Line 13 is a north-west to south-east line of the

Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shang ...

network. It runs between in

Jiading Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. It had a population of 1,471,100 in 2010. History Historically, Jiading was a separate municipality/town, until, in 1958, becoming under the administration of Shanghai. In 1993, Jiading's designate ...

and in

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

. It was once used as a dedicated line (Expo line) for the World Expo to serve the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The line is colored pink on system maps.

History

Special Phase

The Special Phase of Line 13 operated between and , during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Following the end of the Expo, this phase was closed.

1st Phase

The 1st Phase of Line 13 ran between all the stations between and , with 7 stations. The section opened on December 2012.

2nd Phase and 3rd Phase

The two phases ran from to in

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region. The rest of the line was opened on December 19, 2015.

Stations

Service routes

Important Stations

* - located under the busy

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. Interchange with lines 2 and 12. * - located near

East China Normal University East China Normal University (ECNU) is a comprehensive public research university in Shanghai, China. It was formed in 1951 by the merger of the Great China University (est. 1924) and Kwang Hua University (est. 1925) and originated from the St. ...

and

Global Harbor Global Harbor () is a large shopping mall in Shanghai, China. It opened on 5 July 2013. The mall is located at 3300 North Zhongshan Road, near Jinshajiang Road, in the Putuo District of Shanghai. It is attached to Jinshajiang Road Station (on ...

. Interchange with lines 3 and 4. * - located by Xintiandi Style Mall and the renovated Xintiandi Shikumen neighborhood. Interchange with line 10.

Future Expansion

West extension: It will be extended for 9.47 km from Jinyun Road station to Zhuguang Road station on line 17 and add 5 stations. The stations are: Jizhai Road station; Fangle Road station; Jile Road station; Yunle Road station; and Zhuguang Road station. Construction started on June 28, 2021. East extension: is part of Phase III adjustment and starts from the current

Zhangjiang Road station Zhangjiang Road () is the current eastern terminus station on Line 13 of the Shanghai Metro, and is the current eastern terminus of the line. Located at Zhongke Road and Zhangjiang Road in Pudong, Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandar ...

and ends at Zhangjiang Jidian Port (area), mainly along Zhangdong Road, with a line length of about 4.1 kilometers. Both are underground lines with 2 stations.

Station name change

* On September 18, 2014,

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was renamed the . * On June 20, 2021,

Xintiandi Xintiandi (, Shanghainese: ''Shinthidi'' lit. "New Heaven and Earth",Warr, Anne: ''Shanghai Architecture'', The Watermark Press, 2007, fig. "New World") is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai. Xintiand ...

was renamed as the .

Headways

Technology

Rolling Stock

The trains of Line 13 are composed of 6-carriages A-cars, with a design speed of 80 km/h, VVVF AC drive, and a design life of 30 years and are China's first domestically developed trains. Trains have a capacity of about 1,860 people. Carriages are 23.54 meters in length, 3.0 meters in width and 3.8 meters in height.

Former Rolling Stock

Cars 09A02 (numbers 942-945, 948) were used in the past, only used during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, which were reassigned from line 9 to line 13, all of which have now been transferred back to line 9. File:AC18 in Jinshajiang Road Station.JPG, 13A01 train

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shanghai Metro, Line 13 Shanghai Metro lines Railway lines opened in 2010 2010 establishments in China