu and Yuzhilu.
The southern extension adds three stations at Shichahai, Nanluoguxiang (now an interchange with Line 6), with the terminal station at National Art Museum.
In the future (by around 2017), Line 8 will continue futher south, through Wangfujing, Qianmen and beyond.
Meanwhile, interchanges between Line 1 and Line 9 are now possible at Military Museum station.
Beijing Subway expert David Feng reports that interchange times are around 5 minutes for Line 1 to Line 9 and 8-10 minutes from Line 9 to Line 1. The interchange passageway is well-lit with wide corridors, but includes steep stairs!
Updates to our online map, iPhone and Android apps will be available soon!
We've just released an improvement to the routeplanner on all our online maps. Similar to our iPhone apps, when you plan a route, as well as seeing the route directly on the map with orange dots, you'll also be able see step-by-step route directions, such as "Start at Potong Pasir, take North East Line, for 6 stops towards HarbourFront".
If you find any issues with the new directions, let us know! We'll be looking to make improvements, such as adding numbered directions for Singapore.
The new Downtown Line in Singapore opens today! Rides on the new line are free until the end of the year. We've released updates to our online map at exploresg.com, as well as our Android app and iOS app. Go get it now!
We'll be adding additional details, like first/last train times, and journey prices in an update soon.
All our maps come with lifetime free upgrades, for example this December we'll be pushing out updates for Explore Shanghai with Line 12 and Line 16, and Explore Singapore with the new Downtown Line.
It's that time of year again, when metro systems in China prepare to open new lines. We're expecting two brand new lines to open in Shanghai in late December 2013: Line 12 and Line 16. Today we're previewing Line 12.
Line 12 will eventually pass all the way through the city center, from Pudong to Minhang, but for now the Phase 1 contains 15 stations. Phase 1 starts at Tiantong Road on Line 10, one stop north of East Nanjing Road. It heads west along the North Bund, passing the new International Cruise Terminal, and interchanges with Line 4 at Dalian Road. It then continues east with six more stations in Puxi, before crossing the river and intersecting with Line 6 at Jufeng Road. The final terminus is Jinhai Road in Pudong, which will eventually be a interchange with Line 9.
In around May 2014, the line will also be extended by one line to the west to interchange with Line 8 at Qufu Road.
The full list of stations is:
Tiantong Road 天潼路
International Cruise Terminal 国际客运中心
Tilanqiao 提篮桥
Dalian Road 大连路
Jiangpu Park 江浦公园
Ningguo Road 宁国路
Longchang Road 隆昌路
Aiguo Road 爱国路
Fuxing Island 复兴岛
Donglu Road 东陆路
Jufeng Road 巨峰路
North Yanggao Road 杨高北路
Jinjing Road 金京路
Shenjiang Road 申江路
Jinhai Road 金海路
Line 12 is labelled dark green on the map:
Our metro maps online, for Android and iPhone will be updated as soon as the new line opens (around December 28th, 2013).
It's that time of year again, when metro systems in China prepare to open new lines. We're expecting two brand new lines to open in Shanghai in late December 2013: Line 12 and Line 16.
Today we're previewing Line 16. Line 16 is entirely in Pudong, and currently connects Luoshan Road station, at the end of Line 11, with Dishui Lake, a man-made circular lake, near Lingang New City. The line also passes the Shanghai Wild Animal Park and the site of the future Pudong Railway Station. The line will also be extended to connect to Longyang Road (Line 2/7 and Maglev) in future. You'll also be able to connect to Shanghai Disney Resort via Line 11 by 2015 at Luoshan Road.
Trains on Line 16 will run faster than regular metro stations due to having to cover a longer distance, and seats will face forwards/backwards, instead of sideways like on other lines.
The full list of stations is:
Luoshan Road 罗山路
East Zhoupu 周浦东
Heshahangcheng 鹤沙航城
East Hangtou 航头东
Xinchang 新场
Wild Animal Park 野生动物园
Huinan 惠南
East Huinan 惠南东
Shuyuan 书院
Lingang Avenue 临港大道
Dishui Lake 滴水湖
Our metro maps online, for Android and iPhone will be updated as soon as the new line opens (around December 28th, 2013).
The Singapore MRT's long-awaited Downtown Line opens its first phase on 22 December 2013. Six stations of what will eventually be a 34-station, 42 km line will start services on a semi-circular loop in the city center. The line starts at Bugis, connecting to the East West Line, continues through Promenade and Bayfront (both on the Circle Line), then two new stations Downtown and Telok Ayer, before ending at Chinatown, on the North East Line.
The new line is colored blue on MRT maps, and the driverless trains will run fully underground. Here's a sneak preview of the new line:
Look out for updates to our online map, iOS and Android apps before December 22nd!
There are interchange stations with Orange Line trains at Dongmen and Brown Line trains at Daan.
There are now two Red Line services. Trains from Beitou will run directly to Xiangshan, while trains from Tamsui will run via the Green Line to Xindian.
Interestingly, the stations are not in Shanghai municipality but in Kunshan city in neighbouring Jiangsu province. In future the line will connect to Kunshan's own metro system.
We've updated exploreshanghai.com and updates for our iPhone app and Android app will be available soon.
Here's the full list of new stations
